Shoutbox

Here is my Msn flash updated for messenger plus live !

What it does is turns on and off the comm port while you have a message. So if you attach a led to the comm port it will blink and alert you that you have a message. Very usefull in games or when youre away from the computer.


Instructions:
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Have messenger plus live installed and execute the script

You will need MSCOMM32.OCX and it has to be registerd, so copy it to to C:\Windows\system32\
and then run regsvr32 "C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSCOMM32.OCX"


How to hook up the led:
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Make sure it is hooked up to Com port 1 (I only have one on my comp so i cant test it)
An led has a positive(longer lead) and a negative lead what you do is connect the positive pin to
the 4 pin and the negative to the 3 pin

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Note: The cable that i am using is a crossover type cable so it might not be exactly like yours.
Do not be afraid try different pins if it doesnt work for you.

Nice work, but your not a Beta Tester and therefore shouldn't have MP!L already.

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Originally posted by Chris4
Nice work, but your not a Beta Tester and therefore shouldn't have MP!L already.

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He could have just read the scripting documentation without actually using MP!L and made the script

hmmm, now where to get these supplys to make the LED

hehe you can buy a serial extension cable preferably female to female. It is easier to connect the led to a female connector. I had one of these lying around so this is what i used



Then the led is easy to find. Take apart an old computer and you are bound to find many. I use a super bright blue one

haha, cool.

nice, but i dont use plus live! yet

Very cool

but perhaps you could add some more feautures, like when you type in a conversation: ^flash the plugin starts or stops, because if your behind you computer and your chatting you don't have to know if a window is open. And perhaps you should let the light flash when you recieve something and not when there is a converstaion window open.

ps, shouldn't this be in Scripts section??

Greetz Themuzz

What pins on the Com1 port should i use? making my own cable =P

You should make a script so it flashes the light on a keyboard like the "number lock" l.e.d
nice feature though