Details of events ghost's "http interface" to intepret Media

[jksmurf]

In this GBPVR forum thread http://forums.gbpvr.com/showthread.php? ... post218535 I described I was after the ability for Eventghost to intercept a command from a remote control sending a signal to a PC.

I need is the MVP to carry the signal to Eventghost, so EG can control the USBUIRT, which zaps the DSL box. GBPVR would not be involved. I am not sure how this would work or if it possible, as it seems like GBPVR is "in control", but if EG can intercept that one button press, that's what I'd like.

The author of mvpmc, a dongle used in the Hauappage MediaMVP, reckons he may be able to helpo if he knows more about the Eventghost "http interface" as follows:

Find out more about the http interface and I can probably help.... This type of solution uses tcpip and not IR technology and assuming it can all be done by passing one url encoded string I probably can do this in 6 lines of code.

I have no idea what he needs, but it seems to hing on the "http interface". Can anyone offer any help with this?

Ta

k.

[Bitmonster]

Create an empty page for the webserver (lets say emptypage.html) and call it this way:
http://localhost/emptypage.html?MyEvent

"MyEvent" is the event you get.

[jksmurf]

Thanks I'll let the MVP guy know.

Cheers

k.

[jksmurf]

Create an empty page for the webserver (lets say emptypage.html) and call it this way:
http://localhost/emptypage.html?MyEvent

"MyEvent" is the event you get.

Sorry I'm a bit new to this, when you say "call it this way" ... what do you mean?

I created the page, but ummm.. what do I do now? Is the next step to get EG to run that page when I press a certain remote button i.e. assign an IR call to the USBUIRT to the page?

Cheers

k.

[jksmurf]

OK Yippee, I have it running with MyEvent. If I change the name to mvpmcEvent, it doesn't work. MUST it be MyEvent?

k.

[krambriw]

MUST it be MyEvent?

MyEvent is the sample name of an event you might have created in EG.

If you have events named anything else you add that name instead

Like .....?AnyEventNameYouHaveDefined

and that will start execution of the macro the event belongs to

[jksmurf]

Thank you, I have it working beautifully now!

btw I see the GPVR plugin (I don't use it though) is still in the latest beta. Presumably these are just pre-defined Keyboard commands associated with strokes e.g. {Ctrl=W} etc so you don't have to set these? If so it should still work OK.

k.