Revision as of 20:45, 24 February 2009

Intro to my LMCE setup

I started playing around with the idea of LMCE late October of 2008. Mainly I just started putting the pieces together in my head and taking an inventory of all the spare pc's I had laying around in my house. I was previously using Windows MCE and a program called My Movies to catalog and play all my dvd's. I ran into a few issues I didn't like, one being I couldn't play dvd's through my system on my xbox, and also it was just a media center which offered no home automation. I have been wanting to experiment with home automation for a while but didn't want to shell out the big $$$ as it was more of a want than a need. So enter LMCE, a piece of free software that is highly configurable, and can bet set up to work with almost any pc laying around not being used. I watched the video and was immediately hooked, everything I wanted and I could get the basics up and running for free. I started out just running it on 1 pc as a core and have since added on multiple MD's. This will serve as a "documentary" of my experience.

Current Working Hardware

Dell Optiplex (Core)

3ghz, 4gb ram, 80gb HDD, Gb Nic

Gateway 4525gz

Converted to a digital picture frame, currently hanging on the wall in our living room

4x IBM Lenovo Workstations (md)

2.8ghz, 1gb ram, no internal HDD

Linksys 4 port wireless router

External network

Dlink 4 port wireless router

Internal Network

Dlink 8 port 100/1000 switch

Internal network

Dlink 321 NAS

2x 1TB Seagate SATA HDD

2x USB-UIRT

Home Theater room, Closet/Storage room on Core

2x Sony AV Reciever
Samsung 50" Plasma- Home Theater room
LG 37" LCD TV model 37lg30

Currently Working PC Cards

Capture Hauppage PVR 150

Video EVGA 256-P1-N399-LX- 256 RAM chipset= Nvidia 6200 Fanless silent card. Works out of box with all UI's. Tearing is present in UI2+alpha EVGA N FX 5200 128-P1-N309-LX- 128 RAM Chipset= Nvidia 5200 (with FAN loud as hell) works out of box with all UI's Tearing in UI2+A

Sound card SOUND VTB|RIVIERA PCI 24-BIT W/DIG% - PCI sound card with optical out. Works out of box, had to turn the volume to 100% in alsamixer.

Hardware with issues

Dell Vostro 200 (md)- 2ghz, 1gb ram, 80gb HDD. Kernel panic when trying to net boot, have tried the e100 and e1000 module

Home Automation

Zwave

1 x Wayne Dalton WDTC-20 - Z-Wave Enabled Thermostat (WAYWDTC-20) 1 x Intermatic HA20C - Z-Wave 600W 3-Way/Single-Pole Dimmer - Toggle Style (INTHA20C)

IR
- 2x USB-UIRT

Controlling:
1. Sony Stereo
  1. Emmerson Stereo
    1. Motorola STB

Serial

Controlling LG LCD

Parallel Port

Brainstorming on a project to use the LPT port on my core to control sprinkler valves for my lawn irrigation

Currently no security features or VOIP in use.

Pictures

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 SOUND VTB|RIVIERA PCI 24-BIT W/DIG% - PCI sound card with optical out. Works out of box, had to turn the volume to 100% in alsamixer.
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 Dell Vostro 200 (md)- 2ghz, 1gb ram, 80gb HDD. Kernel panic when trying to net boot, have tried the e100 and e1000 module
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 x Wayne Dalton WDTC-20 - Z-Wave Enabled Thermostat (WAYWDTC-20)
 x Intermatic HA20C - Z-Wave 600W 3-Way/Single-Pole Dimmer - Toggle Style (INTHA20C)
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 Controlling LG LCD
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 Brainstorming on a project to use the LPT port on my core to control sprinkler valves for my lawn irrigation
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