Libre Office Impress Remote Connection

Connect to Libre Office Impress via Network

Setup Connection

• Open Slide Show > Slide Show Settings...
• Activate Enable Remote Control and Enable insecure Wifi Connections
• Restart Libre Office Impress and allow Firewall pass-through if it pops up
• In Companion: Enter IP below and save settings
• Open Slide Show > Impress Remote...
• Enter the pin 9876 into the Companion Connection and click Connect

Known Issues

• Only the Presentation in the active Window can be started
• The variable presentation_name does not always get sent by LibreOffice Impress
• Toggle Blank Screen does not work the first Time if it got triggered outside Companion
• Starting the Presentation may not work if editor window has no focus

Configuration

Option	Description
Target IP	Destination Host name / IP
Target Port	Destination port (1599)

Actions

Action	Description
Start Presentation	Start presentation (if stopped) and goto Slide (if specified)
Goto Slide	Goto Slide (if Presentation started)
Next Step	Play next Transition
Previous Step	Previous Transition
Blank Screen	Turn On/Off Blank Screen
Scroll Jump Bar	Scroll the interactive Jump Bar you can add via presets

Variables

Variable	Description
lo_version	Libre Office Version
presentation_name	Presentation Name (does not reliably work)
total_slides	Total Slides
slide	Current Slide
notes	Current Notes
jump_offset	offset of the Jump Bar

Credits

Based on generic-tcp-udp module