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Hi Scott, Bit out of my comfort zone here, but it looks like the TCP plugin just doesn't like 127.0.0.1 as an address? I get "TCP Socket Error - An address incompatible with the requested protocol was used". I've temporarily disabled the ExternalControl.dll, and WorldWeatherOnline.dll plug...

Having had success using the external control HTTP feature in 3.31, I thought I would progress another "long-termer" - and have a look at getting information from Mapfactor Navigator TCP. I've set Navigator (free edition http://navigatorfree.mapfactor.com/en/ ) "remote communication d...

Just to post a success using a new feature in 3.31: External Control Device: Now supports control via HTTP commands. Using Girder 6 script to send some commands to HB. It works quickly and reliably, and opens up quite a few new possibilities. Thanks Scott! Example below: network.get( "http://12...

Hi Mark, Sounds fair enough! Oh- one more thing- these are very bright strings- not ambient, but full on light. 3 ft is ~1.4A, and enough to illuminate a closet. 6' on the top of the lightbridge over our bed aimed at the ceiling- indirect, is enough to read by on the bed and lights the whole room. I...

Hi Mark, Interesting to see a USB controlled relay - and it's something which could be useful for many automation tasks. For controlling LEDs, isn't it a bit primitive? that might sound blunt, but it only has two states: On and Off. I'm currently playing around with LED strips myself, and it's amazi...

Good to see other peoples experiences. For myself, I've decided to go back to a clean build using W7. Windows 10 is OK as a "general PC", but fell short on small issues such as even less control of certain "look and feel" aspects and customisation. But the main issues for myself ...

Scott, Worked a treat. This is the version that gave me the times in the format ideal for my UI: ' Get the formatted Property Value. This will be formatted something like 'hh:mm' where hh is in 24 hour format. szFormatted = GetPropertyValue("System Time.Sunrise Time") ' Let VB break out th...

Thanks Scott,

That should do nicely. Haven't put it into practice yet as I know it will take a little longer than it should - but should be good practice for myself.

Just a quickie - I'm trying to display Sunrise and Sunset time, without dates. I've looked at program options which gives some very useful options for time & date format, but not sunrise sunset?

Detail I know, but ideally I want to use a large font and not crowd the screen.

Cheers,

Tony

Thanks Richard, very useful! Haven't cracked it yet, as the image lines are constructed differently to titles and descriptions in RSS. I was hoping to add another entry to the RSS script lines here: SetPropertyValue sProperty & "Headline", .selectSingleNode("title").Text SetP...

Thanks Scott,

Got it working last night. It helped when I changed image URL from the example I gave - it has a permission issue.

Another use I can think of is within the RSS script, for news article thumbnails. Will give it a go.

Thanks again,


Tony

Hi Scott, "Added support for loading dynamic images from a URL (e.g. http://path-to-image/image.png). This makes it convenient to display images in Software Remotes that are stored on a Webserver/Internet." I know you have this working for the Kodi plugin (and it's put to very good use), b...

Thanks Scott, your suggestion will work well. Good opportunity to review each "application panel" to see what's dynamic vs largely static - and then split between generic primary background and pop-up.

Why didn't I think of this?!

Hi Scott, everyone; really don't want to ask this as I fear I'm missing something basic, but: I have primary panels (Music selection and Navigation) on the main screen for the driver, and now I'm looking to use pop-up panels on a second screen. Pop-ups are selected by passengers using a rotary encod...

So, have taken the decision to upgrade my campervan EP121 PC to Windows 10 - mostly for the nicer handling of touch (8.1 had this but couldn't get on with the interface). Housebot on windows 10? - OK to date. Had some errors initially, but this was down to user permissions, and was a quick fix. Anyo...