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Couldn't hold out
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Post 1 made on Monday January 26, 2004 at 20:18
Barry Gordon
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Couldn't hold out any longer since the most recent threads seem to indicate that Philips is getting their act together. Just bought the iPronto and Netx.

My first task when I get them will be to reverse engineer the protocol between the iPronto and netx so I can write a PC based Netx emulator. This will allow me to control RS232 devices from the PC on commands from the iPronto and use slinke for IR as I already do. Since Philips OEM's the netx from Openspeak, I assume they will not release the protocol.

My intent is to make the iPronto the house "Dashboard" but be able to deal with every PC on the house LAN as the recipient of commands (The Theater PC and the Homeseer PC which controls the houseare the major ones).

I have seen some nice icf files but Philips did not help much or I am missing someting. There does not appear to be a way to save the bitmaps so one could use what others have done. Did I miss something? Could someone clue me in where some of the nice bitmaps and graphics I see came from?

Thanks
Post 2 made on Monday January 26, 2004 at 23:17
Daniel Tonks
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Same problem with NCF and PCF editors: no save bitmap. But, also like them, the ICF file is just a renamed .ZIP file, and you can simply open it like a ZIP and extract the images from the /bitmaps/ directory.
OP | Post 3 made on Tuesday January 27, 2004 at 04:36
Barry Gordon
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Daniel,

That helps a lot! Thanks
Post 4 made on Tuesday January 27, 2004 at 08:06
Kees van der Meer
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Barry,

Do you have CorelDraw (8.0 or higher version)?
I could sent you the Corel-file of my Cinema-ICF.

Kees.


This message was edited by Kees van der Meer on 01/27/04 08:12.
OP | Post 5 made on Tuesday January 27, 2004 at 13:43
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Thanks Kees but with the hint from Daniel on the file format I think I should be okay. I do not use CorelDraw being an MS bigot (of sorts). The one issue I see with many of the bit maps is transparent backgrounds. I know there was a simple way to convert a bmp into something (I think jpg), then there was an app that allowed you to make the background transparent and keep it as a jPEG. Does CorelDraw do all of that. I had it written down at one time.
Post 6 made on Tuesday January 27, 2004 at 17:33
Kees van der Meer
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Barry,

I use CorelDraw to design a layout for the iPronto. Also all the graphics (buttons etc.) are made with this application. These graphics are all exported/saved as to PNG-files (no jpeg's)to make them transparent.
You can use any other graphic software, such as CorelDraw, -Paint or Photoshop or MS-Paint, to design your own.

Kees
OP | Post 7 made on Tuesday January 27, 2004 at 18:22
Barry Gordon
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Thanks for the feedback. I am not very artistic, my forte is electronics and programming. I will be looking at the iPronto design issues after I figure out how to communicate with the PC directly and not have to use NetX. My Pronto Pro will run the theater for another few months then I will get into icf design big time, but nothing very artistic.
Post 8 made on Wednesday January 28, 2004 at 16:16
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how to communicate with the PC directly and not have to use NetX

don't forget the iPronto has a browser, so to control via the PC, you might be able to turn the PC into a web server.
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