PowerMon plugin - for laptop carpcs

festy · 08-29-2006, 09:11 PM

Here's a simple little RRExtension plugin for reporting power information on laptop based carpcs. I wrote it because I was having issues with my charging system, and wanted to keep an eye on it from within RR.

PowerMon Extension Plugin for RoadRunner
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PowerMon lets you monitor your laptop's power state through RoadRunner.

History
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0.4 07/01/09 slider images within a skin now take preference

0.3 21/07/08 Feature addition

0.2 21/07/08 2 years after 0.1 release with no updates

added indicator, releasing source

0.1 08/06 Initial release

Commands provided:
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* none

Labels provided:
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powermon_battstate Charging/Discharging
powermon_powersrc Battery/External
powermon_battlevel High/Low/Critical/Charging/No battery
powermon_battpercent % of battery charge remaining

Indicators provided:
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powermon Returns true (indication that plugin is running)
powermon_gbattlevel Displays image from slider_n.gif , ie. 80% remaining displays slider_80.gif.

To use these labels in your skin, just add the line:

Code:

X,Powermon

to menu.skin. Don't forget to regsvr32 powermon.dll first.

guino · 08-29-2006, 10:09 PM

Very Nice

GizmoQ · 08-30-2006, 11:55 PM

Tried this today, works great! Except you didn't warn me to only put the "X,Powermon" in only the first skin (menu.skin in my case). If I put it on every skin that has the label codes in them the variable doubles and doubles and doubles, i.e., BATTPERCENT says "99%" the first time and the next screen says "99%99%" and the next time its "99%99%99%99%." Luckily, I removed all but one reference to the plugin and now it works perfectly.

guino · 08-31-2006, 12:45 AM

I have to add a fail-safe to only load X plugins from menu.skin.

jonessc · 01-28-2007, 03:28 PM

cant seem to get this one running... must be me

i have copyed the dll into c:\windows\system, and run regsvr32 powermon.dll in a command prompt and the message came back that the dll had been instaled sucessfully.

Edited the menu.skin and added the following (with and without brackets):
X,Powermon
BATTSTATE (Charging/Discharging)
POWERSRC (Battery/External)
BATTLEVEL (High/Low/Critical/Charging)
BATTPERCENT (x%)

for me nothing happens, any ideas?

GizmoQ · 01-28-2007, 05:53 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by jonessc

cant seem to get this one running... must be me

i have copyed the dll into c:\windows\system, and run regsvr32 powermon.dll in a command prompt and the message came back that the dll had been instaled sucessfully.

Edited the menu.skin and added the following (with and without brackets):
X,Powermon
BATTSTATE (Charging/Discharging)
POWERSRC (Battery/External)
BATTLEVEL (High/Low/Critical/Charging)
BATTPERCENT (x%)

for me nothing happens, any ideas?

TRY THIS:

Code:

X,Powermon

L24,580,185,105,28,192,192,192,18,"GE Drover","=STATE","LEFT"
L25,688,186,90,28,255,127,000,18,"GE Drover","BATTSTATE","LEFT"
L26,581,215,105,28,192,192,192,18,"GE Drover","=SOURCE",
L27,689,214,90,28,255,127,000,18,"GE Drover","POWERSRC",""
L28,580,301,105,28,192,192,192,18,"GE Drover","=BATT %",
L28,582,275,105,28,192,192,192,18,"GE Drover","=BATTLEVEL",
L29,690,302,90,28,255,127,000,18,"GE Drover","BATTPERCENT",
L29,689,276,90,28,255,127,000,18,"GE Drover","BATTLEVEL",

jonessc · 01-29-2007, 05:10 PM

thats fantatic, works a treat, thats some clever thinking!

can the similar principle be incorporated for adding the status of a wireless network, ie reception as displayed by windows? that would be handy!

thank you for the help!

GizmoQ · 01-30-2007, 12:40 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by jonessc

thats fantatic, works a treat, thats some clever thinking!

can the similar principle be incorporated for adding the status of a wireless network, ie reception as displayed by windows? that would be handy!

thank you for the help!

If you're talking about WiFi, there's already an indicator for Online status built into RR. Some users also incorporate a program that's more accurate. As far as signal strength goes - WHO CARES - unless you're in a WiFi rally race.

veedubya · 05-03-2007, 09:47 AM

Any idea why i am only showing BATTERYLEVE and not BATTERYLEVEL

BTW nice plugin - i have BATT **% incorporated on all my main screens so i can watch my latop battery and switch to car battery plug with the flip of a switch

Custommx3 · 06-01-2007, 12:06 PM

Maybe your textbox isnt big enough and its being cut off.

BTW I was thinking about something like this. When I take outmy carPC to do updates I usually use my laptop.

festy · 07-20-2008, 05:37 PM

New version up - see post #1

jonessc · 07-20-2008, 09:05 PM

Very nice festy!

Glad to see some further development

festy · 07-21-2008, 03:01 AM

...and another - incorporating external power source into the slider (shows 1 set of images for batt level when running from battery, a different set for when running from external power)

jonessc · 07-23-2008, 01:48 PM

Festy.

Can you give an example of the code to use the new indicators on a skin?

festy · 07-23-2008, 08:40 PM

An example -

Code:

L,135,216,200,35,255,255,255,16,"Verdana","=Power","LEFT"
L01,137,285,100,30,202,202,202,12,"Verdana","=Batt:","LEFT"
L01,136,253,100,30,202,202,202,12,"Verdana","=State:","LEFT"

I,316,286,35,19,"POWERMON_GBATTLEVEL"
L04,239,285,74,30,202,202,202,14,"Verdana","POWERMON_BATTPERCENT",
L04,239,253,123,30,202,202,202,14,"Verdana","POWERMON_BATTSTATE",

Just remember the images folder has to be in the same folder as powermon.dll

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