How to display messages on MD's

[ddamron]

Thanks for the section of source code, I added it to the wiki page.  I wanted to also put a word out for bulek who posted several messages which I tried to consolidate to a single page.

I see you are trying to get the little box in the corner, and not a full page to pop up.

Am I missing something here, why can you not send something like this.

/usr/pluto/bin/MessageSend dcerouter -targetType category -bl 5 1 5 1 809 251 0 9 "TESTING DISPLAY ALERT" 182 15 70 "test"
server= dcerouter
targetType= Category (device category found on template page)
-bl= 5 broadcast level 5 or whole house
Device from= 1 is the core
Device to = 5 (actually device category 5 orbiters)
command 809 with it parameters

I was able to send this to all of my orbiters.  I did not play with the parameters much, but it worked.

I hope this is what you are looking for.
Rob

Rob,
That's exactly what I'm trying to do.. but in Ruby...
The Ruby Command Object doesn't allow for the switches..
-bl=5 ..

Been pulling my hair out on this all day...

Thanks for the reply!

Maybe you can come up with another method??  Is there a command I can send to 'set' that flag??

Regards,

Dan

[tschak909]

This is one kludgy kludge, but until it's figured out how to set broadcast level....

why don't you use system(); to fire the MessageSend command?

-Thom

[ddamron]

shhh thom!
trying to AVOID that...

[rwilson131]

I did a little more testing and it appears that you do not need to set the broadcast level this command works as well

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/usr/pluto/bin/MessageSend dcerouter -targetType category 1 5 1 809 251 0 9 "TESTING DISPLAY ALERT" 182 15 70 "test"
I do not think this will make much difference, because I do not think you can pass -targetType category either, but at least we now know.

Out of curiosity how are you sending the command via ruby,  I tried to follow the instructions at http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/GSD_Ruby_Interface , but all of the methods I tried were always sent as plain text to the wrong device.

[ddamron]

Out of curiosity how are you sending the command via ruby,  I tried to follow the instructions at http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/GSD_Ruby_Interface , but all of the methods I tried were always sent as plain text to the wrong device.

Yes, that's exactly how I'm doing it...
it's a bit complicated until you get your mind wrapped around it..

the basic method is:

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mycmd = Command.new(from, to, priority, type, id)
mycmd.params_[x] = y
SendCommand(mycmd)
where:
Command is a command object (already defined by pluto) and new initializes a new Command..
SendCommand is a function (already defined by pluto)

everything else, you define in your code..
from is the device ID (you) (integer)
to is the device ID to. (normally, -1000 for a command, or -1001 for an event) (integer)
priority is an integer
Type (integer) is 1 for command, 2 for event
id is the command/event ID (integer) you want to send
to set the params,
x (integer) is the parameter you want to set
y (STRING) is the value you want to assign to x.

HTH,
Dan