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[[Category:User Setups]]
[[Category:X10 User Setups]]

=My Setup=

==Hardware==

===Dedicated Core===
* Located in cabinet in basement near patch panel and speaker runs
* 4U Rackmount case
* 350 watt PSU
* Supermicro 370DLE Dual Pentium 3 (1ghz)
* 2 Gb ram
* Onboard 100Mbit ethernet (external net)
* PCI-X 1Gbit fiber card (internal net)
* 2 SB Live! cards
* 1 ati rage 128 (just enough video for a dedicated server)
* 1 80 Gb IDE drive (system and audio media)
* 1 250 GB IDE drive (video media)
* 1 CDROM drive
* 1 4 port usb hub
* 2 APC SmartUPS 900's modded to use 2 lawn tractor batteries each (these power core and network infrastructure)

===Media Directors===
* None (I use XBMC on an Xbox to watch videos)

===Orbiters===
* Web orbiter
* Windows orbiter installed under wine on laptop

===Automation===
* 1 CM11A
* A couple of X10 switches and outlets

===Audio===
* 2 zones of whole house audio completed so far (this system is being designed for background music)
* All speaker wiring goes to a rack in the basement.
* Volume is controlled via mechanical volume knobs in each room.
* Zone 1 - first soundcard -> amp ->ceiling speakers on first floor.
* Zone 2 - second soundcard -> car amp ->pair of car speakers in outdoor housings on patio

===Climate===
* DS9490R w/ no sensors currently attached
* GSD weather retrieval plugin  [[NOAA Weather]]

===Network===
* 44 Cat5e drops throughout the house and patio (minimum 4 ports per room)
* DSL internet connection
* Linksys WRT-54G running latest [http://www.dd-wrt.com dd-wrt] firmware
* Cisco Catalyst 3524xl  24 port 10/100 switch w/ 2 GBIC ports
* 4 port internet vlan
* Core and WRT-54G connect directly to internet
* WRT-54G is firewall, DNS/DHCP server for rest of network


==Software==
* LinuxMCE 704 (haven't had time to upgrade to 710)
* Latest Squeezecenter (replaced SlimServer shipped with LinuxMCE) [[Upgrading SlimServer]]
* [[Squeezeslave on the core]] for distributed audio