2009-02-17, 06:55
I have done some research, and can not find exactly what I am looking for.
I am trying to pop up a window in XBMC remotely, with custom text passed to it. When the system is up and running, with the surround sound in the back of the house, it can be difficult to hear someone at the door at the front of the house.
I have the house automated with Home Seer, and it is capable of running scripts based on events ect. My doorbell is hooked to Home Seer, and can log when someone comes to the door, flash a light ect. I would also like to have a message pop up on XBMC when this happens.
Ideally I would like to pass "Someone is at the front door" as well as show a remote picture from the door camera in the dialog as well. (Just a still image that is captured whenever the doorbell is pressed). I can easily save the image to a network location with the same name to be used each time... something like Someoneatthedoor.jpg.
I also receive Caller ID with Home Seer, and would like to be able to pass this as a pop up as well when the phone rings.
This is the closest I could get with my research and digging through the online help documentation:
I based the above on what I found in the debug log after passing an event with XBMC Notifier v1.0.1:
23:33:01 T:5268 M:1916645376 DEBUG: HttpApi Start command: ExecBuiltIn paras: ExecBuiltIn; Notification(Information!,This is a test notification)
Using that program pops up a 200 x 100 or so dialog box in the lower right corner with that text.
This is of course the debug log, and does not show the correct syntax of what was sent to XBMC.
How can I have a window or dialog pop up with custom text?
I am trying to pop up a window in XBMC remotely, with custom text passed to it. When the system is up and running, with the surround sound in the back of the house, it can be difficult to hear someone at the door at the front of the house.
I have the house automated with Home Seer, and it is capable of running scripts based on events ect. My doorbell is hooked to Home Seer, and can log when someone comes to the door, flash a light ect. I would also like to have a message pop up on XBMC when this happens.
Ideally I would like to pass "Someone is at the front door" as well as show a remote picture from the door camera in the dialog as well. (Just a still image that is captured whenever the doorbell is pressed). I can easily save the image to a network location with the same name to be used each time... something like Someoneatthedoor.jpg.
I also receive Caller ID with Home Seer, and would like to be able to pass this as a pop up as well when the phone rings.
This is the closest I could get with my research and digging through the online help documentation:
Code:
htt p://192.168.1.96:8088/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=ExecBuiltIn;Notification(Information!,This is a test notification)
23:33:01 T:5268 M:1916645376 DEBUG: HttpApi Start command: ExecBuiltIn paras: ExecBuiltIn; Notification(Information!,This is a test notification)
Using that program pops up a 200 x 100 or so dialog box in the lower right corner with that text.
This is of course the debug log, and does not show the correct syntax of what was sent to XBMC.
How can I have a window or dialog pop up with custom text?