iRule - Page 269

Originally Posted by Jim Clamage 

In the bottom right hand corner of your device you will see a green (hopefully) gateway/device indicator. If you press the indicator the device drawer will come up showing the status of your gateways and devices. If you then double click the home button you can see live how the gateways/devices are affected (as above, some disconnect).

Originally Posted by ecrabb 

You also have to have "Show connection status" enabled in the Settings tab. I think it is by default, but more than once I've sat there pressing the little icon in the corner to no avail, because it was disabled in Settings.

Guys, I can't replicate this DirecTV feedback/gateway connection issue with my DirecTV and GC100, and my iTach is loaned out right now. I'll see if I can get it back this weekend and test.

One thing to remember is that HTTP gateways will always be green. The nature of an HTTP gateway (web server) is such that you can't just connect to it to see if it's live or not.

Try copy/pasting and deleting two of your feedbacks to another page (or copy the whole page and delete two feedbacks) so you only have one feedback, and see if it behaves any differently. One problem with the DTV boxes is that they're very slow. Some are extremely slow. If you want both multiple-channel feedback and good responsive control, you may need to use IP for feedback and IR for control.

SC

Originally Posted by NicksHitachi 

Mborner,

is the itach set to static ip? Maybe its negotiating DCHP?

Originally Posted by SeldomSeen31 

Hi have Foscam cameras, 3 of the model FI8918W.

Android currently doesn't support streaming video within Irule. I use the launch app function and the app IP Cam Viewer Pro to view my cameras in my android set up. Works great, gives full control of the cameras and then hitting the back button puts me right back in iRule.

I do use ipod touch and can view the camera streams, here is now I have it:

embedded URL: http://192.168.1.107:80/videostream.cgi?user=XXXX&pwd=XXXX&resolution=8

In an 4 wide by 8 high portrait page I have the embedded url set as 4x5 and scale to fit = NO.

I have a website where I can view the cameras externally, but for embedding in the ipod display using the internal IP address of the camera rather than my website works.

For control of the cameras the commands in the builder work:

LEFT: decoder_control.cgi?command=6&onestep=5
RIGHT: decoder_control.cgi?command=4&onestep=5

etc.

For the gateway in iRule I have: internal IP address, port, username and password, HTTP method GET and WOL OFF.



Hope that helps.

Originally Posted by giomania 

I am considering the purchase of some Foscam IP camera's, and was wondering what mount (if any) you purchased? I was thinking about getting one FI8905E (outdoor fixed bullet-style PoE), and two FI8910E (standard indoor PTZ PoE). They don't have the new 720p models available in PoE versions yet, but I look at these mainly as a deterrant.

Also, are you using NVR software, like Foscam's "Blue Iris"?

I have always lusted after Panasonic IP cameras, but they are just so expensive. Given that several users have these working in iRule with control and embedded video, I think the Foscam's are very tempting.

Thanks for any guidance.

Mark

Originally Posted by mborner 

SC,
As mentioned previously, the delay is not with the Directv gateway, it is with the iTach gateway.
IOW, why is adding a Directv feedback affecting the iTach gateway connection speed?

Originally Posted by TheYoshi 

I have an iTach gateway in my chain (on the projector) and I don't notice any delays of the sort. What I DO notice is that it seems iRule takes a long time to process the feedback.

If I query the DTV boxes via my computer (easy, just go to http://192.168.0.18:8080/tv/getProgInfo?major=507 in a browser) I get a response within 120ms, usually less.

Given that I'm giving a .3 second delay between commands there is no way iRule should take as long as it does to display feedbacks, yet it does. I believe the slowness here is parsing on the iRule side of things, not the "function" of the feedback itself if that makes sense.

Originally Posted by Mfusick 

is there cliff note style set up guide for this thing ?

Originally Posted by bcg27 

Are any iRule users coming from using some of the higher end URC stuff like the MSC-400? I am wondering how iRule compares with the ability to track variables internally and use if-else statements for decision making.


Also since the 'remotes' for iRule are just cell phones and tablets do people find the charging requirements bothersome? I have to charge my cell phone every night and a tablet would probably be similar. It seems that it would be pretty easy to forget to charge one night and then be stuck without a remote for a while...

Originally Posted by mark_anderson_u 

I'm testing iRule and have URC and MSC. This is where iRule really falls down. The lack of variables and conditional logic makes it unusable in so many arrears. Would be huge step back from my URC. I have mine programmed to behave like the Harmony (easy transition for Wife): you can do (for example) Watch TV and then do Watch Blu-ray. It knows which devices are on and which need to stay on or be turned on. In the case of the AVR, I can skip power-on delays (discrete on/off codes are no help for this) and it doesn't turn it off and then back on. I can also "step out" of an activity to a device and back in, and it knows it's already in the activity, so won't try and start it again (even if I press "Watch Blu-ray" again). There's no way this can be done without variables and conditional logic.

I also have it integrated with my HA system, so it raises the lights when you pause/stop a movie or turn off TV, but is smart enough to know if they are already on or the time of day.

For me to switch to iRule would be a huge step backwards (and I hate using touchscreen remotes unless I'm surfing a channel guide, music lib, etc. (so I use my iPad for that). I also want hard buttons--personal preference--(and not just the vol ones that iRule provides--but that's a start)

Regards

Mark

Originally Posted by Willie 

+1

Originally Posted by DHF 

1. Complete noob at this. Have harmony remote, it's....OK.
Typing this in on my iPad, so I already have some of the hardware. If I were to want to control a Marantz 8801 preamp, two Directv HD receivers, and an HTPC, all wired into the network - am I crazy or is there no additional hardware required?

Originally Posted by DHF 

1. Complete noob at this. Have harmony remote, it's....OK.
Typing this in on my iPad, so I already have some of the hardware. If I were to want to control a Marantz 8801 preamp, two Directv HD receivers, and an HTPC, all wired into the network - am I crazy or is there no additional hardware required?

Originally Posted by fight4yu 

where is your display??
Most TV does not have IP remote (or most don't allow turning ON/OFF via IP). JVC and sony projector do have IP control though.

Originally Posted by johnsills1 

I will do my best to answer that question.....

When you create a page, it is normally called a panel.......Inside of each panel, you can create "Pages" (Landscape or Potrait)

When you create a button, right click it and convert it to a link. On the bottom left portion of the web page, you will see the box that states "NAME" Properties. "Name" would be the name of your Panel

With the button/link highlighted, you will see in the Panel Properties Box a line named Panel Name. Click on that drop down box and select the name of the panel you want the link to reference. Look down further for Page Name and click on the drop down box and pick the Page that you want to reference on the Panel you selected above.

Hope that helps