Attached is an early version of a Countdown plugin based on the new TfL
test Countdown site.  

It's only of any use if you live in London, but if you want to know
when the next bus is due from your nearest bus stop, it can be very
useful, especially if you have a Squeezebox in your kitchen.  I have
added a "Countdown" menu item to my main menu so I don't have to keep
going into Extras.  It makes a difference when you are late for
work...

To use it, you will need to know the shortcode for the bus stop in
question.  I intend to add full search functions in time, but for the
moment I wanted to get this version out.  Go to
http://countdown.tfl.gov.uk and find the bus stop(s) you want.  You
will see a 5 digit code called the "Bus stop code".  This is what you
need.

The opening menu of the plugin allows you to add this code, and you can
add as many bus stops as you want, either one at a time, or
comma-separated.

The main menu will populate itself with the next available bus from
each stop.  To see later departures, use the right arrow.  To delete
the bus stop entirely, use the right arrow again to get the delete
screen, and once more to confirm.

I am not affiliated in any way with TfL, and this is my first plugin (a
big debt to the "HelloWorld" example!), so any feedback is gratefully
received.  Over time, I will try to get this into its own repo for ease
of installation.

Comments welcome to slim (at) secretbear.com - It's been tested on my
Squeezebox using v7.6.1 of Squeezeserver, as well as on Softsqueeze.

If this works for you, then I'd really appreciate your support by
installing my wordpress.com automatic tagging widget at
http://linkky.com/wp or my more general automatic blog tagging widget
at http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/linkky

If you are interested in some smart auto-tagging for voice files, have
a look at the Examples at http://j.ump.to - It even manages to
understand John Prescott!


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