IR Plug-in

[Ericvic]

I have searched but haven't found the answer. Is there anyway to create a new plug-in that Sage will use to send IR commands? If so is there any documentation? I currently use an Ocelot to send IR command to my AV equipment and I would like to get Sage to use that so that I don't have to get a USBIRTor any other IR device.

Also is there any documentation on the load_at_startup_runnable_classes property? Can you use any POJO as long as it implements runnable?

Thanks,
Eric

[Narflex]

The DLLs SageTV uses for IR tuning implement the IRTuner plugin interface from Sourceforge.net

[Ericvic]

Thanks for the reply. I'm taking a look at it now. Is there anyway to use Java for this and tie it directly into Sage instead of having to create a DLL?

Anything on my second question about load_at_startup_runnable_classes?

I just thought of another question. The IRTuner interface is for IR output. What does Sage use for IR input?

Thanks,
Eric

[stanger89]

You could, but you would have to make your own custom calls from the STV via Studio (vs the IR tuner interface which Sage uses from the core).

Here's the input interface:
http://www.sagetv.com/2_papers/SageTVInputPlugins.txt

[Ericvic]

If anyone has any info on the load_at_startup_runnable_classes property that would be great to get hold of.

Thanks,
Eric

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by Ericvic

If anyone has any info on the load_at_startup_runnable_classes property that would be great to get hold of.

Thanks,
Eric

The webserver plugin uses it

Edit the file Sage.properties which you might find in this path: C:\Program Files\Frey Technologies\SageTV
add the value "net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.StartServer" to the properties line "load_at_startup_runnable_classes="
If anything already exists in this line, separate each item with a semicolon ';'
Note that this is case-sensitive and there must be no spaces at all in this line. eg:
load_at_startup_runnable_classes=net.sf.sageplugins.webserver.StartServer

Looks like it loads a java class that is runnable at startup.

Gerry

[Ericvic]

Gerry,

Thanks for the reply. I had found that much information, I was hoping for a bit more official documentation.

Eric

[Ericvic]

Sorry to dredge up such an old post but I have finally gotten back around to trying to create a tuner plug-in. I have created a skeleton DLL based on the sourceforge.net project and have put it in the SageTV\Common folder but it never gets loaded. Is there somewhere that I need to register the name of the DLL so it will get loaded and show as an option in Sage?

Thanks,
Eric

[Ericvic]

Never mind I was doing something stupid.

I was coping the DLL to my local SageTV\Common folder instead of the one on the server, DOH.

Eric

[stuckless]

You could ask support for thier code on the Lirc Tuner Plugin. That's what I did, then I modified it to work for my situation. Their LIRC Tuner is for linux, which was fine for me, but it does show the interface of how they use a tuner plugin quite well.

Just some notes about external turner plugins...
* the dll/so go in the irtunerpluginsdir and will be picked by by sage automatically on startup
* the const char* DeviceName() method return the name that you will in your Tuner Plugin list

Even though you have found your answer regarding the load_at_startup_runnable_classes, here is a concise answer for those that read this thread later....

Your class must implement the Runnable interface and you must provide an implementation for the run() method. You can do this by creating a class and then extending java.lang.Thread, or create a class and implement java.lang.Runnable. Sage will "run" any classes that are defined by this property.