Hello all,
I am looking for a plugin for Rainmeter to display my current MAC address. I have looked around and have not been able to find something to do that. Perhaps someone can point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance.
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Need a plugin to display my MAC Address
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- jsmorley
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Re: Need a plugin to display my MAC Address
You don't need a plugin. Just use the Registry measure built into Rainmeter and use it to find the info here:PPowerHouseK wrote:Hello all,
I am looking for a plugin for Rainmeter to display my current MAC address. I have looked around and have not been able to find something to do that. Perhaps someone can point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance.
http://www.ehow.com/how_5880140_mac-address-registry.html
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Re: Need a plugin to display my MAC Address
Thank you so much, I think I got it from here.
- jsmorley
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Re: Need a plugin to display my MAC Address
On looking around, I find that the MAC Address of your NIC is not always stored in the Registry.
Alternatively, you can use this and edit it or steal from it for your skin:
Includes a little addon .exe I just knocked out to get the MAC address and return it to your skin using !RainmeterSetVariable.
Skin source:
AutoIt Source:
Alternatively, you can use this and edit it or steal from it for your skin:
Includes a little addon .exe I just knocked out to get the MAC address and return it to your skin using !RainmeterSetVariable.
Skin source:
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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1
[Variables]
; Get your nick by pasting "Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections"
; in the Windows Explorer location bar. Then right click the desired network
; connection showing your NIC (Network Interface Card) and copy the name from
; "Properties". This addon requires the full and correct name of your NIC.
;
; Set the number in "Formula=Counter % xx" to the number of second between checking.
; Probably best at something really high like 86400 (one day), as your NIC is not going to change.
NICName="Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)"
MACAddress="Asking Hardware"
[MeasureFireAction]
Measure=Calc
Formula=Counter % 30
IfEqualValue=0
IfEqualAction=!Execute ["#CURRENTPATH#MAC.exe" "#CURRENTCONFIG#" "#PROGRAMPATH#" "#NICName#"]
[MeterShowNIC]
Meter=String
X=0
Y=2R
FontFace=Sequoe UI
FontSize=10
FontColor=255,255,255,255
AntiAlias=1
Text=NIC Description: #NICName#
[MeterShowMAC]
Meter=String
X=0
Y=2R
FontFace=Sequoe UI
FontSize=14
FontColor=255,255,255,255
AntiAlias=1
DynamicVariables=1
Text=MAC Address: #MACAddress#
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#NoTrayIcon
#Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseUpx=n
#EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#include <Constants.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
Local $Out
if $CmdLine[0] = 3 Then
$ConfigPath = $CmdLine[1]
$ProgramPath = $CmdLine[2] & "Rainmeter.exe"
$NICName = $CmdLine[3]
$Cmd = Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & 'ipconfig /all', "", @SW_HIDE, $STDOUT_CHILD)
While 1
$Out = $Out & StdoutRead($Cmd)
If @error Then ExitLoop
Wend
$NICName=StringReplace($NICName, "\", "\\")
$NICName=StringReplace($NICName, "(", "\(")
$NICName=StringReplace($NICName, ")", "\)")
$NICName=StringReplace($NICName, "[", "\[")
$NICName=StringReplace($NICName, "]", "\]")
$RegExp = "(?siU)" & $NICName & ".*Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (.*)\n"
$MACAddress = StringRegExp($Out, $RegExp, 3)
if IsArray($MACAddress) Then
ShellExecute($ProgramPath, "!RainmeterSetVariable MACAddress " & $MACAddress[0] & " " & $ConfigPath)
Else
ShellExecute($ProgramPath, "!RainmeterSetVariable MACAddress Unknown" & " " & $ConfigPath)
EndIf
EndIf
Exit
Re: Need a plugin to display my MAC Address
I slightly modified it to handle multiple nic's and dynamically pull the names.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
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#NoTrayIcon
#Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseUpx=n
#EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#include <Constants.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
Local $Out
if $CmdLine[0] = 4 Then
$ConfigPath = $CmdLine[1]
$ProgramPath = $CmdLine[2] & "Rainmeter.exe"
$NICName = $CmdLine[3]
$RainVar = $CmdLine[4]
$Cmd = Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & 'ipconfig /all', "", @SW_HIDE, $STDOUT_CHILD)
While 1
$Out = $Out & StdoutRead($Cmd)
If @error Then ExitLoop
Wend
$NICName=StringReplace($NICName, "\", "\\(")
$NICName=StringReplace($NICName, "(", "\(")
$NICName=StringReplace($NICName, ")", "\)")
$NICName=StringReplace($NICName, "[", "\[")
$NICName=StringReplace($NICName, "]", "\]")
$RegExp = "(?siU)" & $NICName & ".*Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (.*)\n"
$MACAddress = StringRegExp($Out, $RegExp, 3)
if IsArray($MACAddress) Then
; ShellExecute($ProgramPath, "!RainmeterSetVariable MACAddress " & $MACAddress[0] & " " & $ConfigPath)
ShellExecute($ProgramPath, "!RainmeterSetVariable " & $RainVar & " " & $MACAddress[0] & " " & $ConfigPath)
Else
; ShellExecute($ProgramPath, "!RainmeterSetVariable MACAddress Unknown" & " " & $ConfigPath)
ShellExecute($ProgramPath, "!RainmeterSetVariable " & $RainVar & " Unknown" & " " & $ConfigPath)
EndIf
EndIf
Exit
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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1
;Metadata added by RainBrowser
;http://rainmeter.net/cms/Rainmeter101-EditingSkins
[Metadata]
Name=
Config=
Description=
Instructions=
Version=
Tags=
License=
Variant=
Preview=
;End of added Metadata
[Variables]
MACAddress1="Asking Hardware"
MACAddress2="Asking Hardware"
[measureAdapterDesc1]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\SysInfo.dll
SysinfoType=ADAPTER_DESCRIPTION
SysInfoData=1
[measureAdapterDesc2]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\SysInfo.dll
SysinfoType=ADAPTER_DESCRIPTION
SysInfoData=0
[MeasureFireAction]
Measure=Calc
Formula=Counter % 30
IfEqualValue=0
IfEqualAction=!Execute ["#CURRENTPATH#MAC.exe" "#CURRENTCONFIG#" "#PROGRAMPATH#" "[measureAdapterDesc1]" "MACAddress1"] !Execute ["#CURRENTPATH#MAC.exe" "#CURRENTCONFIG#" "#PROGRAMPATH#" "[measureAdapterDesc2]" "MACAddress2"]
[MeterShowMAC]
Meter=String
MeasureName=measureAdapterDesc1
X=0
Y=2R
FontFace=Sequoe UI
FontSize=14
FontColor=255,255,255,255
AntiAlias=1
DynamicVariables=1
Text=%1 #MACAddress1#
[MeterShowMAC2]
Meter=String
MeasureName=measureAdapterDesc2
X=0
Y=2R
FontFace=Sequoe UI
FontSize=14
FontColor=255,255,255,255
AntiAlias=1
DynamicVariables=1
Text=%1 #MACAddress2#
Re: Need a plugin to display my MAC Address
Great work on the little addon. Jsmorley's version works, but kenny's doesn't for some reason. This is what I get:
If anyone can figure out what is happening, please help.
If anyone can figure out what is happening, please help.
- santa_ryan
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Re: Need a plugin to display my MAC Address
Did you compile kenny's with autoit?? Replacing the Au3 doesn't do anything. That's just the source code. You need to compile in AutoIt.
Re: Need a plugin to display my MAC Address
Thank you and no, I didn't compile anything, as I have no idea how to work with AutoIt scripts. Excuse my complete ignorance. Is it easy to do that or should someone else do this for me?
- jsmorley
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- Location: Fort Hunt, Virginia, USA
Re: Need a plugin to display my MAC Address
It's actually pretty easy.
Go here: http://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/downloads/
Get the first two items on the list. The "Full Installer" and the "Script Editor". Install them. Make sure to check the "edit script" box when it asks you what to do when opening .au3 files.
Now .au3 files should open in the SciTE editor when you double click on them. In this environment you can edit the code, test it by using "Tools / Go" (errors, and there will be lots of them as you learn, will pop up in a console at the bottom of the screen) and compile to .exe with "Tools / Compile".
When you compile, be sure to select "x86" under "Output arch" and uncheck "Use UPX" (that UPX compression method can give some antivirus apps fits).
The Help menu item in the editor IS YOUR FRIEND. You can just open it and search for what you are trying to do, or highlight any keyword in the code and then click help to zoom right to that function in what I think is one of the better help / manual implementations I have ever used.
P.S. Even if you guys already have AutoIt installed, I would recommend getting the latest version (updated December 23, 2011) as it has some nice fixes and additions. They don't update AutoIt all that often, so when they do, it is worth getting...
Go here: http://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/downloads/
Get the first two items on the list. The "Full Installer" and the "Script Editor". Install them. Make sure to check the "edit script" box when it asks you what to do when opening .au3 files.
Now .au3 files should open in the SciTE editor when you double click on them. In this environment you can edit the code, test it by using "Tools / Go" (errors, and there will be lots of them as you learn, will pop up in a console at the bottom of the screen) and compile to .exe with "Tools / Compile".
When you compile, be sure to select "x86" under "Output arch" and uncheck "Use UPX" (that UPX compression method can give some antivirus apps fits).
The Help menu item in the editor IS YOUR FRIEND. You can just open it and search for what you are trying to do, or highlight any keyword in the code and then click help to zoom right to that function in what I think is one of the better help / manual implementations I have ever used.
P.S. Even if you guys already have AutoIt installed, I would recommend getting the latest version (updated December 23, 2011) as it has some nice fixes and additions. They don't update AutoIt all that often, so when they do, it is worth getting...
Re: Need a plugin to display my MAC Address
Ok, everything works correctly now. I'm impressed by the small amount of time it requires to get your hands dirty. I guess, after .lua, I have to take a look at the AutoIt world. Thanks a lot jsmorley!
Note to first timers: When installing the full installer, make sure to check the "edit script" box when it asks you what to do when opening .au3.
Note to first timers: When installing the full installer, make sure to check the "edit script" box when it asks you what to do when opening .au3.