Universal Driver for Windows SideShow Updated to v1.5 - Transports now include USB, Bluetooth and TCP/IP...

Windows SideShow Team Blog - Announcing the Universal Driver for Windows SideShow 1.5!

"Last week, we quietly released to Windows Update a new version of the Universal Driver for Windows SideShow! This new release includes support for additional transports, bringing the complete list to:

• USB
• Bluetooth
• TCP/IP
• TCP/IP with SSL

In addition to powering devices built using the Windows SideShow Device SDK for .NET Micro Framework v1.4 (and later), and perhaps the most exciting part of this release, is the protocol documentation which explains how you (yes, you) can implement your very own Windows SideShow-compatible device without having to write any PC code at all. That's right, no more writing a PC driver when you build a SideShow-compatible device; we've done that work for you. And did I mention it's free? Yes, that's right: there's no royalty, license, or any other legal documents you need to sign in order to get access to, and use, the documentation and driver for your device.

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I hate you Microsoft. After seeing this my mental gears are a-turning and a-churning (you can smell the burning... really... ;)

It's the TCP/IP transport that started it. If I understand the protocol doc's correctly (having spent an entire five minutes reading them), I should be able to use TCP/IP socket communications from a device (on the same network, yada, yada) to display SideShow information?

So I could create a utility that I can run on a PC to display the SideShow information from another PC? Say a small window on a living room PC to display SideShow info from the work PC in the home office?

Hum....