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Control over PC running Windows Media Centre
Darkside
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Hi all,
We have a project on hand and several of the rooms will run WMC.
I have had a bit of a sniff around Inconcert for any references to WMC, but can not find any listing at all.
Learning the remote is clearly an option, however, I am investigating a higher level of control than simply squirting IR at it.
If anyone has had any experience with controlling this with IP or serial, I would sincerely appreciate any feedback. Cracks about this M$ app happily accepted too!!
Of particular interest is clearly the music control - ie genre sorting, play lists etc etc.
I know I can fall back on the i!pclinkmediaplayer standard Netlinx module for the music side of the box, but hoped to get a bit more involved than that with the rest of it.
Many thanks (in advance!)
We have a project on hand and several of the rooms will run WMC.
I have had a bit of a sniff around Inconcert for any references to WMC, but can not find any listing at all.
Learning the remote is clearly an option, however, I am investigating a higher level of control than simply squirting IR at it.
If anyone has had any experience with controlling this with IP or serial, I would sincerely appreciate any feedback. Cracks about this M$ app happily accepted too!!
Of particular interest is clearly the music control - ie genre sorting, play lists etc etc.
I know I can fall back on the i!pclinkmediaplayer standard Netlinx module for the music side of the box, but hoped to get a bit more involved than that with the rest of it.
Many thanks (in advance!)
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Hi David,
Many thanks for your prompt reply.
I had a sneaking suspicion this might be the case...I didn't even note VNC in my post as it is going to be literally unusable due to both the speed and display size on an MVP.
Using the WMC o/p to screen and squirting IR at it might well be the most elegant.
I will suggest to the client that 'administrators' manipulate any in depth data (ie music sorting) via wireless KB and the end users surf the WMC GUI via the MVP.
Sincrely appreciate your feedback.
Steve
'Long time listener, first time caller'!
The ones I've found are:
http://www.autonomichome.com
http://www.inteset.com
which both look promising.
If anyone has come across any others or has worked with those and could give their experience with them that would be interesting to hear.
Curt
Trikin
Hi all,
Many thanks for your input.
I will look into each of the links and if we progress down this TCP path, I, too, will post my results/findings.
I appreciate the support of the forum on this one.
Regards
Steve
Curt
Trikin
Look forward to your findings Curt
Regards
Otherwise using an external application would be your best shot
They have a ******** example, but nothing for AMX. I played with it for a bit, got a track listing, clicked a button and could play it... So it does what it says! Not sure how much work it will be to get the full module going yet but it seems like this thing works as advertised. I am off to training Sunday (Programmer I, time to learn how I am supposed to be programming)... Will play more when I get back (or get bored in class!).
Curt
Trikin
No I don't think I will be able to patent it, but perhaps my room combining algorithm...
We have been thinking about using the WMC in our systems but I've always been concerned about the reliability of them. How did your installations go ?
If two way control can be achieved via IP and the unit is reliable it sound like a great little solution.
The project might re-surface early next year..
Did anyone explore the examples?
That being said, Integra has a piece (the NVS7.7) which is a WMC product. There is a serial port and a module is available from AMX to control the device. I am in the process of working with the device for a sort of side project. I can say that the module seemed to communicate without any problems. I will be working on the device more in the next couple weeks so I can go into more depth about the overall control capabilities (or lack thereof).
Hope this helps,
Jeff
They actually made an AMX module a few month ago and if you do a search for AutonomicHome on the forum you should be able to find the thread.
They do have product that I beleive works with any PC running WMCE via a their server app you install on that PC. Then their Netlinx module communicates between Netlinx and the Server app. There was a free beta release of the module on their site as well as a trial period version of the server app. I think eventually you would have to pay a few hundred for lincensed version of the server app.
Wow! Any news on this, I would be very interested in contolling Windows Media Centre over TPC/IP rather that IR
Andrew
Curt
Thanks for that link. I am downloading it now. This is for my own home project, so I was put off by the price tag. Trying to get the Kindle system to work as well.
If it works, I'll keep you all posted....
Cheers,
Andrew