Post by thread:[ot]: can you get at streaming data?

I was wondering if it's possible to have a little program that would sit and watch for streaming data on a browser page, then grab it and put it out onto a serial port? can someone give me a clue about where to get started on this? I was thinking of using a pic based machine to grab weather data from the internet, and then rf it around the building to other displays. That's grab it from the serial port from a little program that grabs it from a streaming page... thanks -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

Recently seen a programming tool that might work - "Softwire" has a control for Visual basic that will "mine" a webpage for data - you could then use it ti send the data to a serial port You would need Visual Basic, Softwire will work as a demo for 90 days I think - maybe enough time to geneate your app >>> spam_OUTrden25TakeThisOuTMINDSPRING.COM 02/01/02 01:07PM >>> I was wondering if it's possible to have a little program that would sit and watch for streaming data on a browser page, then grab it and put it out onto a serial port? can someone give me a clue about where to get started on this? I was thinking of using a pic based machine to grab weather data from the internet, and then rf it around the building to other displays. That's grab it from the serial port from a little program that grabs it from a streaming page... thanks -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

I have VB, I'll check that out...thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eoin Ross" <.....erossKILLspam@spam@CHEMSTATION.COM> To: <PICLISTKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 9:34 AM Subject: Re: [ot]: can you get at streaming data? Recently seen a programming tool that might work - "Softwire" has a control for Visual basic that will "mine" a webpage for data - you could then use it ti send the data to a serial port You would need Visual Basic, Softwire will work as a demo for 90 days I think - maybe enough time to geneate your app >>> .....rden25KILLspam.....MINDSPRING.COM 02/01/02 01:07PM >>> I was wondering if it's possible to have a little program that would sit and watch for streaming data on a browser page, then grab it and put it out onto a serial port? can someone give me a clue about where to get started on this? I was thinking of using a pic based machine to grab weather data from the internet, and then rf it around the building to other displays. That's grab it from the serial port from a little program that grabs it from a streaming page... thanks -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads