Wiz Interface 0.1 Alpha

[jim16]

Wiz Interface 0.1 Alpha

• Description:
  
  • This is a simple web interface to your wiz to provide remote access for managing your timers and recordings. This interface is powered by wizRemote and getWizPnP.pl.
    
    Credit to efry and prl the authors of these applications. Special thanks to efry for creating wizRemote as this interface uses large amounts of the source code from
    his work.
    
    Please note that this is Alpha software and I will *NOT* be held responsible for any damage or hardship caused.
  

• Requirements:
  
  • A Beyonwiz unit with wizRemote 0.1 installed and running
    
    getWizPnP.pl installed and in your webserver users path
    
    PHP and Web Server e.g. Apache, lighthttp etc...
    
    Modern web browser - Firefox 3.0+, Chrome, Opera 9+ etc.. Internet Explorer is *NOT* supported
    
    n.b. If you had wizRemote running you have most of the requirements covered.

• Installation:
  • Copy entire wizinterface directory onto your web server.
    
    Edit the file includes/config_inc.php replacing the values with those you require i.e. Wiz IP, Username and
    Password etc..
    
    Navigate to http://YOURSERVER/wizinterface/
    
    On the first time you visit this site you will be prompted to download a file named
    config_channels_inc.php. Save this file and copy it to your web server under the folder
    wizinterface/includes/config_channels_inc.php
    
    Login with the username and password you setup in the config_inc.php file

• Download:
  
  • http://jim16.110mb.com/wizinterface0.1.tar.gz

• Planned Features:
  
  • Implement settings file management
    
    Implement ability to delete, move and rename recordings via getWizPnP
    
    Implement current current recording status via getWizPnP.pl
    
    Implement guide to enable setting of timers from a grid view
    
    Implement ability on timerlist to display guide information for timer
    
    Validate timer input and check for conflicts on the server

• Releases:
  
  • 0.1 Alpha - Initial Release

[IanSav]

Hi Jim16,

How do you get around the fact that the files you are working with (on the Beyonwiz) are already in RAM and never accessed from disk while the Beyonwiz is running? In fact the firmware rewrites the files while the Beyonwiz is in use. I seem to remember that WizRemote had a lot of trouble with this. I also seem to remember that you needed to reboot the Beyonwiz for some of the changes to take. I also seem to remember that it made the Beyonwiz crash occasionally.

Regards,
Ian.

[jim16]

Hi Ian,

This interface is a rewrite of efry's wizRemote web interface to using ajax and a few other nice interface improvements with the start of (Very early as it only lists files) getWizPnP integration for the management of files. It still uses the wizRemote application on the wiz so for the timers to stick the unit needs to be rebooted.

jim16

[IanSav]

Hi Jim16,

This interface is a rewrite of efry's wizRemote web interface to using ajax and a few other nice interface improvements with the start of (Very early as it only lists files) getWizPnP integration for the management of files. It still uses the wizRemote application on the wiz so for the timers to stick the unit needs to be rebooted.

Bugger!

Looks like I am still in the hold queue waiting for Beyonwiz to add this functionality into the firmware.

Regards,
Ian.

[prl]

Wizremote shuts the system down in a way that stops wizdvp from overwriting the config file, and then copies the config info to flash itself, preserving the changes made by wizremote.

[j s]

Hi Ian,

This interface is a rewrite of efry's wizRemote web interface to using ajax and a few other nice interface improvements with the start of (Very early as it only lists files) getWizPnP integration for the management of files. It still uses the wizRemote application on the wiz so for the timers to stick the unit needs to be rebooted.

jim16

Which is why my ToppyWeb has (not yet) become WizWeb (or PVRwb). I have a prototype that works with WizRemote but it stay as a prototype till the reboot need is resolved.