Re: xPLRSS - How To

["Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Neil
Have tried to get it going but i think im not directing /
pointing to the correct directories ...


> Yes, this is the location on my server for my home webpages. My server
> is where xPLRSS is run from and all of my xPL stuff.

Where should i point this to ??is it the xpl directory ??
Thanks
Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Frost" <neil@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 6:34 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_xpl] xPLRSS - How To


>
> Hi Frank...
>
>
> > Targetpath = c:\inetpub\wwwroot\home
>
> >Is this  specific to your setup ???
> Yes, this is the location on my server for my home webpages. My server
> is where xPLRSS is run from and all of my xPL stuff.
>
> > LinksURL =
>
> Nothing here ??
> No, not yet, still got to see what this does
>
> > Feedtitle = Put some sort of title
> >
> > Feeddesc = Put a description
>
> >Title and description of what ????
>
> Title of the "News" item e.g. You had a call
> Description of the "News" item e.g. Caller 01234 567890
called at 19:37
> 01/01/05
>
> HTH
> Neil
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neil Frost" <neil@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 3:43 AM
> Subject: [ukha_xpl] xPLRSS - How To
>
>
> >
> > This is how I set up the xPLRSS application.
> >
> >
> >
> > I downloaded the following apps from
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.chickfamily.net/xPL/default.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > xPLRSS and xPL-PCOSD.
> >
> >
> >
> > As xPLRSS picks up OSD messages and creates the xml file I wanted
to
> see
> > what messages were being displayed and compare them with the xml
file
> > created as I do not have another xPL enabled OSD device I used
> > xPL-PCOSD.
> >
> >
> >
> > Both are applications as opposed to services so use xpl.ocx (I
think).
> >
> >
> >
> > After starting the xPLRSS app, I configured it in xPLHAL Manager.
> (PETEC
> > RSS "instance")
> >
> > I changed the following:
> >
> >
> >
> > Targetfile = xPLRSS.xml
> >
> > Targetpath = c:\inetpub\wwwroot\home
> >
> > LinksMode = Auto
> >
> > LinksURL =
> >
> > Feedtitle = Put some sort of title
> >
> > Feeddesc = Put a description
> >
> >
> >
> > I then ran the xPL-PCOSD app, left it as default apart from the
> instance
> > name.
> >
> >
> >
> > I then created a script to display an OSD message, I used the
> following
> > for the script.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sub TestOSD()
> >
> > mymsg="command=clear" & chr(10) & "Text=Hi
There"
> >
> > call
xpl.sendmsg("","","OSD.BASIC",mymsg)
> >
> > End Sub
> >
> >
> >
> > I then created an event in xPLHAL Manager so that I could
manually
> > trigger the script (I set it up as recurring event and just right
> > clicked and selected "Execute Now")
> >
> >
> >
> > I now have an xml file called xPLRSS.xml in my www folder for my
home
> > website that picks up every OSD message. It also seems to create
the
> > html files for the link.
> >
> >
> >
> > Now I have the weather script working, I've set a determinator
action
> > which looks for the change in the observed time and, along with
> > recording the information in xQL, sends an OSD message with the
> > temperature and the windchill which in turn adds an entry in
> xPLRSS.xml.
> >
> >
> >
> > An example of the xml file is:
> >
> >
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding
="ISO-8859-1"?>
> >
> > <rss version="0.91">
> >
> > <channel>
> >
> > <title>Frostie's xPL RSS Feed</title>
> >
> > <description>RSS Feed of xPL Messages</description>
> >
> > <item>
> >
> > <title>Current Temperature is 5C </title>
> >
> > <description>Windchill Temperature is
1C</description>
> >
> > <link>400.htm</link>
> >
> > </item>
> >
> > </channel>
> >
> > </rss>
> >
> >
> >
> > It appears that the first line of an OSD message is treated as
the
> title
> > and following is treated as the description, I shall reformat it
for
> 1st
> > line = "Current Weather Conditions" and the 2nd line
for the info. I
> > need some further playing to see if a 3rd line stays as the
> description.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have noticed, and this may be a feature, that the file clears
down
> > every so often, thus I suppose giving up to date
"news".
> >
> >
> >
> > I should imagine there may be some mileage in a separate schema
for
> RSS
> > feeds as opposed to piggy backing the OSD messages... any
thoughts?
> >
> >
> >
> > Neil
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
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