Difference between revisions of "User:Tortho"

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Info:

Location: Lillesand, Norway

Occupation: Vessel Manager for Wilhelmsen Ship Management

Gender/Age: Male, 1976

IRC: Tortho

Core:

Hybrid: (Located in a closet oposite to the living room)

• Asus M3N78-EM onboard: GeForce 8300, GbLan, DVI, HDMI, 1394, Raid
• AMD Phenom II 940 Quad Core 3000Mhz
• 4GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Gold XTC
• 4 X 1GB Western Digital Caviar Greepower 7200RPM SATA II, 32MB
• Coolermaster Midi Tower w/Chieftec 450W Power, 3 X Silent Fans

Media Director:

• A HP laptop with the screen removed as MD.

AV:

• Sharp Aquos LC52X20E (52" LCD), Connected to the Hybrid.
• Sharp Aquos LC-46D65E (46" LCD), Connected to the MD

Home Automation:

• Aeon Labs Z-stick (USB Static Zwave Controller)
• Duewi Art.No.05433 (7)- ZW Edan 300 (ZWave Light Dimmer)
• Duewi Art.No 05431 (3) - ZW ES 1000 light switch controlling a power outlet used for the cars engine heater in the winter. (Zwave Light Switch)
• Duewi Art.No.05433 (7) - ZW Edan 300 Controling the celing lights (Zwave Light Dimmer)
• 8 X Z-Wave smoke detectors. Everday Technology SD-728V1-I / Everspring SF812 / Flex-control SF812-1 Smoke Detectors

Additional Accessories:

• The broadband router w/wifi for "External Net"
• D-Link Dir 655 Wireless N router for "Internal Net"
• UPS
• An old server running ClarkConnect for experimenting with mail, web, proxy and other setups

The Installation:

• Started with installing the 8.10 Alpha from Repo.
• Later upgraded with apt-get to the beta version.
• Created the Diskless Boot for the MD.
• Installed Squid proxy on the core.
• Added a Dyndns account to access the core from work.

Current Status:

• Media added and working well
• Controlling light switches & dimmers

Current Issues:

• HDMI Video stopped working after the latest upgrades (From Alpha to Beta)
• RS232 Serial connection to the TV does not work.
• Tagging of media does not work. (When it comes to "category" of the media.
• Tried Trust USB Bluetooth Dongles which was detected by LMCE, but it does not detect any Bluetooth devices.
• Tried Billiton USB Bluetooth Dongle which did detect some equipment like phone and laptop, but never managed to get the phones to work as an orbiter.
• Everspring Smoke Detectors not detected by LMCE

Plans:

• Get the above issues fixed
• Extent the automation part

to be continued...