I've received now my 3rd G180 camera on RMA and just after mounting it, one night rain and it's full of water. Not even just moisture like the last 2, full on water.
Has anyone ever got their camera to work outside and I am just unlucky or this model is broken completely. So far RMA works but in 3 months 3 cameras and changing cameras every time it rains seems pretty bad.
Today I would like to reintroduce you to Transferetto v2. Rewritten in C#, with more robust logic and taking care of a lot of pain points around FTP, FTPS SFTP, SCP and SSH. It even has FXP feature and covers common use cases with small amount of cmdlets.
Open source: https://github.com/EvotecIT/Transferetto
I've rewritten old PowerShell only version into C# version so should be faster and more consistent. Added a lot of cmdlets so now it has over 90 useful options.
I tried to automate some of the common use cases but if you fdeel some things are missing let me know.
Enjoy
Today I want to introduce you to DesktopManager which is a .NET library that I wrote for my PowerShell modules. It's main functionality used to be focused around wallpapers and built specifically for PowerBGInfo (https://github.com/EvotecIT/PowerBGInfo) project.
However as it was rewritten and improved it now can do so much more.
It makes windows automation, screenshots, layouts and monitor/desktop control super easy.
It has following features:
Library is available as nuget, and PowerShell part is just wrapper around it.
Sources on GitHub: https://github.com/EvotecIT/DesktopManager
Any thoughts, comments, feel free to ask. Of course it's Windows only 😃
Today I want to reintroduce you to completely rewritten DesktopManager. It's a .NET library and PowerShell module that now can: manage monitors, wallpapers, control slideshow, brightness, enumerate and control windows and UI controls, simulate mouse movements, keyboard and clipboard actions and whole bunch of other options. It makes windows automation, screenshots, layouts and monitor/desktop control super easy.
Open source, free nuget/PowerShell Module
https://github.com/EvotecIT/DesktopManager
It's main use case for me used to be PowerBGInfo, but it can do a lot more, and you can use it for Windows automation.
Modern, secret-free IT self-service desktop app for Windows. Shows device/account/network status, warns about password expiry, exposes tenant-aware quick links, and ships with built-in “Fix” actions for common end-user issues. Portable-friendly, multi-tenant, and themeable.
I wrote it as an alternative to PowerBGInfo (used on servers) vs what end-users need. But it can work on both servers and workstations showing data from AD/EntraID as required.
I've released new version of PowerBGInfo which now adds fancy charts and better visuals and makes it nicer to work with. It also adds ALC so less/none of the conflicts in PS 7.
Couple of images:
The source: https://github.com/EvotecIT/PowerBGInfo
It's kind of complete rewrite and it doesn't require ImagePlayground, DesktopManager modules anymore (it uses their C# libraries under the hood, but doesn't drag them). Here's a sample code (not super pretty on Reddit, but it does work ;)
$white = 'White'
$muted = '#E6D2DCE8'
$panel = '#AC0A101C'
$cyan = '#2DD4BF'
$blue = '#60A5FA'
$green = '#34D399'
$orange = '#FB923C'
$red = '#F87171'
$purple = '#A78BFA'
New-BGInfo -MonitorIndex 0 -Target File {
New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue HostName -Color LemonChiffon -ValueColor $white -FontSize 24 -ValueFontSize 18 -FontFamilyName 'Calibri'
New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue FullUserName -Name 'User' -Color $muted -ValueColor $white
New-BGInfoValue -BuiltinValue OSName -Name 'OS' -Color $muted -ValueColor $white
New-BGInfoValue -Name 'Chart mode' -Value 'live metrics + local status' -Color $muted -ValueColor $white
New-BGInfoChart -Id 'ops-cpu-history' -Title 'CPU history' -Metric CpuPercent -Kind Area -ValueSuffix '%' -Width 360 -Height 145 -LineColor $cyan -FillColor $cyan -TextColor $white -BackgroundColor $panel -ShowGrid -GridColor $muted -GridLineCount 3 -MaxPoints 60
New-BGInfoChart -Id 'ops-memory-history' -Title 'Memory history' -Metric MemoryPercent -Kind Line -ValueSuffix '%' -Width 360 -Height 145 -LineColor $blue -TextColor $white -BackgroundColor $panel -ShowGrid -GridColor $muted -GridLineCount 3 -MaxPoints 60
New-BGInfoChart -Id 'ops-system-drive' -Title "$systemDrive used/free" -Kind Donut -Values $diskUsedPercent,$diskFreePercent -Labels 'Used','Free' -ValueSuffix '%' -Width 360 -Height 205 -Palette $red,$green -TextColor $white -BackgroundColor $panel -ShowLegend -ShowPointLegend -LegendPosition Right -ShowDataLabels -Maximum 100 -DonutCenterValue "$diskUsedPercent%" -DonutCenterLabel 'Used' -ShowLatestValue:$false -NoHistory
New-BGInfoChart -Id 'ops-patch-target' -Title 'Fleet patch compliance' -Kind Bullet -Values 89 -Target 95 -RangeEnds 70,85 -Width 360 -Height 150 -LineColor $orange -TextColor $white -BackgroundColor $panel -Maximum 100 -ShowLatestValue:$false -NoHistory
New-BGInfoChart -Id 'ops-services' -Title 'Core services' -Kind Pictorial -Values $runningServices,$stoppedServices -Labels 'Running','Other' -Width 360 -Height 145 -Palette $green,$orange -TextColor $white -BackgroundColor $panel -PictorialSymbol Person -PictorialColumns $serviceCount -ShowDataLabels -Maximum $serviceCount -ShowLatestValue:$false -NoHistory
} -FilePath $sampleImage `
-ConfigurationDirectory $outputDirectory `
-OutputFileName 'PowerBGInfo.OperationalCharts.jpg' `
-WallpaperFit Fill `
-BackgroundColor Black `
-Color $muted `
-ValueColor $white `
-ValueWrapWidth 360 `
-TextPosition TopLeft `
-SpaceX 42 `
-SpaceY 42 `
-ChartLayout Stack `
-ChartStackAnchor BottomRight `
-ChartStackDirection Vertical `
-ChartStackSpacing 12 `
-ChartStackOffsetX 32 `
-ChartStackOffsetY 32
I'm still working on new features and more visuals, and maybe cross-platform but I am not sure this has real use case besides Windows world.
Anyways.. enjoy! Happy to hear feedback, feature requests or bug reports.
I've released new version of PowerBGInfo that generates much nicer backgrounds with charts and other features, and doesnt require additional modules to work. Has lots of upgrades and bug fixes and generally is much more useful.
Hi,
A few days ago I open-sourced ChartForgeX, which is a “charting” library written entirely in C# with zero dependencies.
No SkiaSharp. No ImageSharp. Nothing else required for chart generation.
It can generate SVG, PNG and a few other formats, and it also supports HTML interactivity.
Sources, MIT licensed: https://github.com/EvotecIT/ChartForgeX
Full preview/catalog: https://preview.evotec.xyz/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FEvotecIT%2FChartForgeX%2Fblob%2Fmain%2FWebsite%2Fstatic%2Fexamples%2Fgenerated%2Fcatalog.html (no tracking or anything, just a previewer for github link)
I keep putting “charts” in quotes because it is not really just a charting library anymore. It can create charts, dashboards, report visuals, badges, summaries, maps, and even topology diagrams.
I built it mainly for two of my other projects that I use a lot around PowerShell:
ImagePlayground https://github.com/EvotecIT/ImagePlayground
This is basically a PowerShell-friendly wrapper around ImageSharp functionality, now connected with ChartForgeX and also with CodeGlyphX, my zero-dependency QR/barcode library: https://github.com/EvotecIT/CodeGlyphX
PowerBGInfo https://github.com/EvotecIT/PowerBGInfo
This is my PowerShell replacement for BGInfo. It lets you control what gets displayed on corporate wallpapers, and now it can include charts as well.
The main reason I created ChartForgeX was that I was tired of wiring together multiple image/chart/rendering engines for different projects and then dealing with dependency conflicts or slightly different behavior everywhere, and if you ever worked with PowerShell dependency hell is real.
At this point there are 40+ chart/visual types, and it is still early.
Happy to hear feedback, ideas, criticism, or use cases. Also happy if someone wants to join and help push it further.
Przemek