Windows Media Center status light using a blink(1) USB RGB LED

# # This script is designed to loop forever with a 5 second wait between # each loop. It will check if Windows Media Center is recording # and if it is, then set the blink(1) light to RED. If it is not recording # set the blink(1) light to GREEN. # # This script uses the blink(1) GUI software with the API server enabled. # You could use the blink(1) CLI utility instead if you wanted. I chose # to go with the GUI API so that I could use the GUI if needed. # # Pat O'Brien - http://obrienlabs.net # April 8, 2016 # while($true) { # WMC is open locally or on an extender $wmcshell = Get-Process ehshell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue # WMC is recording a show $wmcrec = Get-Process ehrec -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if ( $wmcshell -or $wmcrec) { # Recording a show, set status to red Write-Host "ehshell.exe or ehrec.exe found, setting blink(1) status to red" Invoke-RestMethod -URI "http://localhost:8934/blink1/fadeToRGB?rgb=%23FF0000" } else { # Not recording a show, set status to green Write-Host "ehshell.exe or ehrec.exe not found, setting blink(1) status to green" Invoke-RestMethod -URI "http://localhost:8934/blink1/fadeToRGB?rgb=%2300FF00" } # Sleep for 5 seconds, then check again Start-Sleep -s 5 }