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Sunday, July 15 2007

PwrCtl 0.2 released

By shad on Sunday, July 15 2007, 13:39

I have just release a new version of PwrCtl (0.2), some new features has been added :

  • Server notifying over UDP multicast: each server notify its presence on a multicast address to be displayed on the client interface (only available over Wifi, make sure multicast filtering is disable on your router).
  • Error handling improved: client is now able to auto-reconnect after a network problem.
  • Client session to keep context after reconnection: the client keep a session id, delivered by the server, to get back its context (profile, controller instance...)
  • Support of VLC and Windows Media Player for Windows.
  • Platform handling on server controller has been fixed.

You can get it now on download server.

All documentation has been updated on the wiki page.

Sunday, May 20 2007

PwrCtl works with bluetooth

By shad on Sunday, May 20 2007, 16:52

After a short discussion on linuxfr, I bought a bluetooth usb adapter to test PwrCtl over bluetooth. It works very well over TCP/IP. You only have to create a PAN between your PDA and your PC to obtain an IP address.

For linux, read the gentoo documentation. For windows, read this microsoft how-to.

I am going to update the pwrctl wiki in few days.

Sunday, May 6 2007

PwrCtl first release

By shad on Sunday, May 6 2007, 20:55

I'm pleased to announce the first "alpha" release 0.1 of PwrCtl project. I remember you that PwrCtl is a remote controller for doing some actions on your PC from your PDA.

The documentation is almost finished but already sufficient for using the software.
You will be able to find all the documentation and download links on the official wiki home page.

Saturday, May 5 2007

New project soon

By shad on Saturday, May 5 2007, 17:20

I have been working for some weeks on a personal project. I named it PwrCtl (Pocket Wifi Remote Control(ler) or Power Control), I don't know exactly how to define it right now, I'll rename it if I find some imagination, consider it as a code name.

PwrCtl is a remote controller designed for doing some actions on your PC from your PDA (Pocket PC on Windows Mobile). At present, the client is developped as C# .NET and ruby for the server.

There are some solutions to control only winamp or other special things on different applications but nothing enough generic for the moment to do whatever you need.

That's why I started to work on this project.

Technically, the client receives its interface (buttons and tab pages for now) from the server sent as XML. XML data contains commands protocol to send to the server. If you are interested in the method I used, I will publish an entire description on the official wiki.

Naturally, the whole project will be open source under GPL !