I apologize that I haven't been in the forums for a couple weeks. Been busy with a lot of things around the house and with some major updates to RemotWatch.
Since I have received my Nokia 770 internet tablet, I have been working on formatting things to fit on the little 800x480 screen. This can be a challenge with the minimal amount of screen real estate that is available. Not to mention on a small touch screen device like this, you want your buttons and things to be large enough to click on with your finger so the stylus is needed as little as possible. Inevitably though, there is some content that the stylus sill be needed for. My ultimate plan is to create a wall mounted information display. I thought, not only do I want my X10 and HVAC information, but also a number of other types of information such as weather, a calendar, and an on screen clock. Below are some screen shots of the new look to the software.
This is the layout of the new menu setup. When you have a page open, the icon for that page is shown at the left. The space between that and the clock display is available for that page to display information. When you click on the icon at the top left, the top bar will change to show the menu seen above.
This was previously called the House Status page, but has been change to the Control page. This is where your X10 modules can be controlled from your floorplan view. One other thing that was added to this is the ability to dim modules that have that capability. Although working, the dimming control needs a bit of tweaking to make it easier to use. You can select between your different floorplans at the top of the page to let you have control of every level of your house and yard.
This is the HVAC screen. I will be adding the ability to shut off this option since it currently only works with a serial based RCS thermostat.
This is the weather screen. The weather information displayed is from the Weather Underground website. The left side shows a radar map that cycles between 6 sectional maps of the US. Below that is a simple weather forecast bar showing the next day plus 4 days ahead. The right side shows a weather alert marquee at the top that is clickable to get the full alert text. Below that is the current days forecast text.
This is the calendar screen. Although still needing a little work, it is functional. Clicking on a date on the calendar will allow you to add events to show on the calendar. Clicking on an event shown in the calendar will bring up a scrollable list of all the events for that day.
Last but not least is the Home page. This page brings information from the weather module and the calendar module together. This page will most likely change as I figure out a better choice of information to display on this page.
Those of you wanting a copy of the new version will have to wait just a couple more days as I am checking things over a bit more before putting out the new release. I will post a link in here when it is available.
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