i've been playing around with my Directv receiver trying to get channel feedback on the remote via rs232.  I can get the entire string hex string to show up on the remote.  But havent figured out how to convert the hex to decimal in the widget programming.   i've stayed up too late playing around.  i'm going to bed.  night night.

p.s.  the animated gifs kick ass... finally we can let the animation run while commands are being sent in the background.  nice!!