Online indicator help...

kyjoe · 04-03-2006, 07:52 PM

I am useing the BMV2 skin and have everything just about set up the way I like it. I have all the buttons saying what I want them to when I push them, I have iGuidance embedded, I changed the location and colors of some of the text. Been working for two days getting everything just the way I want except for one thing.... I can not for the life of me get this damn online indicator to work right.
I know it has got to be something so simple that I am overlooking it. I have been playing around with the .ini files and am getting nowhere. I do have an "online" jpg in my skin folder, I have this in my menu skin file...
/, I, x, y, w, h, Code;INDICATORCODES
I,30,45,150,30,"ONLINE"
IMG,30,45,130,20,"online.jpg",on
I01,185,455,30,35,"MUTE:b"

The "online .jpg" does show up on my menu skin where I told it to, but it never goes away if I disable my internet connection.
This is the last thing I need to do before my skin is finished and I can put my system in my car. Anybody...........

Chuck · 04-03-2006, 08:11 PM

Is it in a button or something

Try this and see what happens
I,30,45,150,30,"ONLINE:b"

kyjoe · 04-04-2006, 01:30 AM

hey Chuck, I tried that and now it just flashes all the time. Its not a button. With skin editor I added an "indicator" box below my "date" box. The "img" box is inside of the indicator box. Do I need to modify any other files? Or only the menu file. I do have the lastest version of RR. Did an update with the automatic updater.

Sonicxtacy02 · 04-04-2006, 09:55 AM

the online indicator isnt perfect and it doesnt test for an "internet" connection.... only for a network connection. That code above is the same i use (in different area of course) and mine works as it should. You did add the indicator "image" to your "on" skin right?

kyjoe · 04-04-2006, 07:07 PM

Sonic, Yea I have indicator image in my skin. I got it working now. Thanks guys!!. It was a stupid mistake on my part. I am testing it on my home pc and I diabled my cable modem to test it. But as you said it checks for network connection!! I was technically still connected, just not to the internet. Once I pulled my network cable out, the "online" image does go away and then return when i plug it back in. Once again, Thanks guys, I knew it was something simple.......

rsd212 · 04-05-2006, 11:09 AM

Could you post your indicator code? Using my wireless card, turning it on makes the online light appear after a little while, but it never shuts off until I restart RR if I then kill the wireless.

Sonicxtacy02 · 04-05-2006, 11:15 AM

make sure ur indicator is set to blink (online:B) else it wont shut off.

rsd212 · 04-05-2006, 11:57 AM

Even when its not over a button? Will this ever be fixed? Blinking would get very annoying...

_dopehead_ · 04-05-2006, 12:51 PM

i did a little util that pings something (isp dns in my case) every few seconds, and then creates a file if connected and deletes it if the connection is lost. This can be used in conjunction with the exists indicator that can check for a files existance. This will give you a real world idea of whether or not you are actually connected to the internet

guino · 04-05-2006, 03:03 PM

Hey _dopehead_, if you can, I'd like to include that "ping" app in RR's page .. I did try the Ping method in RR but it was just hogging up too much with VB's pseudo-multi-tasking.. so I cut it out.. it's best to have a separate application just to monitor it, like you did..

_dopehead_ · 04-05-2006, 06:27 PM

Sure, let me find it and make some small doc for it as well, i had it using some cmd line parameters for interval and address to ping and stuff that i probably should document.

_dopehead_ · 04-05-2006, 06:51 PM

Found it on my development pc at home,
Download : http://www.boyakasha.dk/inetup.exe
here is a "short" explanation :

The inetup.exe utility is meant to check reachability of an ip address by using ICMP Echo/Echo Reply (PING), and on that basis create a file or delete it depending on whether or not the address responds to ping. If started with no cmd line parameters the program will just start without doing anything, you can then use the input boxes for setting it up. However you can use parameters to specify the ip address to ping, the interval at which it should ping, and what path/file should be created or deleted and if the program should start enabled or disabled.

Params :

inetup.exe <IP> <interval> <state> <file>

IP : Address you want to check (ex.193.88.44.42)
Interval : how often should it ping, in milliseconds (ex.3000)
State : Should the program start pinging upon execute (ex.True)
File : the path and or filename that should be created/deleted (ex.c:\connected.txt)

Params must all be used if any of them are used at all in the order stated, and the filepath must be created already.

Example : from Start/Run : "C:\RoadRunner\inetup.exe" 193.88.44.42 3000 True c:\download\connected.txt