During the last months I worked on several other projects which partly will be used on Efika as well.

But I also invested much time in setting up a proper working Efika installation using MorphOS.

Now, thanks to the new sound drivers I am able to use my Efika for more than ordinary server operations.

Currently the Efika has SVN and FTP server installed and running to support my development. Now I was finally able to test my IRCom driver set for the first time on Efika. I turned my Efika into a mp3 and audio streaming client.

I installed available software packets and configured IRCom to allow to control those applications by remote control. Beside a small missing feature I need to add in the near future it works great.

Here some pictures, were you can see my efika running in his native environment.



Who cares about standard hardware anymore. Efika rockz! As it's so cool, there is no reason to hide the case inside a hifi-rack.



Isn't that an stylisch audio player?



This little thingy turns into an surf station, too.



It's also a file and source code server and can be used as a mobile NAS drive. The internal power supply makes it quite mobile without carrying loads of cables and a separate power block around. Just plug power and network.



As you can see I need to find a white remote control. The black remote is from the CD-player inside the rack which wasn't turned on for a long time. So I use the remote to control my Efika now.

Here is a picture of the ircom driver set and some of the configuration windows. You can see the remote editor which allows to learn IR-keys, give them names and use these keys from inside applications.



Since there are not many applications supporting IRCom (most of them sending ir data) yet, several tools are included to work around this issue. So you can create DOS scripts which are triggered by ir signals or you can use the first available ircom application named IRComRemote. It's main goal is that it's converting any IR-signal into any action. This may ordinary key stroke, or a series of key strokes. It's also possible to move, resize and close windows, move screens, run rexx scripts, run dos scripts, run applications and use a quite large number of internal macros to fit your needs.



Here you can see MPlayer playing a video, while AmiNetRadio resides in the back and waits for mp3 or streaming action.



And of course gaming is still possible. :)



The good old BoulderDash made it to Efika, too!

Geit