[mythtv-users] MythLED Picture
Phil Bridges
phil at gravityhammer.com
Thu Jan 27 10:41:31 EST 2005
>
> James Armstrong wrote:
>
>> 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 drive space is low or the guide data is out of date.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
>>
John Kuhn wrote:
> any chance of producing some of these for the rest of us?
>
> or at least posting plans on how to build one?
>
> --John
I agree - that's pretty darned cool. I see it as something to mount in
the front panel of a case.
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