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Mark F
October 13th, 2002, 12:55 PM
There are the TCP/IP client and server on the download page. Maybe you can make use of them?

Sorry, I haven't done what you are doing.
Ingo
October 13th, 2002, 12:55 PM
there is at least one: girder.exe.
Just call girder.exe -eventstring <event>.
Replace <event> with the string that apears in this LED like area on the right of girder's window when you select an action.
Quinten
October 13th, 2002, 12:55 PM
So what are you waiting for? Start producing the UIRT for us loyal fans :wink: ...

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Wintermute
October 13th, 2002, 12:55 PM
We have a Home Server, a multi-purpose PC which supplies audio to the house, controls X-10, provides an MP3/DivX Library, and Internet Access.

Latest addition to this is a UIRT, and Girder!

I have constructed a rather nice web front end which allows me to control Winamp (using Snowcrash, an excellent plug-in), and ties into the X-10 Control also.

What I would like to do is have a series of AV Source Selection icons on a web page.

The Web page is displayed on the TV using a ATI Allin Wonder Card, and Girder allows mouse control of the Server (this bit is working)

The idea is that clicking on "Kerrang TV" for instance, would make the server run a girder multigroup command which switches AV Sources, and stuffs the right channel selection into the Sky receiver.

I have all the commands learnt, and groups set up, but I can't make the connection..

My Server is running W2KServer, with IIS installed.

I don't mind playing around to get it right (in fact, I enjoy it!) but I am stuck for where to start.. Whats the quickest way to get some of this functionality going on?
Wintermute
October 13th, 2002, 12:55 PM
Well, as a start, is there *any* way to send a command to Girder?

If there was an executable, which could pass commands to Girder based on parameters, that would be a start!

Ian.
Wintermute
October 13th, 2002, 12:55 PM
Okay, a solution..

calling girder.exe with parameters from an ASP page doesn't work, I suspect because the newly launches app requires desktop access, or is unable to communicate with the running Girder process.

However, using the TCPIP Server and Client works just fine..

The following code in "iraction.asp":

<%@ Language=VBScript %>

<html>
<head>
<title>Source Select</title>
</head>
<body>

<%
Dim oShell, cmd, eventID, Run
Set oShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Cmd = "C:sendgirder 192.168.1.1 84 girder "
EventID = cstr(Request.QueryString("command"))
Run = oShell.Run( "%COMSPEC% /c " & Cmd & EventID, 0, True )
Set oShell = Nothing
%>

</table>
</body>
</html>

allows the following link on a webpage:

skyone.jpg (iraction.asp?command=SKYONE)

To run the event "SKYONE" on the Girder server

obviously, My Server's Internal IP is 192.168.1.1, TCPIP Server is running on Port 84, and I have console.exe fom the TCPIP Client download renamed to "sendgirder.exe" in c:

I now have a nice webpage with channel icons, which send the required IR commands via Girder. :grin: