GP3 Notifications (en)
Background events in the Gemini 3 Plugin
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The Gemini 3 Plugin can display events directly on the TV screen or in the infobar. Therefor a GP3 compatible skin and the corresponding settings in the GP3 Plugin are required. Of course some of the notifications require the right Gemini Addon to be installed. The following chapters describe the configuration of the notifications and the requierd Plugins.
Enable the notifications
Open the menu [General] in the [BluePanel] ➤ [Settings]. For the Background events the setting can be changed with the arrow keys of the remote control. The following table lists the possibilities.
| Setting | Description |
| Off | No notifications are displayed |
| On | The notifications are displayed permanently in the Infobar (GP3 skin required) |
| Flashing | The notifications are flashing in the Infobar (GP3 skin required) |
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Notifications in the Infobar
The following table lists the notifications (Events) which can appear in the Infobar. The last column indicates the required GP3 Addon, which needs to be instaled.
| Notification | Description | Requierd Addon |
| UP | New updates availiable. Check for updates performed between 3 and 5 o'clock, or 3 to 5 hours after starting the Box. | geminiplugin |
| SW | A SWAP file is created in the background. | geminiplugin |
| GC | Problem with the Gemini Cache. Can be fixed by: [BluePanel] ➤ [Settings] ➤ [General] press the green [Save] button. | geminiplugin |
| FB | File Browser is copying, deleting or unpacking in the background. | geminiplugin |
| MS | File Browser is performing a MediaScan. | geminiplugin |
| D! | Problem with the DBus ➤ Box needs to be restarted. | geminiplugin |
| @ | New E-Mails availiable. | geminimailcheck |
| SR | The StreamRipper records MP3 Streams in the background. | geminisr and geminidreamnetcast |
| TO | Ctorrent loads Torrent file in the background. | geminictorrent |
| RS | RSync is synchronising files. | geminidirsync |
| CA | New appointment active in the GP3 calendar. | geminiical |
| # | New Jabber message received. | geminijabber |
| TW | New Twitter message received. | geminitwitter |
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Notifications directly on the TV screen and more settings
The Gemini 3 Plugin and other Gemini Addons can display notifications as Icons on the TV screen, or change the display in the Infobar. Displaying a message window is also possible. These messages offer the possibility to open the corresponding Plugin with [Yes], or to close the message with [No]. The following Plugins offer this funtctionality.
- Check for updates (standard in the GP3 Plugin)
- Geminitwitter (Message window not possible)
- Geminimailchecker
- Geminijabber
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Simulate Notifications
Over a command in the terminal (Telnet or SSH) it is possible to force a notification. The kind of notification is depending of the applied settings in the plugin (Message, Icon, or Infobar).
Simulate Update Notification
dbus-send --system --dest=org.gemini /org/gemini org.gemini.Agent.gdaemon int16:2 string:upgrade-99
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