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peter bauer Snippet ID Download Version Date Posted Author Delete 522 1.1 2009-10-23 18:37 peter bauer Changes since last version:: fix some bugs 382 1.0 2008-09-24 20:44 peter bauer

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#!/usr/bin/ruby
# Send Popup Message to Dreambox DM7000
# or other enigma based Sat Receiver
# peba@inode.at

require 'net/http'
require 'ping'

$dbox_ip="192.168.1.2"

class DreamMsg 
    def initialize
    end    
    def send_message (message="")
      if Ping.pingecho($dbox_ip) then
        Net::HTTP.start($dbox_ip) do |http|
          response = http.get("/cgi-bin/message?#{message}")
        end
      end
    end  
end

m_mess = DreamMsg.new

if ARGV.length > 0 then       #read from parameter
my_message = ARGV[0]
my_message = my_message.gsub(' ','+')   #replace blank with +                    
m_mess.send_message(my_message)
elsif STDIN.tty? then         #read from tty
      puts "Please enter message below and press Return:"
      while inp = STDIN.gets
        my_message = inp.gsub(' ','+')
        m_mess.send_message(my_message.chomp)
      end
else  
    while inp = STDIN.gets    #read from a pipe
        my_message = inp.gsub(' ','+')
        m_mess.send_message(my_message.chomp)
    end
end
		

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