[vdr] check cam status [writing plugin help needed]

[Simon Baxter]

> I'd like to write a plugin which can provide the displayed Setup>CAM 
> status via an SVDRP command, and maybe check the CAM menu can be accessed.
>
> As a beginner to such things, can someone help?

I basically want to implement bits of menu.c (the CAM status and menu 
accessing parts) via SVDRP.
Can someone please help?


> If I pull some of the following from menu.c I think this should give me 
> what I want:
>
> Get list of availablecams:
> void cMenuCam::GenerateTitle(const char *s)
> {
>  SetTitle(cString::sprintf("CAM %d - %s", camSlot->SlotNumber(), (s && *s) 
> ? s : camSlot->GetCamName()));
> }
>
> Get the CAM status (being Ready, Present, -, or "Alphacrypt" etc:
> bool cMenuSetupCAMItem::Changed(void)
> {
>  char buffer[32];
>  const char *CamName = camSlot->GetCamName();
>  if (!CamName) {
>     switch (camSlot->ModuleStatus()) {
>       case msReset:   CamName = tr("CAM reset"); break;
>       case msPresent: CamName = tr("CAM present"); break;
>       case msReady:   CamName = tr("CAM ready"); break;
>       default:        CamName = "-"; break;
>       }
>     }
>  snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), " %d %s", camSlot->SlotNumber(), 
> CamName);
>  if (strcmp(buffer, Text()) != 0) {
>     SetText(buffer);
>     return true;
>     }
>  return false;
> }