Comments on: EventGhost for Android

By: timhoeck

timhoeck — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:41:41 +0000

I think you lost me on that But… you say something is coming from the
phone, but it is not triggering the event. Are you manually typing the your
event in your Macro, or are you dragging the event coming from the phone.
The reason I ask, is the current version puts an odd symbol in front of the
event, so it may look like '[ ] Android.Event' – drag that event into your
Macro/Action, and see if it triggers then.

By: janiskfp

janiskfp — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:59:12 +0000

There is a Locale plugin for launching a shortcut/app, and there's also an ASE plugin for launching Android scripts. You can put as many apps or scripts under each of these in a single “Situation” as you need. The problem I have, is that when the GPS signal is lost on a refresh (every 10 min) the default Situation kicks in, and then the appropriate/desired Situation restarts, thus restarting whatever you have configured. The 1.0 version only does it every two hours average. The beta will do it in clusters as the Locale tries to access the GPS reading (or something like that), so that if the app/script being launched has a window, it can make the phone unusable.

I'm having trouble figuring out how to call the Event from the Android device. What do I type, exactly? I've got a couple of Events set up, and they work from the PC, the PC is logging something coming from the phone, but it's not triggering the Event. Sorry to be such a noob.

By: timhoeck

timhoeck — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:53:39 +0000

I understand what you mean… this might actually not be too difficult to
implement. I already have an incoming event to switch layouts, so I could
make another which would change the selected EventGhost server. I'll try to
get this in to the next version.

By: Alec

Alec — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:33:11 +0000

Hm, I understand about the Locale situation, and i agree untill its opened up a bit you may as well implement you're own way of doing things.

With regards to multiple servers I dont mean concurrently! What I am after is a way to configure the android app from my computer. Ie to send an event from pc to android. Android Event Ghost catches the event and switches the server to whatever the event is mapped to.

A usecase would be :
I cycle to work. Get to work, my wifi turns on and I am connected to the wireless with an ipaddress in the 10.0 range. I want to be able to switch the server with an eventghost event sent from my computer. Since my computer knows about my phone it can already send it events without it being configured to send events back.
Why this would be useful is I can then script eventghost pc to ensure it has a connection to my phone when at work etc.

Hmm hopefully that makes more sence?

By: timhoeck

timhoeck — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:39:43 +0000

Thanks! Unfortunately, it's one server at a time.. at least for now This
is another feature I want to add.. but it might take a bit more coding for
multiple incoming/outgoing connections… it's definitely on my list of
todos.. but I really want to get the layout portion fixed up real nice
first. Still working on an update, when I am able to.

As for locale, in the future I may do a locale plugin, but I believe their
plugin system is still one way – i.e. you can trigger EG with locale, but
not trigger a locale event with EG. Once it works both ways, I may be more
inclined to work on it. Until then, I will probably just update my Android
Events plugin for things like GPS events, etc..

By: Alec

Alec — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:49:32 +0000

Hi Tim

I agree this eventghost android application is amazing. Youve done remarkable work.

Is there a way to switch servers without going into the menu? Ie by the android app recieving an eventghost action or from say an intent from locale? This would be useful as i have 2 servers, one at work, and one for home. And switching is a pain and i sometimes forget!!

Again, amazing piece of software excellent work!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:31:05 +0000

Hi tim
Love the program.
Hope you will get the move capability implemented so its possible to make a remote layout there looks good..
Will it be long befor you are finish with the update.. ?
Sorry about my bad english..

By: timhoeck

timhoeck — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:01:10 +0000

Hi Pat,

At the moment, move is not implemented – unfortunately for the release, I
did not get it in there. However, I am working on a much better layout
system, so hopefully I can get an update out soon.

By: Pat Clifford

Pat Clifford — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:12:21 +0000

just downloaded this from the market and am loving it so far. The only thing i was wondering is if there is a way to move the icons around. I saw that if u long press there is an option for move but upon selection nothing happens.

By: Apostol Apostolov

Apostol Apostolov — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:24:59 +0000

You need Locale for Android - http://www.twofortyfouram.com/