Getting the Rinku Dockstation
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What is the Docstation?
The Neo Dockstation is an assimilation of different aspects of the Neo interface (plugins, dynamic layouts and interface build up...) that finally enables one to load different plugins at the click of a button. It sits on the Neo interface like any other tab and shows the different plugins that can be loaded in the top 27 pixels of the home screen.
The Goal of the Dockstation
To have access to WMP, weather updates, color and regular icon bar:
Step by Step Installation Instructions for Neo
- Step 1: Download this zip file - Rinku Neo Dockstation and extract it.
- Inside is a cab installer. Copy it over to your phone and open it. Install to the "Device".
- Reboot upon completion. No, you will not see any changes as yet!!!
- Step 2: Once the device restarts, goto Start>Settings>Home Screen and change over to the NeoDock theme.
- To begin with, this theme is same as the T-Mobile Default theme, but has some markers inside to make it compatible with the dockstation.
- Step 3: The bundle installs the NeoDock Manager and the aforementioned plugins on the system.
- The NeoDock Manager is the utility that lets you build the Neo Dockstation. So, lets do that next.
- From the Start menu, open NeoDock Manager.
- Step 4: The Manager will search for available plugins (more on this later), and give you the options to add them to the dockstation.
- Play with it...its a simple utility!
- Once done adding the plugins, hit Options>Build NeoDock. The Manager will ask what position do you want the dockstation to be placed in on the homescreen. Once done, and everything goes well, the Neo Dockstation will be created. Exit the program to load it on the homescreen. Do not panic if your screen turns white for a second or so!!
Step 5: You should now see the plugins you just added on a tab on the home screen - Neo Dockstation tab.
- To load one at the top, hit the center button. If there is a configuration utility available for a particular plugin (for e.g. the Weather Dock), then you can access it from the right softkey.
- You can now switch back and forth the plugins at any time!!!!
Step by Step Installation Instructions for 6.1
This works for non-Erofich ROMs.
Option A
- Step 1: If you have rinkus dockstation installed or Freddys 6.1 dockstation installed, you must ininstall it before installing this.
- Download Rinku's Dockstation, transfer to your phone and install.
- Step 2: Go to Start > Dock > Dockstation Manager and enable the plugins inn the following order (iconbar, weather, WMP) (dock station is at the bottom above settings.)
- Step 3: Switch to any theme that has Dock in the name in the homescreen settings such as:
- Step 4: Open the shortcuts in start > dock (dock iconbar, dock weather, dock wmp) to enable the dock on the home screen.
Option B
- Step 1: Follow the instructions above to install Rinku's Neo Dockstation
- Step 2: Install the following WM6.1 patch found [http://freddyreyes.com/forums/index.php?topic=437.0 here at Freddy Reye's website (must be a member to download.)
- Rinku's Dockstation create some registry entries that are not compatible with WM6.1. The patch fixes it.
- HKLM\Software\Microsoft\CHome\CDock and
- HKLM\Security\CHome\DefaultSettings\CDock.
- Note: In WM6.0 Neo the Dockstation was pointing to HKLM\Security\CHome\CDock.
- Also, you need to modify the \application data\home\SlidingPanel_Media.home.xml file (or whatever file you are using for home screen) and add CDock to the "Bronze" plugin. In this example I added it after the Settings option (this is what I did in my themes)
- Rinku's Dockstation create some registry entries that are not compatible with WM6.1. The patch fixes it.
<plugin clsid="{E9267CAB-02EE-4f37-8216-6BF6A8FF5A71}" name="Bronze" height="266"> <Plugins Order="CClock;CHome;CAppointments;CLinks;CLinks3;CWelcomeCenter;CWindowsLive;CMusic;CMyPhotos;Settings;CDock" /> </plugin>
- The example also shows CLinks (Customized Menu) and CLinks3 (Photo Dialer).
- This xml change is bypassed by completing Step 3
Step 3: Install any of my WM6.1 themes found here. You need to redownload and install the theme again even if you had it installed before.
- Step 4: Reboot phone
- Step 5: Go to Settings > Home Screen > Select "Freddy **** Theme with Dockstation"
- Step 6: That's it
More Information on the Dockstation and Troubleshooting
That is it!! Well, it is as far as what I am offering in the bundle. Read "Configuring the Weather Dock" if you have questions on how to configure the weather plugin. As for those who want to add more plugins to the dockstation, read "How to make NeoDock Manager see my Plugins?" To make your custom themes (Neo only) NeoDock compatible, see "How to make a theme NeoDock compatible?"
WMP PLUGIN: The Windows Media Player plugin requires frequent redrawing of the homescreen. This can make the response on the home screen somewhat slower than usual when the plugin is in use (a song is playing). The color of the text is specified in the fontcolor attribute in \Program Files\NeoDock\Plugins\WMP\wmpplugin.xml. The format is 0xBBGGRR - a little different than usual, but helps avoid an extra processing in the plugin. The color is current set to 0xFFFFFF - white.
COLORED ICONBAR: The dockstation bundle includes all files required for the colored iconbar. You can remove earlier installs by deleting all files beginning with CHome_Iconbar_ and the iconbarplugin.dll file in \Windows. If you have made changes to the icons then copy the CHome_Iconbar_*.png files over to \Program Files\NeoDock\Plugins\Rinku Iconbar\Icons before deleting. Do not copy the dll.
PLUGIN BACKGROUND: The background for the plugins bundled with the dockstation is customizable in the xml files. Each plugin has a folder of its own in \Program Files\NeoDock\Plugins. You can see two .xml files in there - one of them is always named setup.xml. The other filename varies. You can edit this other file to specify a background for the corresponding plugin. Just change bgimage to the full path of the image you want to use as the background for the plugin. Currently, all plugins included use \windows\CHome_framework_status_bar_bg.png as the background.
I am very excited with this work since it opens up all the avenues to develop more and more custom plugins for Neo. But as always, this is no professional quality code. So, errors might come up. Please do let me know if you happen to come across a weird situation while using the bundle. It would help me polish things better. Until then, Happy Docking!
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For More Informaiton
Please see the Original Thread
Enabling FizzWeather for Weather in Dockstation
- Goal: To have a RinkuDocksation with this:
- After installing FizzWeather, just replace the top iconbar code with the following code in your home page xml file:
<plugin clsid="{30DF3430-2005-0509-BAA6-00AA003E0EED}" name="WeatherPlugin" height="54" > <general sepline="true"/> </plugin>
For more information, please see the original thread.
