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http://www.niemueller.de/software/perl/seti-lcd/

PURPOSE
Sends current data of SETI@home to LCDd (Daemon for displaying messages on an LCD display, see http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net). This client is capable of displaying to information screens (see below, SCREENS).

LICENSE
This software is licensed under the GPL. See the file COPYING for further informations. If you do not agree with this license DO NOT USE, COPY, MODIFY or DISTRIBUTE this software in any form.

INSTALLATION

Install SETI@home (http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/) on your systems as documented on their website.
Install LCDproc as documented on their websitei (see above).
Change the first line of the script to reflect the location of perl on your system.
Run the script. See below (COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS) for further instructions.

COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS

Usage: seti-lcd.pl --dir <SETI data dir> [OPTIONS]

Options: --server Define LCD server, default is localhost

           --port      Define port on LCD server, default is 13666
           --info      Display additional info (workunits processed, total time)
           --hostname  Display hostname in title
           --fqdn      Show fully qualified domain name in title

You must give the directory (--dir) where SETI@home is installed.

SCREENS
The client can display two different screens. One is the screen for the current progress in processing a workunit. It displays numeric values for the work done (percent and time) and calculated/estimated work ahead (percent, time).
The second screens shows more general information, how many workunits have already been processed (and what time that took) and when the last workunit was send.
On both screens is a progress bar on the bottom to indicate how many percent of the current workunit have been processed.

CONTACT
On any comments, suggestions or questions feel free to contact me via email. The address is tim@niemueller.de

Tim Niemueller
31.08.2000