The clock applet can be used as a screen saver which activates when the display is dimmed and disappears
again when the display is touched. This is done by creating a page containing only the clock applet and
assigning the page to the “Dim action” under “Settings”. The dimmed brightness setting must be set high
enough so that the clock can be seen. The “Screen saver mode” option in the applet should be selected and
the applet frame should take up the entire page. This allows the time to be moved around on the display
and reduces burn-in.
DLO Homedock Pro and ReQuest F-Series Applets
The DLO Homedock Pro and the ReQuest generates all of the menus and lists. This has the following
implications:
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Navigation within lists and menus is the same as when controlling the device directly using its
remote control. Navigating by touching the list, as is possible in the iPort, Autonomic and Vantage
DMM applets, is not possible.
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Scrollbars for long lists are not available.
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Only a limited number lines of text are supported. Smaller applet frames are either not allowed or
have certain restrictions. Large frames are not allowed because they are of no advantage.
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Not all of the options in the “Settings” menu on the DLO Homedock pro are relevant to the applet.
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The “Now Playing” menu option on the DLO Homedock pro has no function. However a playback
screen will automatically be displayed when a track is playing. The “Left” button (which behaves
much like a “Back” button) can be used to return to the previous menu in which case, the playback
screen will be restored ten seconds after the last button press.
Vantage Lighting Applet
The Vantage applet does not provide a user interface or any feedback directly in the applet frame. Instead
the applet performs background processing and all interaction is via buttons using appropriate buttons
classes and volume controls, which are placed inside the applet frame.
The Vantage applet can execute tasks and can directly control loads. In both cases, the VID of the controlled
object needs to be assigned in the button or volume control. In the case of tasks, the task triggers needed
by the task need to be set up. Please refer to the Vantage documentation and InFusion Design Center for
more information.
Applets with a Tuner Component
The Integra Receiver, Integra Tuner and the T118RDS applets have a list of radio frequencies, station names
and images. This enables the applets to display station names (if this information is not already available
from the device) and an image representing the radio station.
In order for the mapping to work, the frequency entered into the stations list must be written exactly how
the frequency is displayed in the applet, e.g. “FM 91.80”. The exception to this is in the Integra Receiver
Applet when displaying a DAB station. Frequencies are not used in this case so instead the station name in
the list must match the name reported by the receiver. An entry under “Frequency” is still required and must
be “DAB” followed by something such as a number so that each entry is unique.
The images are assigned to a station by dragging the image into the area labelled “Icon” below the stations
list.
Acknowledgements
The first applets were embedded into the KPC firmware. However it was soon clear that this approach, while
easy to implement, was too restrictive and limited the total number of available applets to the amount of
available program memory. In order to extend the KPC with a potentially unlimited number of applets, we
needed a small but powerful virtual machine to execute external program code uploaded by AKM as part of a
