[SlimDevices: Plugins] IR Blaster - Suggestion
I have got the IR Blaster plug in working nicely from my squeezebox 3 (classic) connected via a wired connection to my Yamaha RX-V653 amp. I have thought of an idea. The plug in will currently transmit a number of IR commands in response to a player event, i.e. power on, power off, vol+, vol- etc. It will also repeat IR received through its IR receiver. The commands I am transmitting were decoded from a downloaded pronto CCF. What would be nice is to combine the two - receive an arbitary IR signal through its receiver and in response issue one or more arbitary commands through its headphone socket. This would allow me (for example) to press power-on on my DVD remote and in response, the SB to issue an amp on, amp input select, tv input select and dvd on command. True macro functionality using supplied remotes and my squeezebox for not a lot of money! Thoughts? -- chrism chrism's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3476 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74479 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] IR Blaster - Suggestion
Treads on Logitech's other toes --- Harmony et al. But great idea for a plug-in non the less. Adds significant system value. Dave -- DaveWr DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74479 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] IR Blaster - Suggestion
Absolutely treads on the toes of Harmony - if I could afford one of those I would have bought one a long time ago and I wouldn't need this... Is the IR Blaster plugin Logitech owned/developed? Do Logitech have right of veto on third party plug-ins? -- chrism chrism's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3476 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74479 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] IR Blaster - Suggestion
chrism;510226 Wrote: Is the IR Blaster plugin Logitech owned/developed? Do Logitech have right of veto on third party plug-ins? No, and as far as I know, no. However, it gets a little complicated because since developing IR Blaster, the author (Felix Mueller) has been hired by Logitech as a developer. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74479 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] IR Blaster - Suggestion
Well they can't really veto third party plugins to an open source server. The plugin is from Gwendesign, but I think that is Felix who is now an employee of Slim / Logitech. Again the plug in is open source licensed. Logitech could stop it by removing the 'Geekport' feature in the Squeezefirmware which I think is used for the IRBlaster, but I doubt they would. Dave Sorry just saw Aubuti's post - a little duplication -- DaveWr DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74479 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] IR Blaster - Suggestion
Ah, if the developer has been hired by Logitech that changes things a little. Technically, it is not treading on their toes completely because the harmony range go much further. With my suggestion, I would still need the original remotes supplied with my components, I would just be using the SB to cause more things to happen with a single key press. i.e. I would use my DVD remote to issue a DVD power on code. The squeezebox would see this and in return issue amp on and amp input select codes. Ultimately I would love a harmony remote, but the minister for interior affairs/scrutineer of the joint bank account can't see the benefit. :-( If the plug in is open source, then I might have a dig about in it myself. I have a little Perl experience, but little plug-in experience. -- chrism chrism's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3476 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74479 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] IR Blaster - Suggestion
Funny I also seem to have one of those finance officers, with strange cost benefit assessments. ;-) Dave -- DaveWr DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74479 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] IR Blaster - Suggestion
me too... -- akennedy akennedy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35900 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74479 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] IR Blaster - Suggestion
chrism;510216 Wrote: I have thought of an idea. ...receive an arbitary IR signal through its receiver and in response issue one or more arbitary commands through its headphone socket. This would allow me (for example) to press power-on on my DVD remote and in response, the SB to issue an amp on, amp input select, tv input select and dvd on command. True macro functionality using supplied remotes and my squeezebox for not a lot of money! Thoughts? IR Blaster 5.4 defines an 'irblaster' 'send' CLI command. If you can program your remote to send JVC DVD codes, then you many be able to set this up without writing a single line of Perl code. Use KidsPlay to map specific JVC DVD IR codes to sequences of 'irblaster' 'send' CLI commands. The usage for 'irblaster send' is Code: irblaster send device button but I'm not sure what those values should look like. To find out, set IRBlaster logging to debug and send the commands. The value for device is the remoteName in the log's IRBlastSend entry (the button value is labeled button in an IRBlastSend log entry). -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ Free plugins: 'AllQuiet' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AllQuiet.html) 'Auto Dim/AutoDisplay' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AutoDisplay.html) 'BlankSaver' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/BlankSaver.html) 'ContextMenu' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/ContextMenu.html) 'DenonSerial' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/DenonSerial.html) 'FuzzyTime' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/FuzzyTime.html) 'KidsPlay' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/KidsPlay.html) 'KitchenTimer' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/KitchenTimer.html) 'PlayLog' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/PlayLog.html) 'PowerCenter/BottleRocket' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/PowerCenter.html) 'SaverSwitcher' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher.html) 'SettingsManager' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SettingsManager.html) 'SleepFade' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SleepFade.html) 'StatusFirst' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/StatusFirst.html) 'SyncOptions' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SyncOptions.html) 'VolumeLock' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/VolumeLock.html) peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74479 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
