LinuxMCE with C#

[lomeshp]

I am interested in creating C# app that would send commands to LinuxMCE, any suggestions?

[JoakimL]

Mono as platform and then you'd need to port parts of the DCE implementation (the part responsible for sending and receiving from DCE as a client).

/Joakim

[lomeshp]

Thanks.  I've been trying to find a good tutorial on how to write apps that can communicate with LinuxMCE, does anyone of a good tutorial?

[tschak909]

Read both the Developers guide, and Developing a DCE Device, on the wiki.

-Thom

[Kezza]

If you do get anything built in C#(going or not) please post info on here/wiki as it's something I've been thinking of looking into and have read a fair chunk of the wiki so very slowly kinda getting an idea of how things work 

[tschak909]

Please ask questions. Some of us in here know the stack incredibly well, and can speed up the process of understanding.

-Thom

[lomeshp]

I built a C# orbiter for testing purposes.  It works but there are issues and maybe someone can help.  The way I am sending messages to DCERouter is through a socked.  I am sending the command as "TOUCH 100x100"  (100x100 is just an example).  This only works if the screen on the weborbiter is same as the command I am calling.

Where can I find list of commands so that I can direclty call DCERouter using C# socket?

[tschak909]

You need to read the Developers Guide first. It explains DCE. The list of commands themselves can be found in the Advanced > DCE > Commands / Events / Device Data menu in the web admin.

Also, you need to look at the C++ code in src/DCE to get an idea of how DCE is structured, and what is possible from the header files.

-Thom

[Marie.O]

The socket you are sending stuff to is using the so called Proxy Orbiter. It is a kludge that was created for the web orbiter in the first place. A "real" orbiter doesn't talk to the socket of Proxy Orbiter, but sends and receives messages to dcerouter. As TSCHAK pointed out there is a nice wiki page about it. For sending stuff, you can use the MessageSend binary. Or create a small library in c# to do the same thing. in my peoples dir in svn there is a PHP lib that supports message sending in native PHP. svn/peoples/posde/iOrbiter/libMessageSend.php iirc.

[buckle]

The socket you are sending stuff to is using the so called Proxy Orbiter. It is a kludge that was created for the web orbiter in the first place. A "real" orbiter doesn't talk to the socket of Proxy Orbiter, but sends and receives messages to dcerouter.

There is already a .NET implementation of touch orbiter, UnOrbiter.NET.  http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/795  It is part of the kludge, though, so it probably doesn't help get you towards your goal.

You might be able to import the DCE libs into you C# project and go that route.

[ajward]

Is there any mileage in compiling the C++ DCE library under managed C++ in .Net?

It would then be straightforward for C# to call managed C++.

Andy.

[tschak909]

Dude, don't ask, just do it.

-Thom