SuperDateTime

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Description:
SuperDateTime is a screensaver for use with open source SqueezeCenter software from Slim Devices. The screensaver graphically displays current weather conditions and forecasts and will also optionally display stock quotes and upcoming/active game information for MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL, and college football and basketball teams. The information is conveniently displayed on a Squeezebox/Transporter hardware player anywhere in your home.

The following screenshots were created using SoftSqueeze, a software-based Squeezebox/Transporter emulator that is compatible with the plugin.

Graphical Weather and Time Display	Full Weather Forecast
Upcoming MLB Game Display	Stock Market Display
Transporter - Time and Weather / Stock Market Display

Installation:

Unzip downloaded zip file appropriate directory (SC7). Folder names are case sensitive.
Windows: SqueezeCenter\server\Plugins\
Linux: /var/lib/squeezecenter/Plugins/ Soft Link: /usr/share/squeezecenter/Plugins/
OS X Single User: ~/Users/yourusername/Library/PreferencePanes/SqueezeCenter.prefpane/Contents/server/Plugins
OS X Multi User: ~/Library/PreferencePanes/SqueezeCenter.prefpane/Contents/server/Plugins
Restart SlimServer.
Ensure the plugin is enabled from Server Settings / Plugins web page.
Configure custom plugin settings (city, teams, etc.) from Server Setttings / Plugins web page.
Enable screensaver for when a player is turned off from Player Settings web page.

[OPTIONAL] SqueezeCenter can be configured to temporarily display SuperDateTime when powered on by holding the size button for a couple seconds. The display is returned to it's previous state by holding the size button again for a couple seconds. This is useful to view sports/weather/etc information while listening to music.

(This may need updating for SC7)

Open up \SlimServer\Server\IR\Default.map in your favorite raw text editor.
Scroll down to # textsize modes
Edit the text in that section to mirror: (Make sure to include the leading "#" where shown below.)
size = dead
size.single = textsize_toggle
size.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.SuperDateTime::Plugin->showme
#size = textsize_toggle
textsize_small = textsize_small
textsize_medium = textsize_medium
textsize_large = textsize_large
Restart SqueezeCenter

Remote Control Usage:

Pressing up or down cycles the information shown on line one during time display. It will also immediately display the time if it is not currently being shown.
Pressing right or left cycles through the available games/stocks/etc. that normally cycle automatically.
Pressing FWD or REW cycles through the long weather forecasts.
Pressing '+' will force an immediate data refresh.

Feedback/Support:

Please direct all feedback and support questions to GoCubs on the SlimDevices public forums at forums.slimdevices.com.

Customization:

Is there something viewable online (lottery numbers, traffic times, soccer scores, etc.) that you wish you could view via SuperDateTime? Custom plugins that interface with SuperDateTime 5.5.0+ are now available. Please contact GoCubs via the SlimDevices forums for more information on getting your own custom plugin enhancement for SuperDateTime.

Known Issues:

Plugin loses track of a player's state after a Firmware upgrade and may stop automatically refreshing data or cycling screen info. Power cycling (power button) or pressing the '+' remote control button will force the player to begin refreshing data.

Date	Version	SC	Changes
08/08/08	5.5.2	* 7.0 *	Updated to work with 7.1. Updated IR mapping to play nicer with other plugins. NOTE: SqueezeCenter 7 3rd-Party plugins are installed in a separate directory than default/included plugins. Please see installation instructions above.
04/11/08	5.5.1	* 7.0 *	Fixed MLB parsing.
03/15/08	5.5.0	* 7.0 *	Initial Jive Support! Dedicated SuperDateTime configuration page with more flexible display customization. "Intelligent" spacing of display items. External API for other plugins to easily add display items (see OceanTides example). 10 days worth of forecasts are now available via the remote. Various bug fixes related to dual screen support and ticker display mode.
09/05/07	5.0.13	6.5	No longer being updated. HTML parsing may stop functioning. Updated weather.com international current condition parsing to handle HTML changes.
08/26/07	5.0.12	6.5	Updated weather.com international parsing to handle HTML changes. Added German language translations. Thanks Jürgen!
07/19/07	5.0.10	6.5	Updated MLB web parsing to handle changes made by ESPN.
05/30/07	5.0.8	6.5	Added all remaining MLB icons. Thanks B. Yudichak!
05/17/07	5.0.6	6.5	Added Minnesota, Tampa Bay, Boston, and Cleveland MLB icons. Thanks M.Meyer!
04/02/07	5.0.5	6.5	Fixed ESPN MLB parsing to handle minor '07 season website changes. Divided up MLB processing to decrease HTML parsing hangs. Added a few additional MLB team logos.
01/19/07	5.0.4	6.5	Fixed bug where Top-25 conference selection is overwritten on sever restart.
01/18/07	5.0.2	6.5	When a player is powered on SuperDateTime can be displayed/exited by holding the Size button for a couple seconds. This requires a minor manual modification to the default.map file (see installation instructions). Yahoo Finance ticker symbols that do not provide volume information are now supported. Top-25 is now selectable as a conference for college basketball and football game information.
12/07/06	5.0.0	6.5	This version introduces 34 graphical weather icons based on code from Martin Rehfeld's WeatherTime screensaver. Pressing the up/down bottoms will scroll through the forecasts as well as various display options that include/omit the forecast icons. MLB, NBA, and NHL refreshing logic has been enhanced. The previous day's game information will continue to be shown/refreshed until 5am Eastern time. Refreshing will also stop on a given day once all the games you are monitoring have completed. To save screen space Hi/Low and Precip information is no longer shown when the time is displayed with a large font (non Transporters only). The $largeFontTimeIcon variable can be changed by the user if they wish to show the hi/low and precip information or remove the current condition icon. Added support for college football and tweaked code to handle ranked team name shortening. Added experimental support for MLB and NFL team icons (must be enabled from plugin settings). Parsing and networking tweaks. Special thanks to Mike Meyer and Yannzola for contributing some of the weather icons.
09/06/06	4.1.2	6.5	Merged code provided by Omen Wild. This adds server setting to show average temperature delta and record temperature information on the top display line. Thanks Omen!
08/31/06	4.1.1	6.5	Top line text in screen one, as well as the top and bottom lines of screen 2 can now be customized. Minor networking bug fixes.
08/16/06	4.1.0	6.5	Updated to utilize new display framework introduced in SlimServer 6.5. Initial Transporter (dual screen) support. Failed http calls will automatically be retried three times before a '?' is displayed (indicating failure). Various bug/code enhancements.
05/18/06	4.0.6	6.2 6.5	When using the large font, text will now automatically scroll. Shortened weather data, previously only shown with smaller fonts on the top line, is now viewable by pressing the up and down remote buttons. To view the entire scrolling text please set your display times accordingly.
Additional version history can be found here.