Keyboard to control HouseBot?

Zei · Post by **Zei** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 2:41 pm

Yello!

Can keyboard be used to control HouseBot configured deviced i.e. without remote. In this way I would be able to control Meedio, Lights, AV-equipment etc.. also using by bluetooth keyboard :) .. which would be nice!

Post by **ScottBot** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:03 pm

That would be nice, but unfortunately, you can't. It probably wouldn't be too difficult to write a Device that has a keyboard hook that simply reports the key codes as a Property Value. Then a Task could handle controlling the behavior from the key codes.

Zei · Post by **Zei** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:42 am

hmmm, what about the software remotes, is there going to be a possibility to send keyboard shortcuts to buttons on remote?

Post by **ScottBot** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:57 am

That's a feature request that's been on the list.... forever. It makes perfect sense to add the support, but I'm not running the schedule anymore.

Zei · Post by **Zei** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 1:36 pm

too bad..

how does Girder and HouseBot fit together, or is Girder only supposed to be used if one does not have Pocket PC.

I guess I could be able to use keyboard with Girder and USB-UIRT but in that case I would be missing HouseBot support for Meedio and my X10 lights.

Maybe I just still need to use them all together. Next step will be to try to use SW in my bluetooth LAN for Meedio/ZoomPlayer/Winamp/Lights + BT keyboard for writing. WLAN is taking too much battery.

Post by **ScottBot** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:11 pm

HouseBot has a Girder Bridge Device that allows HouseBot to send Girder events over the network. This allows you to leverage the large library of support that Girder has for controlling equipment, etc.

For Girder to control HouseBot, you could use the External Control plugin and call it from Girder. I'm really not too familiar with Girder to give much advice here.