Alcd-plugin

From VDR Wiki

Contents 1 Description 1.1 Usage 2 Hardware requirements 3 Software requirements 4 Installation 5 Problems 6 Links

Description

Enables the LCD display of the Activy300 boxes from Siemens and allows navigation in the VDR menu where oversized lines are scrolled. It also shows a progress bar while replaying media.

The frontpanel buttons of the Activy are also supported. Some additional keypresses are realized by pressing more than one button at once.

Usage

Key	Function
Up	Up
Down	Down
Left	Left
Right	Right
Ok	Ok
Left/Right	Menu
Up/Down	Red
Up/Right	Blue
Left/Down	Eject CDROM
"Power" and short after "ok"	Shutdown

Hardware requirements

• Activy 300 Media Center from Fujitsu Siemens

Software requirements

• none

Installation

See plugin installation

Problems

• Display "hangs" randomly during heavy channel switching with the Activy300 remote control or keyboard. LIRC remote controls seem to work.
• Plugin does not run on "newer" Activys 320/350 and Activy 2xx.

Links

[1]

http://home.primusnetz.de/mgeisler/alcd

Plugin homepage

[2]

http://www.htpc-forum.de/download/download.php

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