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Would it be possible to make the camera light flash when an event occurs. For instance, when a call is received, or when you receive a message. I for one tend to put my pda face down on my desk, just in case something falls on it (It also prevents dust from collecting on it, as it's a bugger to clean off) so it would be a novel use for the light. The camera light woul definitely draw attention to the phone, much more than the little orange flashing light that's there atm...
Anyone know of anything which may do the job?
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extremly good question would make sense.
lets see what we come up with.
-Brian
VJCandela could quite easily be modified to do this.
It doesn't support the Wizard though, I've never had one to debug on
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VJCandela could quite easily be modified to do this.
It doesn't support the Wizard though, I've never had one to debug on
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Well I love mine far to much to commit it for scientific research
Why can't all of these little bits of hardware all be accessed in the same way on all devices... It's silly having to access them directly. It's a bit like the sounds and notifications thingy. There are loads of notifications, so why can't we change them all without having to install other programs? Because you can in the full blown windows...
Yes, but on PCs the hardware has to be made hardware compatible, or interfaced by appropriate drivers. On the PPC you're not working to a strict hardware platform, so you get different cameras, different scrollwheels, different audio etc. And that's even just withinHTC.
We're working at a driver level, or even worse, hardware level, and that requires some device specific work.
If it's any consolation, the Hermes and the Universal are much more similar then the Wizard and the Hermes, for example. So perhaps things are moving in the right direction.
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Yes, but on PCs the hardware has to be made hardware compatible, or interfaced by appropriate drivers. On the PPC you're not working to a strict hardware platform, so you get different cameras, different scrollwheels, different audio etc. And that's even just withinHTC.
We're working at a driver level, or even worse, hardware level, and that requires some device specific work.
If it's any consolation, the Hermes and the Universal are much more similar then the Wizard and the Hermes, for example. So perhaps things are moving in the right direction.
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Granted the platform differs, however, there should be a method to activate and de-activate the camera flash that's semi universal, I refuse to believe the camera application that comes with the wizard is written specifically for it.
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Granted the platform differs, however, there should be a method to activate and de-activate the camera flash that's semi universal, I refuse to believe the camera application that comes with the wizard is written specifically for it.
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Yeah, this is essentially what I was getting at myself, I just didn't know how to word it at the time...
When I go into the Comms. Manager and turn on Bluetooth I have noticed that the device isnt automatically visible, you have to go to settings, bluetooth, then select the box to make device visible.
Is there anyway to make this happen when you turn bluetooth on.
Thanks
If there is then also be careful. If you are walking down the street at night alone anyone passing by is going to know you have an expensive phone.
I used to think leaving discoverable on was a good idea but now I only have it on when needed in case some techno-savvy mugger is nearby.
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If there is then also be careful. If you are walking down the street at night alone anyone passing by is going to know you have an expensive phone.
I used to think leaving discoverable on was a good idea but now I only have it on when needed in case some techno-savvy mugger is nearby.
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I know what you mean.
But Im after a tweak for when you turn bluetooth on to receive a file or something you dont have to manually select the make my device visible option
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If there is then also be careful. If you are walking down the street at night alone anyone passing by is going to know you have an expensive phone.
I used to think leaving discoverable on was a good idea but now I only have it on when needed in case some techno-savvy mugger is nearby.
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lol, isn't that being a little too much paranoid? I mean, what muggler would actually stand and update his bluetooth to show nearby users everytime someone walked by him at night?! Sounds kinda silly to me, if someone actually took his time to do that I would give him my X1 just for the trouble, lol!!!
Could have sworn i read about it haapppeinng to someone.
You don't need a phone, but a bluetooth laptop and some snooping software. Work in a team of two with one in a car and one down the road on the street and it's dooable.
Bluejacking is real and I've been a victim of it before. It is especially prevalent in places with lots of people (airports, subways, buses, cafes etc.). And all it takes is a minute or two.... that's why I keep my bluetooth invisible until when I need to do some file transfers.
forget about screen protectors, forget about 4" screens I want my entire table to be a screen!
Now thats what I call finger friendly!
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/05/13/inside-microsofts-home-of-the-future-video
about 1min 30secs in !
the rest of the stuff on there I could live without, but that mobile/table interface looks great. And it would please the "tidyheads" at my work, as I'd have to keep my desk tidier!
wow! if only we could get this now, i would guess this sort of technology is many years away and will be very very expensive!
i dont think it is, the point of that house is to show what M$ think will be mainstream in a in 5 to 10 years.
I've been thinking about the mobile screen on table, and I think it's feasible now, but would need plugging in,rather than wirelessly.
using mymobiler and projector it's possible, but obviously the tech to capture where your finger is on screen is still a research project. But I could do pretty much the same thing here with some tweaking of our interactive whiteboard.
I might have a go one day..
i think thats just a bit table version of the microsoft surface that u can use at the mo to put ringtones etc on your phone through bluetooth.
she it putting the card on the table, a camera see the card (probally a barcode on card) then links to the cloud network and then sends the contact info to the phone (by bluetooth or wifi).
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using mymobiler and projector it's possible, but obviously the tech to capture where your finger is on screen is still a research project. But I could do pretty much the same thing here with some tweaking of our interactive whiteboard.
I might have a go one day..
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The tech is available. It works with laser.
Cool stuff, I've seen similar tech a few years back. They were playing warcraft 3 on a regular tabletop with touch registry. Looked pretty neat! I'm confident that what we see here is the near future. Our entire house will be controlled by voice. Gonna love it!
Hi all,
I'm relatively new to the WinMo programming, but so far I've been able to capture and process the Gsensor data, but I can't seem to understand how to use the GPS data.
I want an app that will record the GPS position along with all of the Gsensor data so that I can record the route and have data for each point that contains lean angle, acceleration, deceleration, etc. I figure I'll have to have the Gsensor fill in for some of the GPS data and vice-versa.
Why you ask?
Well, let's say you put it in a suspension test mode. You could accelerate gradually and brake. Hopefully the gsensor could catch the dive and bobble of the bike and give you some feedback. Knowing how far you are leaning in some turns is nice. You could possible detect and calculate if you are sliding at all. Perhaps you could even calculate the power output if you included the weight. You could make a mode that would yell at you if you get the front wheel too far off the ground, etc. I think there are all kinds of fun things to do. I know there are expensive and half solutions out there, but having an opensource solution would be nifty.
I'm a relative noob with C# and I'm using SharpDevelop. If anyone has any suggestions for things to implement or can help me acquire and use the GPS data I'd appreciate it.
If this sounds like a dumb idea I can always abandon it too.
Thanks guys.
lol, actually I think its a cool idea to be able to log what your doing. And maybe a top speed via the GPS. I think that would be a really cool app to have when I ride.
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Hi all,
I'm relatively new to the WinMo programming, but so far I've been able to capture and process the Gsensor data, but I can't seem to understand how to use the GPS data.
I want an app that will record the GPS position along with all of the Gsensor data so that I can record the route and have data for each point that contains lean angle, acceleration, deceleration, etc. I figure I'll have to have the Gsensor fill in for some of the GPS data and vice-versa.
Why you ask?
Well, let's say you put it in a suspension test mode. You could accelerate gradually and brake. Hopefully the gsensor could catch the dive and bobble of the bike and give you some feedback. Knowing how far you are leaning in some turns is nice. You could possible detect and calculate if you are sliding at all. Perhaps you could even calculate the power output if you included the weight. You could make a mode that would yell at you if you get the front wheel too far off the ground, etc. I think there are all kinds of fun things to do. I know there are expensive and half solutions out there, but having an opensource solution would be nifty.
I'm a relative noob with C# and I'm using SharpDevelop. If anyone has any suggestions for things to implement or can help me acquire and use the GPS data I'd appreciate it.
If this sounds like a dumb idea I can always abandon it too.
Thanks guys.
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I don't think its a "practical" idea, not dumb, but for learning how to code and stuff, its a great idea. I'm assuming you enjoy riding at the track, so that'd keep you motivated to continue the app development.
There are already similar apps, but I don't know if they will detect lean angle and brake dive.
That's the first thing I thought of when I saw this app:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=424423
I haven't played with it, but maybe it could give you something to start with.
Check this out too
http://www.racechrono.com/
The newest SpeedoHealer has a top speed recall on it, and its only $100 for the whole system. Much less than having to buy a WM phone just to record top speeds.
Most of us need one of those anyway, but if you could make your app work in conjunction with that system.. could be very useful.
Especially for the initial calibration. Get the correct GPS speed from the phone, and then get on the SH website from the phone for the correct calibration code! Or find a way to integrate the SH code program thing into your app. so you don't have to get online for the code. That would be very useful for gearing changes at bike nights when the dyno is unavailable.
But you could load some track maps in it, have the thing record acc/dec at which points at each corner. Then you could see where you started braking at, and decide if you need to brake sooner and softer, or later and harder.
Maybe if (lets hope not) you go down, you could see how much decel. at what angle caused the loss of control.
Think you could set it up to calibrate the 2 axis independantly?
set the side to side while on a stand, then remove the stand and calibrate the front to back when loaded with the rider at static sag, cuz its going to change from when its on the stand and the stand is the only way you're going to get anything close to accurate verticle calibration, but the front to back will be off with the back wheel raised.
Where you thinking of mounting the phone to the bar/tripple clamps?
or under the tail?
I think I'd be afraid of losing such an expensive piece of equipment if it was mounted upfront. But you can't see anything on the screen under the tail.
Unless you didn't want it to display anything, just collect data.
Not that you'd be able to do much screen touching with gloves on anyway.
Better use large buttons! lol
Do you think you could setup the light sensor to determine if a headlight bulb is getting old? I don't know if the sensor will work when flooded with that much direct light.
Well anyway, just a few ideas for ya.
I don't ride at the track, but I'd like to test the app out when you get a working beta going.
I'm sure it could have its uses on the street.
And I know the speedo is off on my 08 Busa.
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Well anyway, just a few ideas for ya.
I don't ride at the track, but I'd like to test the app out when you get a working beta going.
I'm sure it could have its uses on the street.
And I know the speedo is off on my 08 Busa.
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Thanks for the input. Until I can find some help on the GPS aspect of it I'm kinda idling.
I'm thinking...
When you start the app you will have to have it mounted and be on the bike. There will be a calibrate button which you will press when you are centered. From there on out you can pick a mode.
Your busa better not have any chrome on it. =/
Keep it up!
Very cool idea! I actually experimented with an analog 'curve counter' mounted to my motorcycle several years ago. Built a box with a steel ball inside that rode along a curved piece of metal and made contact closure with a terminal on each end - different viscosities of oil provided the dampening to keep it from bouncing around. This was coupled to an electronic counter that I built from a kit. It was kinda cool, but a pain to get mounted.
I don't have the experience to lend for application development, but I would certainly be willing to test any versions of the app you would like.
FYI - right now I use Run.GPS for tracking but would love to have lean angle and acceleration/deceleration data to go along with it. The only glitch with lean angle is that I assume the centrifugal force during cornering would prevent the accelerometer from reading the true lean angle...maybe some calculations could compensate.
go for it!
my hayabusa, my tp2 and I would be happy to be in your test team ;-)
and BTW, I am a veteran C# developer, so let me know if I can help.
(experienced in C#, but not in Win-Mo or HTC hardware)
[App][Project][Cool] JsChiSurf's "OpenSezMe" Android Garage Door Opener Application
I wanted to create this post to show fellow XDA members a cool project I've been working on, and figured that like-minded XDA members (techno-geeks) would think it was pretty sweet as well, so this post is nothing more than to "show off" what I've done and perhaps inspire others to do something similar once they see how I accomplished this .
I set out to develop a simple android application to turn my phone into a "virtual" garage door remote, with the requirements that the application only successfully function when / if I am within a 1 block quadrant of my home, and be protected by a pin code. Both of these requirements help to prevent accidental opening / closing of my garage both at home, or in some remote location half-way around the world. You will see the end product from the application side in the youtube demo video at the end of this post.
I happen to have an old linux box running as a mail / web server in my garage that also has a serial port. So I said to myself, "self", wouldn't it be cool if I could interface the serial port on the linux box to a relay switch that would enable me to send commands out, via the serial port, to toggle the relay switch on/off, with the goal of mimicking the button press of a garage door pad on your garage wall, and control all of this via my phone?
So, I picked up a cheap serial port relay controller and connected it to my linux box's rs232 port. The controllers are available in a variety of interfaces, such as USB, ethernet, etc, but for me, serial was the way to go due to my existing setup, and ease of programming to the port, etc.
I then wrote a set of serial port communication classes in PHP for sending the necessary commands out the serial port, as outlined in the relay controller's specs, for toggling the relay on/off.
I tie it together by having the android application I wrote first look for the correct PIN code and geolocation, and when correct / within range, present a "virtual remote" on screen. When the remote is pressed, it makes an HTTP call to the webserver in my garage, that when called successfully issues the necessary serial port commands to toggle the relay switch.
The end result? A pretty bad ass virtual garage door opener app I call "OpenSezMe" that allows my phone to double as my opener. When I go on walks, jogs, etc, upon return, I can simply open my garage via my phone for entry back into the house. I know I could install a keypad, but what's the fun it that?
This application is very specific to my needs / setup, so doesn't really have any value for anyone else. I just thought it was pretty cool and figured you guys would too, and, at a minimum, could spur you to come up with something similar, unique to your environment.
Very cool! I would love something like this, you know, if I actually had a garage. But maybe something for my lights in my room, I hate getting up to turn them off
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Very cool! I would love something like this, you know, if I actually had a garage. But maybe something for my lights in my room, I hate getting up to turn them off
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That's the cool thing about it, and the world of possibilities it opens.
You can get these cool controllers that have multiple (dozens) of relays to control different things. I just got a cheap single relay controller to start, but with a multiple relay controller, you can start building an app to control lights, the garage, or anything else you want.
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That's the cool thing about it, and the world of possibilities it opens.
You can get these cool controllers that have multiple (dozens) of relays to control different things. I just got a cheap single relay controller to start, but with a multiple relay controller, you can start building an app to control lights, the garage, or anything else you want.
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Awesome but don't think my patents would let me wire **** up and I don't have a lenix box.
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Awesome but don't think my patents would let me wire **** up and I don't have a lenix box.
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This is just my specific setup, but you could have any type of environment, just depends on what you have / know how to use, etc.
At any rate, thought it was a fun project that, for no other reason, would hopefully inspire others to try it out, or do something similar, if they have the wherewithal.
This...is AWESOME! I don't blame you for wanting to show off - this what android and open source is all about!
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This...is AWESOME! I don't blame you for wanting to show off - this what android and open source is all about!
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Ha, thanks! It was fun to do, and very rewarding when it all came together, seeing the door open/close on the inaugural button press .
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wow nice job!
that was pure win !!! nice work !
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that was pure win !!! nice work !
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Thanks. The discerning eye will notice that it's speaker cable wire that I used to hook up the relay to the opener. Didn't have any "standard" low voltage wire lying around, so I made due with the speaker cable .
Really nice work. As said by others, there seems to be no limit to what we can do with this devices.
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Brilliant! You're like a musician with this stuff.. a very talented musician
You should repost HERE, imo
This is actually part of what I do. There are multiple home automation apps out there that interface with - say Z wave controllers to name one - that can open/unlock doors, turn on lights, adjust your thermostat, access alarm/fire panels, control hot water heaters, view surveillance cameras...etc.
Do a search for 'xanboo'. They interface with DSC panels that , in turn can interface with multiple zwave devices, i.e. many of the new door openers/locks made by Schlage.
This is great! I live in a condo and never use my front door to enter my place I always use the garage! This is great.
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Brilliant! You're like a musician with this stuff.. a very talented musician
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Thanks Nebs. Good to hear from you!
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This is actually part of what I do. There are multiple home automation apps out there that interface with - say Z wave controllers to name one - that can open/unlock doors, turn on lights, adjust your thermostat, access alarm/fire panels, control hot water heaters, view surveillance cameras...etc.
Do a search for 'xanboo'. They interface with DSC panels that , in turn can interface with multiple zwave devices, i.e. many of the new door openers/locks made by Schlage.
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Cool. When I first started with the idea (centered around creating an android app to drive the whole thing), I came across the ZigBee controllers, which looked pretty slick. These and others, though, were way more than what I needed for my simple application.
What's cool about the ZigBee, and i'm sure others, is that you can get ones that have an apache server built right in, eliminating the needs for a computer to be in the mix all together. Though, as mentioned, based on price, they were way beyond what was necessary for what I was looking to do.
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This is great! I live in a condo and never use my front door to enter my place I always use the garage! This is great.
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Precisely. You can probably tell from the video that I live in a townhome, where the garage is attached to the house, so I typically just leave the door into the house unlocked and access through the garage, rather than the front door, which was the main reason why I wanted to do this.
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I typically just leave the door into the house unlocked and access through the garage, rather than the front door.
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Haven't you seen that Brinks commercial with the guy driving around with a backpack full of garage door openers?
nebenezer said:
Haven't you seen that Brinks commercial with the guy driving around with a backpack full of garage door openers?
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Ahh, he'd have to get into my gated complex first . Point taken though! Let me re-phrase. I "could" leave the door inside the garage unlocked, and then just use my phone to gain access via the garage .
Very cool
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I love the concept/idea....
I'm one of many that is guilty of using my garage door as my main door to my residence.
An app like this has endless ideas to expand on. One that would personally benefit me would be the option to remote open the garage from anywhere barring a series of security measures to prevent a false opening.
I have family that routinely drop by and at times I'm not home. I hate having tons of keys distributed and it would be nice if they were to call or text saying they were out front. I then could go to an app like such input a series of security pins, or what have you, and then open remotely. A timer or LED indicator that stays lit while the door is opening/closing would be great also - this would tell me if an accidental key press weather the door was still opening or closing.
Gosh, i need to brush up on my programming skills !
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One that would personally benefit me would be the option to remote open the garage from anywhere barring a series of security measures to prevent a false opening.
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That's the beauty of the setup, as you can put whatever restrictions you want in place to determine when/if the door, for example, should open.
I mapped out a 1 block quadrant that, if I am within, the proper command / call will be issued to toggle the door open/close, otherwise, the commands won't get sent, but this restriction could be set to whatever level desired.
I was actually thinking about have a "super user" pin code, that I can use, instead of my default code, that when entered, causes the app to ignore the geolocation attributes, allowing me to open from China if I wanted to.
The wife was apprehensive when I decided to do this, worrying about false openings, etc, so that's why I put in both pin code and geolocation measures. Problem is, there's no way for me to remotely tell if the door is actually in an open or closed state, just that I successfully toggled the relay. So, I slapped a cheap webcam in my garage, so that if I want, I can login remotely to verify the door is open or closed.