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Date:      Fri, 5 Jun 1998 22:04:23 -0500
From:      Danny Dulai <nirva@ishiboo.com>
To:        Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com>
Cc:        multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Remote device multiplexing
Message-ID:  <19980605220423.58039@bleep.ishiboo.com>
In-Reply-To: <19980605203427.C1773@ct.picker.com>; from Randall Hopper on Fri, Jun 05, 1998 at 08:34:27PM -0400
References:  <19980602134354.A4551@ct.picker.com> <199806022030.NAA01724@rah.star-gate.com> <19980605203427.C1773@ct.picker.com>

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Quoting Randall Hopper (rhh@ct.picker.com):
> Amancio Hasty:
>  |Sleep mode for Fxtv ?
>  |
>  |Just want to wakeup fxtv via my x10 remote control -- kind of like
>  |a turn tv on remote control well coming to think about it
>  |thats precisely what I want a "turn on tv x10 remote control command".
> 
> Yeah, I thought about that too :-)  After pondering a little I decided Fxtv
> was the was the wrong place to put it, and didn't have the time to
> implement the (IMO) "right" solution.
> 
> That being, to have a "remoted" daemon that multiplexes remote events to
> multiple clients.  That way you could share the remote between remote-aware
> applications.  The remote clients would register with the remoted daemon
> (rather than moused), and remoted would connect to moused.
> 
> One of those registered clients could be an application launcher, another
> one (possibly spawned by the launcher) could be Fxtv.  Apps launched don't
> necessarily need to be mouse aware (e.g. netscape, etc.).  Hot sequences on
> the remote would allow you to "select" a registered client (which would
> receive the bulk of the remote's key events while selected).
> 
> Really, this'd be cool.  Since these remotes work around 300Mhz and aren't
> line-of-site, you could be in a separate room hitting remote buttons which
> would fire off all kinds of tasks.  Say, fire up your ISP link and grab
> your mail (which could play an audio file if you had any) or stock market
> quotes, etc.  In your case, maybe play your voicemail for the day for you
> and let you delete/save/proceed while you take care of other things.  Or
> maybe fire off Fxtv and grab a cool pic while watching a movie on the big
> TV in the other room.
> 
> Would be a fun project for someone that has the time :-)

Just placed order for my remote.. will work on this project once it gets
here.. sounds like a lot of fun :)

Any more ideas would be greatly appreciated..

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Danny Dulai                                           Feet. Pumice. Lotion.
http://www.ishiboo.com/~nirva/                            nirva@ishiboo.com

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