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Ramuk: /* leddisplay-timeofday */

Ramuk — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:25:13 GMT

leddisplay-timeofday

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	===leddisplay-timeofday===		===leddisplay-timeofday===
	<pre>		<pre>
-
	#! /bin/bash		#! /bin/bash
-	~~# Weather URL, Zip Code is the important part~~
-	#
-	~~WURI=60606~~
	#		#
	# News Feed URL		# News Feed URL
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	#		#
	stocks=" ^DJI ^IXIC ^GSPC AAPL "		stocks=" ^DJI ^IXIC ^GSPC AAPL "
		+	#
	# Weather Url		# Weather Url
	#		#

Ramuk: /* Ticker (Stock, Weather, News) */

Ramuk — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:52:58 GMT

Ticker (Stock, Weather, News)

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	==Ticker (Stock, Weather, News)==		==Ticker (Stock, Weather, News)==
-	~~{\| width = "690px" cellpadding="10px" cellspacing="10px"~~	+
-	~~\|-valign=top~~	+
-	\|\|	+
	The sign can be used for a number of purposes (to display weather forecasts from an [[w:RSS\|RSS]] feed, to display news feeds as a news ticker) As a proof of concept the following script uses the sign to display a stock ticker that gets it's data from [[w:Yahoo!\|Yahoo!]] it then colors the prices		The sign can be used for a number of purposes (to display weather forecasts from an [[w:RSS\|RSS]] feed, to display news feeds as a news ticker) As a proof of concept the following script uses the sign to display a stock ticker that gets it's data from [[w:Yahoo!\|Yahoo!]] it then colors the prices

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	<font color=red>RED</font> if they are negative/down		<font color=red>RED</font> if they are negative/down

-	for the day.	+	for the day
		+	{\| width = "690px" cellpadding="10px" cellspacing="10px"
		+	\|-valign=top
	\|\|		\|\|
	Here it is in action: (clip from a cell phone so quality is somewhat poor)		Here it is in action: (clip from a cell phone so quality is somewhat poor)
	<youtube>ojkgEQLNVG0</youtube>		<youtube>ojkgEQLNVG0</youtube>
-	\|\|<youtube>T7l2s0NrXqA</youtube>	+	\|\|
		+	This clip shows it fetching weather Stock quotes and news. This one happens to be running on a [[w:Plug_computer\|Seagate Dockstar]]
		+	<youtube>T7l2s0NrXqA</youtube>
	\|}		\|}

Ramuk: /* Ticker (Stock, Weather, News) */

Ramuk — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:49:03 GMT

Ticker (Stock, Weather, News)

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	Here it is in action: (clip from a cell phone so quality is somewhat poor)		Here it is in action: (clip from a cell phone so quality is somewhat poor)
	<youtube>ojkgEQLNVG0</youtube>		<youtube>ojkgEQLNVG0</youtube>
		+	\|\|<youtube>T7l2s0NrXqA</youtube>
	\|}		\|}

Ramuk: /* Stock Ticker */

Ramuk — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:32:43 GMT

Stock Ticker

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	\|}		\|}

-	==~~Stock~~ Ticker==	+	==Ticker (Stock, Weather, News)==
	{\| width = "690px" cellpadding="10px" cellspacing="10px"		{\| width = "690px" cellpadding="10px" cellspacing="10px"
	\|-valign=top		\|-valign=top

Ramuk: /* leddisplay */

Ramuk — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:31:58 GMT

leddisplay

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	Lastly here is a shell script to display the ticker		Lastly here is a shell script to display the ticker
		+

	===leddisplay===		===leddisplay===
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		+	</pre>
		+
		+	===leddisplay-timeofday===
		+	<pre>
		+
		+	#! /bin/bash
		+	# Weather URL, Zip Code is the important part
		+	#
		+	WURI=60606
		+	#
		+	# News Feed URL
		+	#
		+	RSSURI=http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/topNews/
		+	#
		+	# Stock ticker symbols
		+	#
		+	stocks=" ^DJI ^IXIC ^GSPC AAPL "
		+	# Weather Url
		+	#
		+	WURI=http://weather.yahoo.com/united-states/illinois/chicago-12784260/
		+	#
		+
		+	LINES=10 #Number of headlines
		+	EXEC="/usr/bin/curl -s" #Path to curl
		+	dow=$(date +%u)
		+	hour=$(date +%k)
		+	PTE=/usr/local/bin
		+
		+
		+	if [ $hour -ge 5 ] && [ $hour -le 8 ]
		+	then
		+
		+	lynx -dump $WURI \| sed -n '/ Today/,/Tomorrow/p' \| sed -e '$d' > /tmp/textfile
		+
		+	perl $PTE/alphamon.pl t 2 > /dev/alpha
		+	exit
		+	fi
		+
		+	if [ $hour -ge 16 -o $hour -le 5 ]
		+	then
		+	$EXEC $RSSURI \| grep title \|\
		+	sed -e :a -e 's/<[^>]*>//g;/</N' \|\
		+	sed -e 's/[ \t]*//' \|\
		+	sed -e 's/$.*$/ \1/' \|\
		+	sed -e 's/\.//' \|\
		+	sed -e 's/\"//' \|\
		+	sed -e 's/\"//' \|\
		+	head -n $(($LINES + 2)) \|\
		+	tail -n $(($LINES)) > /tmp/textfile
		+	perl $PTE/alphamon.pl t 1 > /dev/alpha
		+
		+	exit
		+	fi
		+
		+	if [ $dow -ge 1 ] && [ $dow -le 5 ]
		+	then
		+	quote $stocks \| cut -d"(" -f1 \|sed 's/^/\x1C9 \x7F \x1C3 /' \| sed '/ -/s/:/\x1C1/g' \| sed '/ +/s/:/\x1C2/g' > /tmp/textfile
		+	perl $PTE/alphamon.pl t A > /dev/alpha
		+	else
		+
		+	$EXEC $RSSURI \| grep title \|\
		+	sed -e :a -e 's/<[^>]*>//g;/</N' \|\
		+	sed -e 's/[ \t]*//' \|\
		+	sed -e 's/$.*$/ \1/' \|\
		+	sed -e 's/\.//' \|\
		+	sed -e 's/\"//' \|\
		+	sed -e 's/\"//' \|\
		+	head -n $(($LINES + 2)) \|\
		+	tail -n $(($LINES)) > /tmp/textfile
		+	perl $PTE/alphamon.pl t 1 > /dev/alpha
		+
		+	exit
		+
		+
		+	fi
	</pre>		</pre>

Ramuk: /* leddisplay */

Ramuk — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:26:19 GMT

leddisplay

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	===leddisplay===		===leddisplay===
	<pre>		<pre>
-	# ~~/usr/local~~/bin/leddisplay	+	#! /bin/bash
-	#!/~~bin~~/sh	+	#-------------
		+	# leddisplay-
		+	#-------------
		+	#
		+	# A Script to display stock quotes, weather information, and news "
		+	# on the ALPHA220C Sign"
		+	#
		+	# usage leddisplay [flag] "
		+	# s = stock quotes"
		+	# w = weather "
		+	# n = news "
		+	#
		+	#
		+	#====================
		+	# User Set Variables=
		+	#====================
		+	#
		+	# Weather Url
		+	#
		+	WURI=http://weather.yahoo.com/united-states/illinois/chicago-12784260/
		+	#
		+	# News Feed URL
		+	#
		+	RSSURI=http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/topNews/
		+	#
	# Stock ticker symbols		# Stock ticker symbols
	#		#
		+	stocks=" ^DJI ^IXIC ^GSPC AAPL"
		+	#
		+	#
		+	LINES=10 #Number of headlines
		+	EXEC="/usr/bin/curl -s" #Path to curl
		+	dow=$(date +%u)
		+	hour=$(date +%k)
	PTE=/usr/local/bin		PTE=/usr/local/bin

-	~~stocks~~=" ^~~DJI~~ ^~~IXIC ^GSPC~~ "	+	# Script Body
		+
		+
		+	if [ $1 == "" ]
		+	then
		+
		+	exit
		+	fi
		+
		+	if [ $1 == "w" ]
		+	then
		+
		+	lynx -dump $WURI \| sed -n '/ Today/,/Tomorrow/p' \| sed -e '$d' > /tmp/textfile
		+
		+	perl $PTE/alphamon.pl t 2 > /dev/alpha
		+	exit
		+	fi
		+
		+
		+	if [ $1 == "n" ]
		+	then
		+	$EXEC $RSSURI \| grep title \|\
		+	sed -e :a -e 's/<[^>]*>//g;/</N' \|\
		+	sed -e 's/[ \t]*//' \|\
		+	sed -e 's/$.*$/ \1/' \|\
		+	sed -e 's/\.//' \|\
		+	sed -e 's/\"//' \|\
		+	sed -e 's/\"//' \|\
		+	head -n $(($LINES + 2)) \|\
		+	tail -n $(($LINES)) > /tmp/textfile
		+	perl $PTE/alphamon.pl t 1 > /dev/alpha
		+
		+	exit
		+	fi
		+
		+	if [ $1 == "s" ]
		+	then
		+	quote $stocks \| cut -d"(" -f1 \|sed 's/^/\x1C9 \x7F \x1C3 /' \| sed '/ -/s/:/\x1C1/g' \| sed '/ +/s/:/\x1C2/g' > /tmp/textfile
		+	perl $PTE/alphamon.pl t A > /dev/alpha
		+	exit
		+	fi
		+
		+	clear
		+	echo "leddisplay"
		+	echo "---------- "
		+	echo " "
		+	echo " A Script to display stock quotes, weather information, and news "
		+	echo " on the ALPHA220C Sign"
		+	echo " "
		+	echo " usage leddisplay [flag] "
		+	echo " s = stock quotes"
		+	echo " w = weather "
		+	echo " n = news "
		+	echo " "

-	~~quote $stocks \| cut -d"(" -f1 \|sed 's/^/\x1C9 \x7F \x1C3 /' \| sed '/ -/s/:/\x1C1/g' \| sed '/ +/s/:/\x1C2/g' > /tmp/textfile~~
-	~~$PTE/alphamon.pl t A > /dev/alpha~~

	</pre>		</pre>

Ramuk: /* Software */

Ramuk — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:15:37 GMT

Software

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-		+	</pre>
	Edit the interfaces file (I used a static configuration, you could always use DHCP instead):		Edit the interfaces file (I used a static configuration, you could always use DHCP instead):

	/etc/network/interfaces		/etc/network/interfaces

-	~~Code: Select all~~	+	<pre>
	#		#
	# we always want the loopback interface		# we always want the loopback interface
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	wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf		wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
	</pre>		</pre>
-

	===Test it out===		===Test it out===

Ramuk at 21:52, 21 September 2009

Ramuk — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:52:39 GMT

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		+	[http://www.nas-central.org/2009-1-competition-results 2009-1 3rd Place Contest Winner!]
	{{Articles\|Debian\|FreeLink\|Kurobox\|KuroboxPro}}		{{Articles\|Debian\|FreeLink\|Kurobox\|KuroboxPro}}

Ramuk: /* Interface Sign to Serial Port Interface */

Ramuk — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:00:47 GMT

Interface Sign to Serial Port Interface

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	\|-		\|-
-	\|\|[[~~img~~:Rj11_connector.jpg\|100px]]<br>	+	\|\|[[Image:Rj11_connector.jpg\|100px]]<br>
	[http://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=279-422 RS-279-422]		[http://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=279-422 RS-279-422]
	\|\|		\|\|

Ramuk: /* Interface Sign to Serial Port Interface */

Ramuk — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:00:16 GMT

Interface Sign to Serial Port Interface

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	\|-		\|-
-	\|\|~~http~~:~~//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9c/~~Rj11_connector.jpg/100px~~-Rj11_connector.jpg~~<br>	+	\|\|[[img:Rj11_connector.jpg\|100px]]<br>
	[http://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=279-422 RS-279-422]		[http://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=279-422 RS-279-422]
	\|\|		\|\|