I am looking to develop an app for the Mac OSX that can facilitate networked control of PJLink enabled projectors. Most all modern projectors support this. More info here: http://pjlink.jbmia.or.jp/english/
This program should be able to talk to a number of projectors over a local network. (Over the World Wide Web would be great too!)
It should be able to:
- Turn a projector on or off directly
- Turn on or to a schedule
- Adjust Brightness
- As well as allow selection of video sources
- All supported in the PJLInk protocol.
- I would like a simple GUI to be used to enter new projectors, enter IP address, passwords if applicable, as well as the scheduling.
- It needs to run 24/7.
A program like this already exists, but is only for the PC. It is called Epson EasyMP Monitor. My installation needs to run on a Mac however. Rather than run a Virtual Machine I would like to have a stand alone app run natively on OS X. A VM, plus a Windows license, costs abut $250. So I would like to start around there for the budget on this app. I figure that instead of using the VM path we could open up folks on the Mac to interface with projectors over a network.
The program needs to be open-source and the agreement would allow for my me to host it on my Git Hub while crediting the programmer(s) fully.
The program needs to be standalone. As in an app you double click. One I can put on a thumb drive and share with a friend. No dependencies, no special drivers, libraries, etc.
I have listed some libraries and areas to start in. I would like for it to be written using the OpenFrameworks (C++) library listed but it can use any of the implementations listed - Python, Perl, or Node.js - as long as it will meet the above criteria.
Some of the programmers who have made the Windows implementations stated it was very easy and were able to accomplish this in an afternoon. I do not have these skills, however I understand it is easily possible for those who do. I would like to see if an individual or group could help facilitate this development.
Feel free to reply directly to Casey (at) Sensebellum (dot) com
