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Background events in the Gemini 3 Plugin

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 Background events - Settings 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) Back to TOP Notifications in the Infobar Infobar example of the gp-skin-swan-black - Updates availiable 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 Back to TOP Notifications directly on the TV screen and more settings Icons on TV screen Message with notification for 99 updates 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 Back to TOP 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 Back to the overview:Gemini-Wiki:English Portal or Mainpage