[mythtv-users] MythLED Picture

[James Armstrong]

Here is the location for viewing the MythLED box we made.

http://www.thearmstrongs.org/images/mythled.jpg

It uses a standard serial interface to communicate with the monitoring 
software. The software queries the mythbackend to get the status of the 
tuners, free drive space, guide data, and voicemail. The MythLED box can 
be located anywhere. We are running this one at work and it is showing 
the status of David's Mythbackend at home. The prototype we made is 
capable of showing the status of 5 tuners. It will automatically 
determine how many are configured and show GREEN for Idle, RED for 
Recording, and Off for No Tuner. The System led will flash Red if there 
is something that needs attention like the hard drive space is low or 
the guide data is out of date. The Message led will flash Blue if there 
is a voicemail waiting. There are two Antenna leds that will turn Yellow 
to indicate which antenna is selected. We did this because we needed to 
switch between two antennas for HDTV programming. If the mythled 
software looses communications with the backend it will flash all the 
leds and also sound a piezo buzzer.

- James