netremote talking to girder 4

[bruiser]

Greetings,

I have been reading the forums for some time and learnt loads about girder and netremote which I am loving :) I'm certainly a newbie here and a newbie with scripting, in particular lua.

My current setup
HTPC XP, girder 4, soundbalster 5.1 split into 3 zones with zone 4 running off motherboard via spdif.
mce remote with plugin from burningzeroad using receiver + both blasters
cm11 and cm19a with numerous x10 gadgets across the house.
HP IPAQ RW6828 for remote control with netremote - soon to be upgraded to a fujitsu tablet pc :)
Onkyo receiver with 7.1 in cinema
Optoma projector and electric screen
4 zone audio via various other amps with source from pc.

What I am currently trying to achieve is this: Full control of my Home theatre (Onkyo receiver, HTPC, Optoma projector + electric screen(ir control)), lights (x10) and some other appliances (x10). I have been using the mce remote with the plugin by burningzeroad for ir output and can manualy trigger all the above from girder. What I am trying to figure out is how to set up control from netremote. I can use mediabridge to control media but am having trouble talking to girder to trigger ir and x10 outputs from pc. I can currently get weather reports from girder using the new_pro ccf so i know i have full communication and connection. I have read through the netremote user manual and other documentation but still feel a little lost as to how to proceed any further. Any help would be greatly appreciated...I'm sure i will work it out eventually. Do i need to learn lua to be able to achieve this?

Thanx in advance.

by the way i feel like i know half of you guys already because I've been snoopin around here for months now...very slack on my part i know for only making my first post today...but i like to work things out for myself untill I really really really get stuck :) I have to say this is some of the coolest software i have ever played with and the potential of girder and netremote blows my mind and is only limited by our imaginations :) Keep up the great work!

[zones]

Bruiser,

OK hope this helps

Step 1

Underneath the Girder action you want to trigger from NetRemote add an event.
Set the Event properties
Event Type - All Predefined (You can choose a more specfic option such as Raw comunications server)
Event String - MyTest

Step 2

Using NetRemote Designer ( Iassume you have been using this)
Add a Netremote button
Go to the buttons properties - Action designer
From the tree view on the left navigate to Grirder - Send Event to Girder and double click
In the new window - Parameters Event, type MyTest and then click ok

Thats save you changes and give your new button a try

Cheers
Zones

[bruiser]

Hey Zones,

Thanx for the help. I have just started playing with netremote designer. I have done what you have suggested and got it to work. My next step is to transfer the ccf file to my ppc...what i'm wandering is will i need a lua file as well to achieve this...or where is the info stored that triggers the event in girder? girder i assume? I'll give it a go on my ppc and see what happens. Thanx again. I'm getting there :)

[zones]

Bruiser,

For the example I gave no Lua is needed it is all taken care of in Girder and NR.

When using multi zones there is a design matter to consider.
Lets assume you have a NR page to control your Media Player and you have volume control buttons on that page.
What amp should the volume controls effect, the zone you are in / using.
This can be done in two ways.
1) Create multiple copies of your media player page (one for each zone) and change the events the buttons call for each page/zone.
2) Create a single media player page and assign Lua code to the volume buttons that sends the correct events based on the zone selected. (if / when you get round to this let me know and I can send an example) .

Zones