I've been playing with the LCD screen and some alert information on the DFP002 . From xAP you can write any information to any line (except the bottom button label one) . I now have the text from an overhead motorway gantry display connected to the bottom 2 lines on my idle screen. It updates near realtime with the sign display and allows me to know when I have to set off early based on any delay info. What I'm next going to do is add more interpretation of the data to word wrap/ save screen estate and also make use of the RSS traffic feed information as well. The possibility of RSS on the screen is interesting.
I'm also thinking of attaching a small beeper to one of the outputs on the DFP - such that it alerts me when something changes - as it can be left bleeping until cancelled without tying up the audio bus.
One thing I would like to do though is change the colour of the idle screen by some connection within Cortex.. so it could display red when there was a problem or an alert - is this a planned feature Vivian I wonder (set any colour for lcd) ?
I need to think carefully about 'screens' and their purpose and remove lines that have no purpose eg if there are no emails waiting why display anything. Maybe replace informational lines with alert lines as circumstances change. Also more research into how to use the buttons to drive more custom screens or information/drill down levels. Another thought was to display just the alert information (until a cancel button was pressed).
A rough representation below of my 'in progress' idle screen ,which is cluttered and needs pruning - Heating should be a button led really - currently second line alternates every 20 secs with the weather forecast "Forecast Rain". Please note I'm using xAP to achieve this functionality rather than the inbuilt screen connections within Cortex.
Kevin
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I'm also thinking of attaching a small beeper to one of the outputs on the DFP - such that it alerts me when something changes - as it can be left bleeping until cancelled without tying up the audio bus.
One thing I would like to do though is change the colour of the idle screen by some connection within Cortex.. so it could display red when there was a problem or an alert - is this a planned feature Vivian I wonder (set any colour for lcd) ?
I need to think carefully about 'screens' and their purpose and remove lines that have no purpose eg if there are no emails waiting why display anything. Maybe replace informational lines with alert lines as circumstances change. Also more research into how to use the buttons to drive more custom screens or information/drill down levels. Another thought was to display just the alert information (until a cancel button was pressed).
A rough representation below of my 'in progress' idle screen ,which is cluttered and needs pruning - Heating should be a button led really - currently second line alternates every 20 secs with the weather forecast "Forecast Rain". Please note I'm using xAP to achieve this functionality rather than the inbuilt screen connections within Cortex.
Kevin
Temp 22.4/3.5°C 14:52
Heating Off HW 54.2°C
emails */KH/PT 61/2/0
TelCalls/Msgs 2/1
13:20 Anna
To J29 (FOR M1) 12 MI
LES 11 MINS
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