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IRC on the Nspire
« on: March 24, 2012, 05:17:07 pm »
Hi :)

I have written a tiny IRC client for the Nspire using RS232.
It requires a program on the PC to be running that forwards a TCP connection to the calculator.
The IRC protocol is completely handled by the Nspire.

At the moment it is really limited, it can join one channel and read/write messages, it can view status changes, joins/parts and receive PMs.
It is based on Nspire I/O (1.0) and I'm currently updating it to work with 2.0 which would make it possible to have multiple channels, IRC color codes and more.
I won't release the source of this version, because it is really messy and buggy, but maybe I'll release a better version of it in the next days :P



The PC software is written in Python. It waits for IP/Host and port to be sent from the calc and then opens a socket.




And this is how the next version will probably look like :)

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Re: IRC on the Nspire
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2012, 05:27:39 pm »
O.O

That's impressive!
* HOMER-16 wonders if this will go like gCn and Gossamer and well eventually see an internet browser for the Nspire. :P
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Re: IRC on the Nspire
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2012, 05:37:02 pm »
Gr8 :D try to connect it to the omnimaga IRC channel once it is more stable ;)
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Re: IRC on the Nspire
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2012, 05:39:33 pm »
That works already. I can get it there if you want ;)
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Re: IRC on the Nspire
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2012, 05:58:12 pm »
Nice! How do you handle the serial connection? Do you use stdin, or talk directly to the hardware?
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Re: IRC on the Nspire
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2012, 06:00:37 pm »
Did you just create a gCn clone for the TI-Nspire? O.O

This is nice. We already have this for the 83+, as well as an internet browser (without cookie support and in text mode), so it would definitively be nice to see more internet-related stuff happen.

By the way if this wasn't for the extra hardware requirements, this would have big potential for online games on the TI-Nspire too, like some of the Cemetech 83+ games.
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Re: IRC on the Nspire
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2012, 06:04:23 pm »
Quote from: jimbauwens on March 24, 2012, 05:58:12 pm
Nice! How do you handle the serial connection? Do you use stdin, or talk directly to the hardware?
I use direct HW access, because there are no asynchronous functions for reading available. And I don't have that annoying clock.

(Source of my UART functions here)
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Re: IRC on the Nspire
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2012, 06:07:02 pm »
Hey, that's pretty cool :D
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Re: IRC on the Nspire
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2012, 06:32:24 pm »
My mind has been blown!
Very cool job!
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Re: IRC on the Nspire
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2012, 10:31:10 pm »
WOW!

Excellent Job!  This is Amazing! ;D
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Re: IRC on the Nspire
« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2012, 08:01:34 am »
Quote from: compu on March 24, 2012, 06:04:23 pm
I use direct HW access, because there are no asynchronous functions for reading available. And I don't have that annoying clock.

(Source of my UART functions here)
Thanks  for the code!
I wanted to do something similar, but did not have the knowhow for direct hw access.

Great :)
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Re: IRC on the Nspire
« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2012, 09:48:18 am »
Impressive !
This is really nice, great job...
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Re: IRC on the Nspire
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Re: IRC on the Nspire
« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2012, 12:46:10 pm »
Nice. I almost think it would be a good idea to make a front page news about it here too when there is a download available. :)
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Re: IRC on the Nspire
« Reply #14 on: March 25, 2012, 01:26:28 pm »
I'm currently working on a better version, but I'll have (most likely) no time for programming next week.
So, either I get the update finished today, or I will release the current (buggy and unstable) version later this evening ;)

EDIT:
I ran into some issues with receiving data with my own functions. Probably the FIFO of the internal UART gets filled too fast because I'm not handling any interrupts...
So, I won't get it finished today.

At least, my first version is working.
The server/port/nick/ident/realname/channel are hardcoded, so you'll have to recompile it if you want to change it (to compile it, you'll need this).
Attached is the source + a binary for the #omnimaga channel and, of course, the Python script ;)

Spoiler For default config:
#define SERVER "irc.prison.net"
#define PORT 6667
#define NICK "nspire"
#define IDENT "compu"
#define REALNAME "TI-Nspire IRC beta test"
#define CHANNEL "#omnimaga"

The python script has to be run first, then click on irc.tns - it should connect automatically.
Oh, and you'll have to change the serial port number in this line (+ you need to have pySerial installed):
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port = serial.Serial(15,115200)
« Last Edit: March 25, 2012, 04:39:22 pm by compu »
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