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onhiatus
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Not specifically a PH question, but related. What does everyone use for a status display?
I'm looking for something a bit smaller than my computer monitor that will display text. The idea being that it would show various house stats, weather, MP3s now playing, etc. Ideally it would just be a small wall mounted LCD controlled via a serial connection (or USB, or networked, etc.)
Anybody doing anything like this? Any ideas, thoughts?
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TonyNo
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I have yet to add displays to augment my main TV, but, can imagine that adding two would be nice.
Small LCD's (maybe too small) can be obtained from these sites...
Crystalfontz
Matrix Orbital
Scott Edwards
This one also seems nice...
Zanware
I have also seen people wall-mount WiFi-enabled PDA's!
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I forgot about these...
Two Technologies
I use these at work for our low-end machines; very good value (under $200, I believe).
Here is their competition...
QSI
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I havent had a chance to really play with type of technology yet, but I have purchased a 3com Audrey (small touchscreen web appliance) and have played with interfacing it with PowerHome using it's web browser and the Web server interface of PowerHome.
Dave.
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Hi Dave,
How did/does the Audrey work out for you?
I see them on eBay and am tempted to buy one.
BTW,
Here is a CC Tab image I use with my Treo650 to go to favorite channels. Not too practical but still a lot of fun. With PowerHome I now have in AllinOne Remote on my PDAs.
I Cut and Pasted the images from files available at RemoteCentral.
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Manny,
I never really got around to using the Audrey to much  . It didnt support CSS so I needed to design special Control Center pages using image maps and it just was too much of a pain.
However, the latest beta supports a new method of serving the CC up via the web using an imagemap so it should now be compatible with an Audrey.
Try http://127.0.0.1/ph-cgi/ccmap?id=YOURCCID
The downside is that it has to quickly render the CC image on the PowerHome machine so it may not work out for you but it is something new to try.
Dave.
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I see a bunch of sites hacking/re-imaging the Audrey , so who knows maybe someone has updated the browser...
I meant to ask re. "Create Image Map" when right-clicking in CC. Is this documented anywhere?
Trying out example above...
Awesome. I kinda like the buttons vs the tabs displayed for the CC pages.
So is the image maps feature intended for browswers that don't support CSS?
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Dave: Hey! That's new!
<trying>
Shucks! It does not render with the dynamic changes.
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Hmm. The dynamic changes work now.
Poop. NetFront 3.1 (PPC browser) does not support image maps! 
Maybe 3.2 does. Downloading now...
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onhiatus wrote:
Not specifically a PH question, but related. What does everyone use for a status display?
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I have developped a display which shows text-only and is based on a wireless serial connection (this is already built and working). However I haven't had the time to build the project (LCD-Display) for obvious reasons (the addition to my family) but when I have the time this spring or summer, I will...
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well: it is easier to connect an LCD-Display to the Parallel-port because it needs less aditional electronics, however you'd have to make it work with the K8000 interface if you have one... a second matter is that you'd have to account for the maximum distance of the cable. Velleman has also an LCD-Display which is capable of a wireless serial connection but how this works is unknown to me. If you want to make a graphical display: that is a different matter because you have to programm all different pixels on the display as well as colour and so forth. This can be done with programming a PIC-Controler but that is too much work for me. I have also been thinking of running a multimonitor setup and another thing I have been thinking of is using an old PDA which has the possibility of using a WLAN-Card and build a wall mount for it. After carefull considering I will go with the text-only display.
Peter
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I've been bidding on 7 and 8 inch touchscreen displays on eBay (everyone, plese do not out-bid me...  ...). Plus a 2 headed PCI video card to drive them.
Then use a couple of USB to Cat5 balun's for the touchscreen control and whatever solutions exist for the vga cables...
I think I got the idea from Tony No re. keeping those screens in web browsing kiosk mode from somewhere in this forum.
I originally thought about using the living room TV for web browsing/control, but my boss (wife) doesn't want a keyboard in the living room nor does she like the x10 mouse remote...
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Heh. For a higher-WAF, you may want to look at a Gyration Compact Keyboard Suite. All wireless and easy to hide when not in use!
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I guess not putting away my toys did me in. I had the Gyration keybord and mouse in the living room at the old house, plus a monitor on a swivel mechanical arm for higher resolution computing next to the recliner. She'd insensitvely call it my Christoper Reeve chair (RIP). Funny , now that we're married and we're in the new house, her tolerance for my hobby has gone down a couple notches. 
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Mmm, yea. I think a monitor on an arm next to the chair would be a tad much.
This just means you need to find the next killer app for a WAF turnaround! 
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I had to look it up 
WAF
Wife Acceptance Factor
* Sometimes also referred to as Wife Approval Factor
* More information
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3.2 does, but the fonts look bad now! I'll have to contact them.
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I've been gone for a couple weeks and was surprised to see this topic back up. I never did do this, but am still interested. The best solution I was able to find for a house is here:
ACSControl.com: ACS LCD Display Terminal
It's fairly beefy terminal that fits in a two gang box with a fairly nice milled cover available.
As shown the price is <$120
If anyone does anything (or has done anything) with one of these I'd love to hear about it!
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I like the in wall idea, and I like the color graphic touch screen displaysthat shows web content. I would like to stay under a couple hundred bucks, so may have to get creative. I keep getting out bid on ebay (but not by much...)
Tony,
What solution did you end up going with?
Product,technology, installation etc..
Dave,
Same question.
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I actually installed a touch screen in my foyer (documented here, somewhere). Also, I bought a PPC with 802.11. $300 buys a decent, portable HMI. All we need is some kind of a flush-mount kit for in-wall use.
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Thanks. Found it.
Topic = Touch Screen Deal
Following the link I found that Tiger Direct has non-Dell (Planar) 15" touchscreens for $399.00
Still bidding on 7 and 8 inch screens myself.
Also for those with money the following look way cool:
http://www.redradio.com/products.html
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