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Re: [ECS] Problem using Type Touchscreen-K Kevin Trainor Wed, 13 Dec 2000 10:07:36 -0600

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Nathan:

I followed your advice last night and everything worked as expected.  I am
going to tackle sending text to the Leopard in the next few days.  Don't be
surprised if you find some more struggling emails from me on that subject.

Thanks again.

Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Brown" <nbrown@thystonius.com>
To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 12:38 PM
Subject: RE: [ECS] Problem using Type Touchscreen-K


> Kevin,
> I am currently using the Leopard with ECS and have had success running
> things in a mixed more for a couple weeks now, but it was a headache
> getting there.  All my basic navigation control is in the Leopard with
> the major logic, text, and commands going to ECS.  I found it usefull to
> have several "generic" screens that ECS can use to write information.
> For example, screen 15 has nothing but a "Done" button in the lower
> right.  ECS uses this same screen for displaying Caller ID info as well
> as all General alert messages.  I made an event in ECS that builds this
> screen based on the values of several text items.  Then just call those
> events when a triggering event occurs, ie. telephone rings.
>
>
> Nathan
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Gilmore
> Sent: Tue 12/12/2000 7:44 AM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [ECS] Problem using Type Touchscreen-K
>
>
>
> I don't know, but the LEOPARD should support
> both internal and external control concurrently.
> --
> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> http://omnipotencesoftware.com
> 423-745-0026
> Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST
>
>
> Kevin Trainor wrote:
> >
> > Mark:
> >
> > 2.  My three lines of code in the Leopard were the only ones
> that I have
> > ever written.  So, I may easily have made a mistake.
> >
> > 3.  Do you think that most people are doing screen-to-screen
> navigation on
> > the Leopard using direct ECS control.  I would imagine that if
> you used
> > Ocelot/Leopard code to control navigation that it would be a
> bit quicker and
> > give the user a crisper response.  On the other hand, if you
> can't mix the
> > two modes of navigation, then, it is probably just another
> novel recipe for
> > disaster.  What do you think that most ECS Leopard users are
> doing on this
> > issue?
> >
> > Kevin
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Gilmore" <omnip@usit.net>
> > To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 8:27 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ECS] Problem using Type Touchscreen-K
> >
> > > Kevin,
> > > Are we saying that the LEOPARD will not respond to
> > > an ECS command(s) if it has it's own programming ?
> > > Sounds like a problem for ADI.
> > > BTW, you did not state if ECS was reporting an error
> message.
> > > --
> > > Mark Gilmore
> > > Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> > > http://omnipotencesoftware.com
> > > 423-745-0026
> > > Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST
> > >
> > >
> > > > Kevin Trainor wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I am pleased to say that I solved that problem by deleting
> the minimal
> > > > amount of event code that I had put into the Leopard.
> Now, I seem to
> > > > have full control of the Leopard from ECS.
> > > >
> > > > The small amount of event code that I originally loaded
> into the
> > > > Leopard was to get the Leopard to bring up Screen 1
> whenever it
> > > > powered up.  Now, I am directing the Leopard to Screen1
> via ECS
> > > > command in my Startup event.  Has anyone had luck in using
> native
> > > > Leopard/Ocelot code to control the default screen on the
> Leopard while
> > > > doing the rest of the navigation with commands from ECS?
> > > >
> > > > Kevin
> > > >
> > > >      ----- Original Message -----
> > > >      From: Kevin Trainor
> > > >      To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> > > >      Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 9:44 PM
> > > >      Subject: [ECS] Problem using Type Touchscreen-K
> > > >
> > > >      All:
> > > >
> > > >      I am using ECS Version 4.4.013.
> > > >
> > > >      I just got a Leopard and I'm trying to interact with
> it via
> > > >      the Touchscreen-K type.
> > > >
> > > >      I seem to be able to sense button presses on the
> Leopard
> > > >      quite well when I test the state of the relevant
> item.
> > > >
> > > >      However, I don't seem to be able to get the Leopard
> to
> > > >      switch to another screen by setting the item to the
> screen
> > > >      number.
> > > >
> > > >      Can anyone think of what I might be doing wrong?
> > > >
> > > >      Thanks.
> > > >
> > > >      Kevin
> > >
>
>
>

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