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@Allen:

Great to see you've made some progress - I've followed your trail at the smartie & iMon forums - you've been busy!!

I asked HdWagner (who wrote the LCD plugin for Meedio and was considering porting his plugin to MP) the same question about by-passing LCD software and getting the plugin to write directly to the LCD. IIRC, he said it would be quite "difficult".

What I would imagine, is that programs like Smartie and jaLCDs do a lot more than just write to the display. The value in these programs are the "screen" management and the existing plugins (eg system info, MBM, etc). I think you might end up re-creating the wheel if you start by-passing smartie. Users will want options on how to buikld there screens and you will have to write a large configuration tool, etc. But if that's the challenge you're looking for, go for it!

Bear in mind, at the Meedio forums, one of the guys did a detailed trial of all the LCD software programs, and found smartie to be the most efficient in terms of CPU usage. You may also want to ask on smartie forums what to expect in v6.0 that may help with your decision whether to bypass or not.

Good stuff!
Danny

<blockquote data-quote="vbap" data-source="post: 11955" data-attributes="member: 11549">@Allen:Great to see you've made some progress - I've followed your trail at the smartie &amp; iMon forums - you've been busy!!I asked HdWagner (who wrote the LCD plugin for Meedio and was considering porting his plugin to MP) the same question about by-passing LCD software and getting the plugin to write directly to the LCD. IIRC, he said it would be quite &quot;difficult&quot;. What I would imagine, is that programs like Smartie and jaLCDs do a lot more than just write to the display. The value in these programs are the &quot;screen&quot; management and the existing plugins (eg system info, MBM, etc). I think you might end up re-creating the wheel if you start by-passing smartie. Users will want options on how to buikld there screens and you will have to write a large configuration tool, etc. But if that's the challenge you're looking for, go for it!Bear in mind, at the Meedio forums, one of the guys did a detailed trial of all the LCD software programs, and found smartie to be the most efficient in terms of CPU usage. You may also want to ask on smartie forums what to expect in v6.0 that may help with your decision whether to bypass or not.Good stuff!Danny</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vbap, post: 11955, member: 11549"] @Allen: Great to see you've made some progress - I've followed your trail at the smartie & iMon forums - you've been busy!! I asked HdWagner (who wrote the LCD plugin for Meedio and was considering porting his plugin to MP) the same question about by-passing LCD software and getting the plugin to write directly to the LCD. IIRC, he said it would be quite "difficult". What I would imagine, is that programs like Smartie and jaLCDs do a lot more than just write to the display. The value in these programs are the "screen" management and the existing plugins (eg system info, MBM, etc). I think you might end up re-creating the wheel if you start by-passing smartie. Users will want options on how to buikld there screens and you will have to write a large configuration tool, etc. But if that's the challenge you're looking for, go for it! Bear in mind, at the Meedio forums, one of the guys did a detailed trial of all the LCD software programs, and found smartie to be the most efficient in terms of CPU usage. You may also want to ask on smartie forums what to expect in v6.0 that may help with your decision whether to bypass or not. Good stuff! Danny [/QUOTE]