EventGhost plugin

[joaomgcd]

An EventGhost plugin is now available through the AutoRemote Desktop pre-beta release.

How to use:

There are 2 actions:

Send Message: regular message sending

Register EventGhost: you use this to add this EventGhost instance to your phone so you can send messages to it.

It's up to you when you register EventGhost, but I recommend having it run at user login, so it refreshes the IP address everytime you log in to your PC.

After that, you can send messages to it via local network only (for now). Every message will generate an event in EventGhost with the name "AutoRemote.Message." followed by whatever the first word in your message is.

After an AutoRemote event is fired, you can use the variables {eg.event.payload.arpar} (which is an array; access each member with [index]) and  {eg.event.payload.arcomm} (which is a string if there is only one, or an array if multiple exist). This way you can make complex commands similar to what you can do in Tasker.

A basic example of this would be sending "osd=:=Hi there" from your phone, and in EventGhost execute the OSD action with the text "Message from phone:  {eg.event.payload.arcomm} ". This would popup a "Message from phone: Hi there" OSD in windows.

You can send messages from EventGhost to your Android device even if your device is not on the same network, as it's using Google's cloud messaging service like all other clients (web, desktop, android).

Available through the pre-beta AutoRemote Desktop client: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/joaomgcd/E0yPXTAuCH0

[Harsh Shah]

Thanks that's great news. I just tried it and works great. It's very useful right now to control HTPC and other things.  It would be great if we can send messages over 3G network remotely. Could be very useful in home automation....Turn off all lights when I leave the house, open garage door when I come near the house etc. 

Appreciate your great work.

[João Dias]

Yes I think 3G could be possible. The difference here is that I don't think there's an automatic way of doing port forwarding from the plugin.
But I'll also try to do dropbox monitoring in the plugin so you can use that as am alternative.

Sent from my Galaxy S3

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[stupidnot...@gmail.com]

Joao,

I was about to try out this plugin, but noticed a bug.

No non-administrator program can make changes in Program Files (where eventghost plugins reside) without administrator privilege. This prevents me from even seeing the plugin. Also, a problem with .Net software is that the shortcuts in the start menu are ".appref-ms" files and not ".lnk" shortcuts. Therefore, I cannot simply right-click the shortcut and select "Run as administrator" to bypass this issue. I recommend you make the "Update Now" button request admin privileges before attempting update of the EventGhost plugin.

[joaomgcd]

You're right. I'll have a fix out for that shortly. Thanks!

[joaomgcd]

Ok, fix is out. Let me know if it works.

[stupidnot...@gmail.com]

The fix works, but I have some recommendations about the plugin. These are my opinions, but I think it will make it easier on everyone.

(1) Registered devices (android phones) should be setup and editable on the plugin settings. Then a person can simply choose the device name from a list for the send message command instead of having to save and retype the device key every time they create a new message.
(1) Registration to the phone should be done on plugin initialization. A user can still manually trigger a registration on login if chosen, but registration on plugin initialization will solve registration on boot.

[João Dias]

(1) you're right. I just wanted to put something out before diving into the intricacies of the form classes and data storage in python. I'll probably add that in a later version.

(2) you can already add phone registration on event ghost load. That should take care of the boot registration :)

Sent from my Galaxy S3

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[joaomgcd]

I've taken care of (1) now. Now you add devices in the plugin configuration and reuse them in registrations and messages.

[kailas...@gmail.com]

Is it possible to allow editing of the network address for the plugin's registration/on the phone? I've got a domain name for my home router and I want to be able to have two-way communication between EventGhost and AutoRemote on my phone on the go.
By the way I love your work, and I've got some simple interactions at home, but I'd love to be able to remotely control some programs using EventGhost via AutoRemote.

[João Dias]

It currently isn't possible, sorry. 

I'll try and include that on a future version though.

Thanks for the suggestion!

João

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 2:16 PM, <kailas...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is it possible to allow editing of the network address for the plugin's registration/on the phone? I've got a domain name for my home router and I want to be able to have two-way communication between EventGhost and AutoRemote on my phone on the go.
By the way I love your work, and I've got some simple interactions at home, but I'd love to be able to remotely control some programs using EventGhost via AutoRemote.

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[kailas...@gmail.com]

Awesome - I'm looking forward to it!

[ShRAAll]

I did it by editing the eventghost plugin. Search for publicip and localip in the script and change them to your desired adresses. Don't forget the quotation marks for the strings ;).

To bad I have not enough knowhow to provide a gui-based solution for this hack. Looking forward to a official feature :-)

[João Dias]

That's awesome! :) If you know how to do it, then by all means edit the file under C:\Program Files\EventGhost\plugins\AutoRemote\__init__.py and change it to your liking. If you have a static IP or hostname, you can just hard code it there and it will work like ShRAAll said.

Good idea!

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[ShRAAll]

[ShRAAll]

aaaaw sry for the last post! Google groups is unusable on Android :@

just wanted to say, that you can even use URLs as "IP", like I do with my dyndns-URL. Looks like your system automatically resolves URLs : D

[joaomgcd]

I've put out an update that lets you send messages to EventGhost on another network. Give it a try and let me know if it works!

[dpalm...@gmail.com]

Im having a hard time figuring out how to send a message to the eventghost phugin over another network. I updated via the desktop app. Sending messages to the Windows app works just fine, but Eventghost doesn't get any.

[João Dias]

Did you do the automatic port forwarding for EventGhost in the AutoRemote Desktop app? Did it work?

On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 7:44 AM, <dpalm...@gmail.com> wrote:

Im having a hard time figuring out how to send a message to the eventghost phugin over another network. I updated via the desktop app. Sending messages to the Windows app works just fine, but Eventghost doesn't get any.

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[dpalm...@gmail.com]

I did that, and it said it worked. I got it to work momentarily, by quitting eventghost and deleting the plugin and register action and adding them again, but it was only a temporary fix, as it is no longer working this morning. I'm going to continue to search for a solution and when I find it, I will let you know what was going wrong. :)

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[Kristof]

Op woensdag 21 november 2012 20:37:13 UTC+1 schreef Dpalm...@gmail.com het volgende:

Yep, not working here also...
Really a pitty !
Sending notification to the desktop app works fine though !
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[dpalm...@gmail.com]

Try using a different port for the app (I have mine set to 1819) and use the default for Eventghost (1818). That seemed to do the trick for me.

[kristof....@gmail.com]

> Try using a different port for the app (I have mine set to 1819) and use the default for Eventghost (1818). That seemed to do the trick for me.

Mmmm, but then why does it work with the desktop app ?

[João Dias]

Can you access http://localhost:1818 on your browser? You can use that to test if the message receiver is working before trying to send messages to it through AutoRemote. If you're using a different port, replace 1818 with that...

On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 7:33 AM, <kristof....@gmail.com> wrote:

> Try using a different port for the app (I have mine set to 1819) and use the default for Eventghost (1818). That seemed to do the trick for me.

Mmmm, but then why does it work with the desktop app ?

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[kristof....@gmail.com]

On Thursday, November 22, 2012 10:44:18 AM UTC+1, joaomgcd wrote:
> Can you access http://localhost:1818 on your browser? You can use that to test if the message receiver is working before trying to send messages to it through AutoRemote. If you're using a different port, replace 1818 with that...

I'll try that tonight. It works perfectly though if my phone is connected to wifi. When I use wireless data i.s.o. wifi, I only can connect to the remote app, not the plugin.

[João Dias]

Right. After trying localhost, try using your external address with the same port. It probably has something to do with port forwarding...

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[kristof....@gmail.com]

On Thursday, November 22, 2012 12:52:43 PM UTC+1, joaomgcd wrote:
> Right. After trying localhost, try using your external address with the same port. It probably has something to do with port forwarding...

I forwarded the ports on my router, and it worked for a few hours.
After that, it refuses to receive any messages :-(

[n4]

I don't know if you use linux at all and how feasible it is for you to support it. But I found a program similiar to tasker/eventghost called cuttlefish https://code.launchpad.net/cuttlefish which would be great to have supported.

[joaomgcd]

I don't currently use linux, but I can look into that, thanks!

[Michael Yeager]

I am trying to figure out how to send messages to EventGhost from outside my local network and stumbled upon this thread. I have manually forwarded the port on my router but believe the real problem to be the public IP address that was addressed in a message earlier in this thread. I looked at the file in question but when I searched for publicip I got many matches. Which one (or ones) would I have to put the string in for my dynamic DNS service? I'm using dlinkddns.com and my router keeps it up to date. I would think the private IP would be updated on it's own although it shouldn't change. A way to automatically port forward from EventGhost would be nice...

[João Dias]

On the latest version of the EventGHost plugin there's a public ip field in the initial AutoRemote setup (the plugin item on the EventGhost tree). You can set it there.

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[Michael Yeager]

On the phone or the computer?

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[João Dias]

On the Computer in EventGhost. Double click the blue jigsaw with the AutoRemote icon overlay, and the last field is what you're looking for.

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[Michael Yeager]

Got it. Don't know how I didn't see it before.... Testing time!

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[Michael Yeager]

Ok. It appears to be working now (yeah). Does the Time to Live option in the send message option function to keep the message valid longer in case it is delayed? I can see where this could be useful with off network messages going back and forth.....

[João Dias]

The Time To Live option only works for messages sent to Android Devices... If you don't set it, the message will be kept indefinitely. If you set it, it will be kept for the time you specify.

Messages sent to EventGhost are discarded if not delivered immediately. 

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[Michael Yeager]

Gotcha. That works for me as if my computer is off I don't need the messages backing up for hours. I'm receiving this message from autoremote and want to open chrome and display the url inside the message, what variable do I put in the open application window to do this? The message received is : AutoRemote.Message.location <eg.CorePluginModule.AutoRemote.AutoRemotePayload instance at 0x03277030> and I already have it launching the browser, just don't know how to get the "payload" browser. I know that if AutoRemote Desktop were active it would display it for me but I don't plan to have it running all the time if I don't need to.

[João Dias]

Try putting {eg.event.payload.arcomm} in front of the chome executable path. I have to fix that print so that it shows the actual payload...

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[Michael Yeager]

Will try it in a bit. Away from the computer for a bit. This is going to become another program I can't live without and with the power of EventGhost so easily accessed its not going to take long.....

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[srira...@gmail.com]

Hey! Will autoremote work only in local network?
And how to use the %arcomm variable in event ghost. Event.payload.arcomm isn't working.

[João Dias]

Hi.

AutoRemote doesn't work just on a local network. You can assign a public IP address or hostname in the EventGhost plugin settings.

About using arcomm in EventGhost, use this: {eg.event.payload.arcomm}

On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 12:40 PM, <srira...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey! Will autoremote work only in local network?
And how to use the %arcomm variable in event ghost. Event.payload.arcomm isn't working.

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[sbenj...@gmail.com]

Hi All,

I am trying to send keyboard commands from my Phone to my media center. In Event ghost I would like to have 1 event triggered by the AR message HTPC.
From my phone I send "HTPC=:=Up"(keyboard command)
In EG I trigger a Macro which react to the HTPC. As "emulate keypress" I use the commeand {eg.event.payload.arcomm}. but this doesnt work, as I apparanty cant send commands to this text field.
When using a OSD message, it is clear It receives the message "up" but the text command is "U" and then "P".
Do any of you know how to overcome this? (Without making a command for each button I would like to press)

/Benjmain

[João Dias]

Hi. 

Just send commands like "HTPC=:={Up}". :)

[mirko...@gmail.com]

Hi people!

I need little help to get work from other network. When sending message from Wlan everything go great.

For outside i can't get it to work.
I forward 1818 on my router, i put my public ip (no-ip service) in the Evenghost configuration but can't get it to work. Probably missing some step :-(

Here is log from my phone..

Out - 2014-05-17 11:47:12.552 - Error sending Text: "ambibox" to Mirac_PC: Error doing request: org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException
Out - 2014-05-17 11:46:41.509 - Text: "ambibox" sent successfully to Mirac_PC through Wifi

[João Dias]

Hi,  check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_Az4RMTDWQ

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[mirko...@gmail.com]

Work lika a charm!

TNX

[copys...@gmail.com]

Hey, I'm trying to send a file via WiFi to my Nexus 4 through EventGhost.
the log shows me this:
---> Welcome to EventGhost <---
Autostart
Plugin: AutoRemote
AutoRemote: Registering on Nexus 4
Couldn't make request via local network: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found
Calling url https://autoremotejoaomgcd.appspot.com/sendrequest
Result from sending request: OK
AutoRemote plugin is up to date
Main.SentFromExplorer.File (u'D:\\Downloads\\IMG_20140518_145720.jpg',)
AutoRemote: Sending files to your android device
AutoRemote: Sending files to Nexus 4
Couldn't make request via local network: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found
Sending files in message: ['D:\\Downloads\\IMG_20140518_145720.jpg']
Sending file: D:\Downloads\IMG_20140518_145720.jpg
Sending file via the web
Uploading file IMG_20140518_145720.jpg
Uploaded file to Google Drive: https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxL4BgabyP_DUlFodVFsRVRvYVE&export=download
Calling url https://autoremotejoaomgcd.appspot.com/sendrequest
Result from sending request: OK

I've entered the correct IP of the Nexus 4 in the plugin settings. Any idea why it wouldn't work? Maybe xposed breaks it or so?

[João Dias]

Does that happen with every file? Or just that one?

[Felix Göhringer]

I've tried three different files which had a different file type. The same thing happened to all of the files.

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[himansh...@gmail.com]

I am having the same problem as Felix Göhringer. None of my messages are going from Eventghost to Autoremote over local network. It says "Couldn't make request via local network: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found". But messages from autoremote to Eventghost are going over local network.

[João Dias]

Can you please show me an example of a message that does that? Thanks

[himanshu mehani]

Check the log extract below. I tried sending message from tasker via autoremote, It worked. Then I tried to execute the send message from Eventghost to autoremote, it failed.

Log Extract:

Got communication of type: Message

Can't download received files. You have to choose a folder in the AutoRemote plugin settings first.

This is a redirected message.

eg.event.payload.armessage: u'Monitoroff'

eg.event.payload.arpar: [u'Monitoroff']

eg.event.payload.sender: 

key: XYZ

name: u'nexus4'

url: u'http://goo.gl/XYZ'

localIp: u'192.168.1.8'

port: None

tryLocalIp: True

AutoRemote.Message.Monitoroff u'Monitoroff'

   Monitor off

      nircmdtray

      Play Sound: C:\Windows\Media\Windows Default.wav

System.SessionLock [u'Himanshu']

System.SessionUnlock [u'Himanshu']

   AutoRemote: Sending System unlocked to Nexus 4

      AutoRemote: Sending Systemunlocked to nexus4

Couldn't make request via local network: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found

Calling url https://autoremotejoaomgcd.appspot.com/sendrequest

Result from sending request: OK

Regards,

Himanshu Mehani

[João Dias]

Ok, I've updated the EG plugin. Can you please check if it works now? It should be on version 1.91.

Thanks

[himanshu mehani]

I installed the v1.91, but it still gives me the same error "Couldn't make request via local network: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, int found"

Regards,

Himanshu Mehani

[João Dias]

And you restarted EG after the install?

[himanshu mehani]

Yah I did. I even checked by going to add plugin, it says 1.91.

Regards,

Himanshu Mehani

[João Dias]

Can you please update to 1.92 and check out the updated log? I added a number before the error that should help me. Thanks

[himanshu mehani]

Okay I did and here's the error I got:

"Exception in thread Thread-7:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "threading.pyc", line 532, in __bootstrap_inner

  File "threading.pyc", line 484, in run

  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\EventGhost\plugins\Autoremote\__init__.py", line 758, in SendSync

    print exc_tb.tb_lineno + ": Couldn't make request via local network: " + str(e)

TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'int' and 'str'

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Regards,

Himanshu Mehani

[João Dias]

Sorry, can you try now please?

[himanshu mehani]

This is the error I got:

"Autostart

   Plugin: AutoRemote

   AutoRemote: Registering on nexus4

   Plugin: Ping

      Ping is started with parameter: =32

Calling url http://192.168.1.8:1817/

Main.OnInit

   Plugin: Ping

      Ping is started with parameter: =32

Calling url http://192.168.1.8:1817/

Main.OnInit

753: Couldn't make request via local network: <urlopen error [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it>

Calling url https://autoremotejoaomgcd.appspot.com/sendrequest

AutoRemote plugin Remote version 1.94 > Local Version 1.93. Upgrading...

Result from sending request: OK

Downloading file: C:\Users\Himanshu\Documents\Autoremote\__init__.py to folder C:\Users\Himanshu\Documents\Autoremote\

Downloaded remote version to C:\Users\Himanshu\Documents\Autoremote\__init__.py

Main.AutoRemote.Updated"

I am sorry if this is because of some wrong setting. Though I believe the settings are correct. Should I try reinstalling the app?

Regards,

Himanshu Mehani

[João Dias]

Ok, that's better :)

You should be running the AutoRemote Wifi service on your device and make sure that its IP is updated. Can you check?

[himanshu mehani]

Okay, I can't find any Wifi service option. So, I have mentioned the current settings below:

Eventghost:

Fallback to Chrome - Checked

Skip Local IP - Unchecked

Skip Public IP - Unchecked

Automatic EG update - Checked

PC settings:

Auto group remove: Checked

Always use public ip: uncheked

Advanced:

Time delay opening url - 2

Skip WiFi - unchecked

Skip BT - unchecked

Wifi all networks - Checked

Regards,

Himanshu Mehani

[João Dias]

AutoRemote Wifi is a Tasker action where you can enable the Wifi service  :) Check it out!

[himanshu mehani]

Thanks it works now. I didn't know about this service thing.

Regards,

Himanshu Mehani

[João Dias]

Great news :)