Bugzilla – Bug 9700
Add "Chirp tone" to help find controller when lost
Last modified: 2009-09-08 09:32:17 UTC
Since the SBC has two way communication with a computer and it has a speaker, why not add functionality to Squeezecenter to "find" a misplaced controller? (yes, I've "lost" mine!) You would click on a button or menu item in Squeezecenter and it would send out a command to have the controller slowly chirp. Kind of like the "find handset" functionality you see on a lot of cordless phones.
Very cool idea, though if the controller is lost one can assume it's been missing for long enough that it's also gone to sleep. Therefore, this enhancement would also need to implement a "reverse WOL" where SC is able to trigger the controller back awake, after which it produces the chirp.
The problem is that when the Controller goes to sleep, it turns off the wireless card, thus there is now way to communicate with SC any more. This is a nice idea to have, but not feasible at this time. Patches are welcome