[mythtv] Re:LCD update
Steven J. Finnegan
sjf at controlsoftcorp.com
Thu Jun 26 09:40:07 EDT 2003
Thor:
If you do work on updating the LCD stuff, be aware of the following...
(You are probably aware of some of this, but just in case)
The default when a screen is defined is to have the backlight state "off".
In order for the screen to be seen, you must issue the following for each
screen...
sendToServer("screen_set <screen_name> backlight on");
Also, the Matrix Orbital displays (and maybe others?) have up to six
"general purpose outputs".-- basically outputs capable of driving a LED. I
would be interested in using these as "record lights", one for each capture
card. So if card #1 is recording, turn on light 1, for card #2, turn on
light 2, etc.
The command to control the outputs is...
sendToServer("output <value>");
Where "value" is
"on" - turns on all outputs
"off" - turns off all outputs
mask - a value representing the binary mask of "on" values ( "3" means LED
1 & 2 on, etc.)
Hope this is helpful, and thanks for all your hard work.
sjf
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