Caller ID Name and Number display

[frankc]

My Caller ID script starts when HS3 starts. When a phone call comes in, the script processes the incoming data and uses hs.speak to state the caller's name.
It also executes a compiled vb.net program to display the name and number on a solid background on the PC's monitor in a font large enough to fill the screen for 5 seconds.

All of this happens on the same windows 10 PC that runs HS3.

How can I display this large text message directly from the script without using the compiled .exe? I haven't been able to come up with the vb.net scripting to display the typical "vb.net form" or some other method to do so.

Thanks!

[Bestgear]

Just a thought based loosely on a something I do.

Use Jon00's Imagebuilder to build an image with the caller's name/number

Use a free slideshow app - that reads any image files found in a folder (and autoupdates if the file changes) and displays it full screen.

When the caller goes, create a new image that is blank, and the slideshow will display that blank page.

Works well for me for a similar requirement.

David

[frankc]

Thanks for the advice David.

I've installed Jon's Image Builder and I have it such that it builds an image based on CID information -- just two large lines of text and a solid background.

Did you find that one slide show app worked faster than another?

Thanks again for the help!

Frank

[Bestgear]

Hi

I cant remember who's slideshow app I used, but will check tomorrow.

I set the slide refresh (change) rate to being 1 second from memory, so it goes and reads the image (duh) every second, so very little delay.

David

[frankc]

Great. I was wondering how long it would wait between checks. One second would be good.

Do you know why it is that there isn't a way to display a graphics page directly from an HS vb.net script?

In any event, it seems Jon's image builder does the hard work.

Thanks!

[Bestgear]

Hi

The slideshow app is here...

http://www.schlackman.org/programs/slideshow/

I, for a while, (I now use a few RPI's) used a second video output on my HS video adapter to feed the DVB modulator - the slideshow app can let you target which attached monitor you want the slideshow to run on which is very handy.

Have fun playing!


David

[frankc]

I'll give this a shot.

Thanks David!

Frank

[frankc]

The slideshow app is here...David

Hi there David,

Slideshow is working great. My script uses Jon's image builder to create the jpg file, then it starts Slideshow, which displays the .jpg for 5 seconds, then it closes Slideshow.

Slideshow starts instantly. So the whole thing works well.

Thanks for letting me know about both pieces David.

Frank

[Bestgear]

Excellent stuff!

Glad it did what you needed.


David