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Subject:
Powering a Projector from a Mac
Category: Computers Asked by: jami3-ga List Price: $50.00 |
Posted:
16 Jul 2005 10:15 PDT
Expires: 15 Aug 2005 10:15 PDT Question ID: 544229 |
I have an Epson PowerLite 8300i. I want to schedule the projector to power on at 6:00 am and off at 6:00 pm over my network. The projector has a static IP address. The manual for controling the projector through a terminal interface can be found at Epson's website, http://files.support.epson.com/pdf/pl600p/pl600pcm.pdf. I would prefer the task to be scheduled on my Mac Mini. | |
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Subject:
Re: Powering a Projector from a Mac
From: dakoman-ga on 18 Jul 2005 13:47 PDT |
i would be happy to attempt to create a script for you, but i need to know what operating system the mini is running, is it 10.3 or 10.4? they both have different scheduling engines and require different scripts. |
Subject:
Re: Powering a Projector from a Mac
From: dakoman-ga on 19 Jul 2005 03:10 PDT |
unfortunately, there seems to be a bug in 10.4 which prevents it from running scheduled scripts, however, i can create an on and off script that you can make iCal run at 6am and 6pm, is that OK? |
Subject:
Re: Powering a Projector from a Mac
From: dakoman-ga on 20 Jul 2005 03:47 PDT |
I have created two shell scripts for you, an ON script and an OFF script, that telnet to the projector, and then give the command to power on, and power off respectedly, but, i cannot attach the files here, so i have uploaded them to my server, you can get them at http://www.b-i2i.com/scripts.zip When you get the two files, place them in any directory that you wish, and open both of them up in textedit and enter the IP address of the projector between the two "" where i have stated. Then, open Cronnix and do a test schedule (i can't test the scripts unfortunately!) by clicking "new" then clicking on the "simple" tab and checking all the boxes down the left handside except for minute, and make the script run in a couple of minutes by putting the minutes about 5 minutes in advance. In the command box, press browse, and then locate the on.sh or off.sh script and press "insert" then finish the crontab by pressing "New" then "Save" Now, wait until the allocated time, and see if the projector turns on or off (depending on which script you have chosen to test) and then go and create the real crontab at 6am and 6pm for the ON and OFF scripts. hope this helps (and works!) |
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