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! +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: BusStop.zip | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=12534| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- ncannings ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ncannings's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17477 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90597 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
