Difference between revisions of "User:Seth"

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I am a Knoppmyth convert who discovered LinuxMCE just about 6 months ago. I watched the google video and made the switch with a painful CD install, or rather several, of version 7.04. I have since then tried just about every version up to today. Although the road was bumpy at times, now I would not use anything else. My setup at home is below.

Core System - Living Room

• Case nMedia HTPC200 Black w/ 450watt nMedia ultra quiet power supply
• Motherboard Biostar GeForce 6100-M9
• CPU AMD Athlon64 3200+ (Single Core)
• 1GB Kingston Dual Channel DDR (2x512)
• Nvidia Geforce 7200 w/128MB PCI express
• 1x Western Digital 80GB SATA3 drive (/ system and everything else under /home/public/data)
• 1x Western Digital 500GB SATA3 drive (/home/public/data/videos)
• 1x Hauppage PVR150 MCE UsingSchedules Direct For Program Guide Info DishNetwork (Provider 1)
• 1x Hauppage PVR150 MCE For Roku Netflix Player
• 1x Air2PC HD OTA Card (had to configure manually in mythtv-setup) Using Schedules Direct For Program Guide Info Local Broadcast (Provider 2)
• 1x Mad Dog 16x Dual Layer DVD-RW
• 1x Roku Netflix Player
• 1x Insteon PLM 2412S
• 1x Trendnet 10/100 USB Ethernet Adapter (For connection to Wildblue Internet Modem)
• 1x USB-UIRT
• 1x Custom made 3 head IR Blaster Dongle
• 1x Gyration GYR3101US Remote Control
• 1x Logitech Harmony 880 Remote Set for Media Center PC (Wife's remote)
• 1x Philips 42" Rear Projection TV connected to RCA STAV-4090 via Component video, and Audio Center Channel outputs
• 1x RCA STAV-4090 500watt 5.1 AV/Receiver
• UI2 - Alpha Blending - 640x480

MD 1 - Family Room

• Case Ultra MicroFly
• Motherboard MSI K8MM-V
• AMD Sempron 3000+
• 1x 512MB Kingston DDR 400
• 1x Maxtor 250GB PATA Drive (2G swap + pluto structure)
• 1x Nvidia Geforce 6200 w/128MB 8xAGP
• 1x Asus DVD-E818A-BK
• 1x Hauppage PVR150 MCE UsingSchedules Direct For Program Guide Info DishNetwork (Provider 1)
• 1x Air2PC HD OTA Card (had to configure manually in mythtv-setup) Using Schedules Direct For Program Guide Info Local Broadcast (Provider 2)
• 1x Gyration GYR3101US Remote Control
• 1x MCE Remote and USB Receiver/Blaster
• 1x RCA 36" CRT connected to MD via S-Video and Audio Input
• UI2 - Masked - 800x600

MD 2 - Kiersten's Room

• Case hec SECC 7K09 - Black
• Motherboard ECS GF6100-M754
• CPU AMD Athlon64 3200+
• 1x 512MB DDR 400
• 1x Maxtor 40GB PATA Drive (2G swap + pluto structure)
• 1x Asus DVD-E818A-BK
• 1x MCE Remote and USB Receiver/Blaster
• 1x Dell FP2101 Flat Panel Monitor - Black
• 1 pair Altec Lansing speakers - Black
• UI2 - Masked - 800x600

MD 3 - Kayleigh's Room

• Case hec SECC 7K09 - Black
• Motherboard ECS GF6100-M754
• CPU AMD Athlon64 3200+
• 1x 512MB DDR 400
• 1x Maxtor 40GB PATA Drive (2G swap + pluto structure)
• 1x Asus DVD-E818A-BK
• 1x MCE Remote and USB Receiver/Blaster
• 1x Dell FP2101 Flat Panel Monitor - Black
• 1 pair Altec Lansing speakers - Black
• UI2 - Masked - 800x600

MD 4 - Basement

• Case hec SECC 7K09 - Black
• Motherboard ECS GF6100-M754
• CPU AMD Athlon64 3200+
• 1x 512MB DDR 400
• 1x Maxtor 100GB PATA drive (2G swap + pluto structure)
• 1x Asus DVD-E818A-BK
• 1x MCE Remote and USB Receiver/Blaster
• 1x Dell FP2101 Flat Panel Monitor - Black
• 1 pair Altec Lansing speakers - Black
• UI2 - Masked - 1024x768

Insteon Setup

• 1x Insteon PLM 2412S
• 4x LampLinc Dimmer Modules

2 in living room, 1 in each girls' room

• 3x SwitchLinc Dimmers

1 on living room ceiling light, 1 on family room ceiling light, 1 on master bathroom vanity light

• 2x SwitchLinc - Non-Dimming

1 on kitchen light, 1 on driveway spots

House Floorplan

My Floorplan (Thanks bmac2!!)

Network Setup

• Wildblue Satellite Internet, connected to Core via Trendnet 10/100 USB Dongle
• Realtek On-Board 10/100/1000 connected to
• Trendnet Gigabit Ethernet Switch connected to
• 4 MD's
• Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router (For wireless connectivity)

Network Map

I plan on adding a similar setup as above MD's to the bedroom, in the near future!!