Difference between revisions of "User:Tortho"

Revision as of 21:15, 15 April 2012

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 http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM2Plus/M3N78EM/#specifications
• 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. (Video over VGA)
• A Dell Inspiron 9300 with the screen removed as MD. (Video over DVI)

AV:

• Sharp Aquos LC-52X20E (52" LCD), Connected to the Hybrid.
• Sharp Aquos LC-46D65E (46" LCD), Connected to the HP MD
• Panasonic Viesa (32" LCD), Connected to the Dell MD

Home Automation:

Lights and Controllers:

• 1 X SeluxIT Zwave Controller
• 1 X Duewi 05447 Wireless Switching Centre
• 1 X Duewi 05445 Remote Inclusion Controller
• 5 X Duewi 05433 (7) - ZW Edan 300 light dimmer
• 4 X Duewi 05431 (3) - ZW ES 1000 light switch
• 1 X ACT HomePro ZRM230 light switch (Only left paddle controlling the load is detected and working in LMCE)
• 1 X Duewi 05443 Wireless Wall Transmitter
• 1 X Duewi 05443-EX Wireless Wall Transmitter
• 1 X Everlux AN158 Plug in on/off module

HVAC:

• 1 X Horstmann HRT4-ZW together with HRT4 ASR-ZW

Security:

• 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 for the core and wifi/switch

The Installation:

• Started with installing the 10.04 from Repo.
• Later upgraded with apt-get.
• Created the Diskless Boot for the MD's.
• Added a Dyndns account to access the core from work.

Current Status:

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

Current Issues:

On the core:

• Audio over HDMI not working. Soundcard not detected.
• RS232 Serial connection to the TV does not work. Testserial works, but TV not detected automatic..
• 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.

Plans:

• Get the above issues fixed
• Extent the automation part

to be continued...