max.spicer Wrote: > Sorry for the long delay in responding, and thanks for the fix. What's > the advantage in using ncid? What does it do for you?Its got a client-server > architecture which is designed for plugging other clients into: the daemon runs as a server and clients all over the network can register an interest in notification of caller ID. This allows me to run NCIDpop on my Windows laptop, a client app which sits in the notification area and pops up a balloon with name and number whenever there's a call.
(NCID is bundled with example clients for speaking the caller ID over a soundcard, sending a message to a pager and notification through a TiVo, as well as the simple desktop client.) In other words, I just need the one app listening for caller ID data and different clients can all have access to it. Another consideration is that I can maintain a single file of aliases for all clients: the NCID daemon reads that file and passes on both the name and number to the clients. (Downside: if I change the aliases file, which involves a syntax I have to get right (no simple CSV here), I have to restart the daemon. Nothing which couldn't be fixed with suitable scripts, of course.) BTW Max, I really do appreciate you supplying this plugin -- one recent guest, already a fan of my SqueezeBox, was rather taken aback when the phone rang and the display changed! -- smst ------------------------------------------------------------------------ smst's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=752 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18377 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
