Hi All,
I've developed a little webpage that sends commands to the irBlaster
plugin to allow you to control your hi-fi from any javascript-enabled
web browser. It's very much a proof-of-concept idea but I have tried it
on my laptop (Vista/ie9) and on my HTC phone (Android ICS) and it works
great so I thought I'd share it with you.
WHAT IT CAN DO:
Use any web browser to send any command to any device that irBlaster is
configured to use.
Send codes repeatedly (useful for volume changes).
Send Macros (eg turn on then select input).
There is a little status box at the top that indicates when the
command-set has finished.
PRE-REQUISITES:
Squeezebox server running the irBlaster plugin.
SB2/3/Transporter/Touch with ir emitter.
irBlaster plugin correctly configured with a lirc file.
(Basically if the irBlaster plugin works then so should this!)
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE IT WORK:
Download the attached htm document and save it either locally or to a
web site.
Open the file in a text editor and modify lines 13-16 to hold the
details of your SBS server, the irBlaster enabled player, and the target
device (from the lirc file).
Edit lines 289-295 to change the sample codes into something that is
useful for you. BEWARE - Javascript is case-sensitive!)
Open the file in your web-browser, enable javascript, click a link, and
your device should respond!
TECHNICAL DETAILS:
The page uses javascript and AJAX (I think - I have never done any web
programming before) to send asynchronous HTTP GET requests to the
irBlaster CLI on a timer.
The function that does this is simply called 'Send()' and takes an
unlimited number of arguments, each of which is an array with the
structure:
Code:
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['command1'<, <'device1'><, <count1><, <pause1>>>>], ['command2'<,
<'device2'><, <count2><, <pause2>>>>], ...
('<...>' denote optional parameters)
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device, count and pause are optional.
If device is missing or null then DEFAULT_DEVICE is used (from line
16).
If count is missing or null then 1 is used.
If pause is missing or null then 0 is used.
The first *command* is sent *count* times, then the page waits for
*pause* * 150 ms, then the second *command* is sent and so on.
eg, To turn your default device on, wait 1.5s, change to CD input, and
turn the volume up five notches you would use something like this
(although the command names may be different in your lirc file):
Code:
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return Send(['Power_On',,,10], ['CD'], ['Volume_Up',,5])
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Ultimately I would like to get the list of players, devices and commands
from the SBS server and use them to populate some drop-downs so it would
be usable immediatly (you would still need to enter the server details
though) but I haven't figured out how to do this or even if it's
possible. I would also like some funky buttons instead of boring
hyperlinks - maybe some web guru could skin it but html really isn't my
thing!
Enjoy,
Indifference_Engine
PS: There is an android app that is supposed to be able to do the same
thing as this page but with a nice GUI (www.coversal.com and look for
'Custom http Plugin') but I can't get it to work on my phone! If anyone
wants to give it a go, the configuration prefix to use with it is:
Code:
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status?player={playerID}&p0=irblaster&p1=send&p2={device}&p3=
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