New File Added: System Monitor

[diablo_sv21]

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System Monitor

This is a stand alone plugin for monitoring your System specs and usage.

There are no settings, everything is gathered from the .net framework and the Win32 dlls. It is a limited set of information at the moment, but it can be expanded if anyone has any requests. I've left space on the System Info page for such details.

Currently listed are CPU/RAM/Page File info, Battery Info, GPS Info (Actually taken from the CF values) and General System Information.

Most importantly (for some people) is that all the values are available through the CF_pluginData method. Aka, available to Logodashboard.

Here's a quick list of all the available values, they are fairly self explanatory:
CPU_Manufacturer
CPU_CurrentClockSpeed
CPU_Usage
CPU_Cores
CPU_Archetecture
CPU_Family
Baseboard_Manufacturer
Baseboard_Model
Baseboard_Socket
RAM_SlotsAvailable
RAM_SlotsUsed
RAM_MemoryTotal
RAM_MemoryUsed
RAM_MemoryType
RAM_Manufacturer
PageFile_MemoryUsed
PageFile_MemoryTotal
Battery_BatteryStatus
Battery_Chemistry
Battery_Manufacturer
Battery_EstimatedChargeRemaining
Battery_EstimatedRunTime
Battery_FullChargeCapacity
Battery_TimeOnBattery
Battery_TimeToFullCharge
Monitor_Manufacturer
Monitor_Type
Monitor_ScreenHeight
Monitor_ScreenWidth

Those with a keen eye might notice that there are more values there then displayed in the plugin. ;-)

Any variable value is updated every second. You might find a lot of those values return blank, it will depend on your hardware a lot and possibly which version of Windows you are running. Tested under Windows XP, but Vista and Windows 7 Users might have trouble.


Note: This application uses exactly the same layout/skin as SpeedFan - View Log. Just need to change a few Button/Label names and you are set.

As always, comments/feedback/suggestions welcome!

[Cabrio Bob]

Works great, also with logodashboard.

Found only 1 thing :

you mentioned value "RAM_MemoryUsed" ,
this actually is "RAM_Available" (on my system)

[WuNgUn]

Sweetness!
Maybe you could explain to us lesser mortals on how to incorporate data into Logodashboard?

I created a 'second page' before, using cut'n'paste to display more Phidgets sensor data, but I wouldn't know where to beging with this data...

Thanks

[Cabrio Bob]

my code for logodashboard :

edit file
X:\Program Files\Flux Media\Centrafuse\Plugins\LogoDashboard\Skins\your_ skin\Content.XML

 <Page description="Speedfan" show="True">
      <Content type="Text" position="0;213" size="101;40" dataSource="PLUGIN" style="Text3F">{SystemMonitor, RAM_MemoryUsed}</Content>
      <Content type="Text" position="15;188" size="75;20" style="Text3E">ram</Content>
      <Content type="Text" position="0;263" size="101;40" dataSource="PLUGIN" style="Text3F">{SystemMonitor, PageFile_MemoryUsed}%</Content>
      <Content type="Text" position="15;238" size="75;20" style="Text3E">page</Content>
      <Content type="Text" position="712;240" size="175;40" dataSource="PLUGIN" style="Text3F">{SystemMonitor, CPU_Usage}%</Content>
      <Content type="Text" position="762;215" size="75;20" style="Text3E">cpu</Content>
 </Page>
 <Styles>
    <Style id="Text3E" color="#ffffff" alignment="Center" indent="0" rightIndent="0" font="6" />
     <Style id="Text3F" color="#fe5200" alignment="Center" indent="0" rightIndent="0" font="9" />
 </Styles>
 <Fonts>
    <Font id="6" name="Century Gothic" size="16" style="Bold" />
    <Font id="9" name="Century Gothic" size="18" style="Bold" />
  </Fonts>

you get something like this (screen 800x480) :

picture
The far left & right data,
used the latest logodashboard plugin with "clickthrough" option.

[WuNgUn]

That's a BIG help Bob...thanks again!

[diablo_sv21]

Fantastic! Great to see you guys are getting good use out of it.

Cabrio Bob, that is a strange issue you are having with 'MemoryUsed' showing the total memory... how much memory do you have? I know my usage usually runs around 560MB so if you only have 512MB of RAM you might well be using all of it. Mind you, the PC doesn't usually load out all the RAM, so it's still odd.

Looks like this plugin is a wrap for now. At least until CF version 3 comes out...

[Cabrio Bob]

Originally Posted by diablo_sv21

Cabrio Bob, that is a strange issue you are having with 'MemoryUsed' showing the total memory... how much memory do you have? I know my usage usually runs around 560MB so if you only have 512MB of RAM you might well be using all of it. Mind you, the PC doesn't usually load out all the RAM, so it's still odd.

Everest ultimate and taskmanager are displaying the same available RAM as the plugin reports used RAM.

At the moment :
total RAM 2047
free RAM 1231
used RAM 816 (CF plugin : 1231)

this is on my home PC, didn't install it in the car yet.

[Carz]

Originally Posted by Cabrio Bob

my code for logodashboard :

edit file
X:\Program Files\Flux Media\Centrafuse\Plugins\LogoDashboard\Skins\your_ skin\Content.XML

 <Page description="Speedfan" show="True">
      <Content type="Text" position="0;213" size="101;40" dataSource="PLUGIN" style="Text3F">{SystemMonitor, RAM_MemoryUsed}</Content>
      <Content type="Text" position="15;188" size="75;20" style="Text3E">ram</Content>
      <Content type="Text" position="0;263" size="101;40" dataSource="PLUGIN" style="Text3F">{SystemMonitor, PageFile_MemoryUsed}%</Content>
      <Content type="Text" position="15;238" size="75;20" style="Text3E">page</Content>
      <Content type="Text" position="712;240" size="175;40" dataSource="PLUGIN" style="Text3F">{SystemMonitor, CPU_Usage}%</Content>
      <Content type="Text" position="762;215" size="75;20" style="Text3E">cpu</Content>
 </Page>
 <Styles>
    <Style id="Text3E" color="#ffffff" alignment="Center" indent="0" rightIndent="0" font="6" />
     <Style id="Text3F" color="#fe5200" alignment="Center" indent="0" rightIndent="0" font="9" />
 </Styles>
 <Fonts>
    <Font id="6" name="Century Gothic" size="16" style="Bold" />
    <Font id="9" name="Century Gothic" size="18" style="Bold" />
  </Fonts>

you get something like this (screen 800x480) :

picture
The far left & right data,
used the latest logodashboard plugin with "clickthrough" option.

Is the reference to Speedfan in this line correct?

<Page description="Speedfan" show="True">

I can't get this to work with Aura skin with the "clickthrough" option.

[Carz]

It would be great if all plugin developers with plugins that would work with logodashboard would created the related code based on Aura skin (800x600) since it is the default skin that majority would use. Wouldn't a developer prefer to see more users using their plugins rather than limit to only those with coding skills?

[diablo_sv21]

Hmm yeah that is not a bad idea.

Ultimately the best thing to do would have the installer actually add the Logodashboard code in for you... so all you have to do is tick a box. :-)

I don't actually use Logodashboard myself. But I can see the advantage in that.