<p>Below are examples of messages shown on the screen during operation</p>
<p><em>System Up</em> (Unfortunately I didn’t get a picture of this message)</p>
<p><img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2923/Picture-01.JPG" alt="Picture 01" /><br />
Shows the unit waiting to get a wi-fi connection and get given an IP address.</p>
<p><img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2923/Picture-02.JPG" alt="Picture 02" /><br />
Unit goes to the HPR site and gets the number of days to free slot in the show queue. At the time when I took the picture the queue had a healthy 22 shows!</p>
<p>Links to three previous shows I did that mention the Blinkstick</p>
<ol type="1">
<li><p>Solving a problem I had with my Blinkstick<br />
<a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2089" class="uri">https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2089</a></p></li>
<li><p>Tracking the HPR queue using python and a Blinkstick<br />
<a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2340" class="uri">https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2340</a></p></li>
<li><p>Follow on to HPR2340 (Tracking the HPR queue in Python)<br />
<a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2344" class="uri">https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2344</a></p></li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>Link to Moc, Music On Console<br />
<a href="https://moc.daper.net/" class="uri">https://moc.daper.net/</a></li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2923/Picture-03.JPG" alt="Picture 03" /> <img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2923/Picture-04.JPG" alt="Picture 04" /><br />
Menu 0 Podcasts screens</p>
<pre><code>0 [PODCASTS]
0 1 &lt;|| PLAY/PAUSE (Toggles moc between play and Pause)
0 2 &lt;&lt;  INFORMATION(Displays information about the current track)
0 3 &lt;&lt;  (Move to previous track in playlist)
0 4 &lt;&lt;  (Move to next track in playlist)
0 5 LIGHT (Toggle back-light on LCD screen)
PUSH IN TOP TOGGLE BUTTON (Seek forward or back in current track)</code></pre>
<p><img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2923/Picture-05.JPG" alt="Picture 05" /> <img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2923/Picture-06.JPG" alt="Picture 06" /><br />
Menu 1 Audiobooks screens</p>
<pre><code>1 [AUDIOBOOKS]
1 1 &lt;|| PLAY/PAUSE (Toggles moc between play and Pause)
1 2 &lt;&lt;  INFORMATION(Displays information about the current track)
1 3 &lt;&lt;  (Move to previous track in playlist)
1 4 &lt;&lt;  (Move to next track in playlist)
1 5 LIGHT (Toggle back-light on LCD screen)
PUSH IN TOP TOGGLE BUTTON (Seek forward or back in current track)</code></pre>
<p><img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2923/Picture-07.JPG" alt="Picture 07" /> <img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2923/Picture-08.JPG" alt="Picture 08" /><br />
Menu 2 System screens</p>
<pre><code>2 [SYSTEM]
2 1 Sys Information (System information)
2 2 WiFi (Displays WiFi inofrmation such SSID &amp; signal strength)
2 3 HPR (Displays the number days to the next free slots on FPR que)
2 4 Not shown, (Not in use)
2 5 LIGHT (Toggle back-light on LCD screen)
PUSH IN TOP TOGGLE BUTTON (Shut-down the Raspberry Pi)</code></pre>
<p>Infra-red Sensor</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Example of my <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwin95XTnLbeAhURzaQKHcNIADEQjRx6BAgBEAU&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.remotes4you.eu%2Fen%2Fsamsung-original-samsung-remote-control-aa59-00465.html&amp;psig=AOvVaw04vHTRnb1mBQYLrBKpOAKf&amp;ust=1541265724536724">Samsung TV remote control</a></p></li>
<li><p>Lirc Article from Wikipedia<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIRC" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIRC</a></p></li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2923/Picture-09.JPG" alt="Picture 09" /><br />
Infra-red sensor turned on</p>
<p><img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2923/Picture-10.JPG" alt="Picture 10" /><br />
Infra-red sensor turned off</p>
<ul>
<li>Kodi article on Wikipedia, (Formerly XBMC)<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodi_(software)" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodi_(software)</a></li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2923/Picture-11.JPG" alt="Picture 11" /><br />
<img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2923/Picture-12.JPG" alt="Picture 12" /><br />
Example of a message being sent to the unit telling me that a backup is complete. The bright pink LED on the Blinkstick lets me know at a glance that a message has been sent to the display.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>EEE PC article on Wikipedia<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus_Eee_PC" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus_Eee_PC</a></p></li>
<li><p>Switch Bounce article on Wikipedia<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switch#Contact_bounce" class="uri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switch#Contact_bounce</a></p></li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2923/Picture-13.JPG" alt="Picture 13" /><br />
<img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2923/Picture-14.JPG" alt="Picture 14" /><br />
<img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2923/Picture-15.JPG" alt="Picture 15" /><br />
A flavour of what information is shown when the information button 2 is pushed. The picture showing the title scrolling from right to left was blurred so I didn’t include this.</p>
<p><img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2923/Picture-16.JPG" alt="Picture 16" /><br />
The menu displayed during seek, this in initiated by pushing and releasing the toggle button while either in the Podcasts main menu 0 or Audio book main menu 1.</p>
<p><img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2923/Picture-17.JPG" alt="Picture 17" /><br />
The shut-down menu this in initiated by pushing and releasing the toggle button while in the System main menu 2.</p>
