Re: Installing SliMP3 addins

[Stuart Booth]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:39:23 +0100, "Matt Shaw" <<a
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wrote:

>I recently grabbed the email alerter from Stuart's website, but I don't
>know what to do with it. Being new to all of this I would like some
>advise.

There are 3 components you need to do this. When you get advanced you
can combine them together into a single entity though, so don't worry
about all the windows running!

1. Make sure you've got the Microsoft .net Framework installed first
of all! Links all over the place on my home page I think.

2. Now you need the SliMP3 Connector application.

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I'd choose the Console version for now, and later install the Windows
Service when you're happy it's all working.

This application is what links, or connects if you like, certain types
of xAP message on the LAN to your Slims. The xAP messages can do all
sorts of things but they need to get to the Slim first.

3. Once you've unpacked it, edit the SliMP3Connector.exe.config file
in Wordpad. Scroll down to the bottom and read the section entitled:

<!-- Application parameters -->

You just need to adjust one parameter here I suspect:

<add key="SliMP3Server" value="Server" />

Change value=Server to the name of the machine on your network where
you installed the SliMP3 Server s/w.

You may need to alter the CLI (Command Line Interface port number too,
but the default should work in all cases nowadays:

<add key="SliMP3ServerPort" value="9090" />

Just ignore the other parameters for now, they're for when you want to
customise the xAP environment more to your liking.

4. Now fire up the connector. And its startup screen should tell you
that it found the Slim server and that you have 'x' players, and what
their names are etc.

5. Finally you want to test that it's working okay. You'll find an
enormous pile of sample xAP messages in the "SampleMessages"
folder.
The easiest way to send these is to use the "Send xAP Messages from
files" application from further down this page:

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Just install that and it'll associate .xAP files with itself.

6. Then go back to SampleMessages and 2x click the file named
"OSD.Display-email.xap" (which should now have a pretty little
xAP
icon on it.

As if by magic you'll find a message being displayed on your SliMP3.

That's the end of Part 1. Shout at me when all this works and I'll
write you up Part 2.

>(No comment on the lack of 'How to...' Stuart ;o) )

d8-p

S
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