ASUS DIGIMatrix
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I've also added Panel utility that lets you control LCD display...
Pros:
- small factor
- nice front panel
- integrated IR Remote
- Clock and Temp display (although Time under Pluto is not right at the moment)
Cons:
- cannot PXE boot (I simulate this with boot CD that is always in tray)
- Wake on Lan still doesn't work properly (but can be wrong on this one)...
HW clock problem
Digimatrix has nice little vfd screen that shows hardware clock. The problem is that when it is powered off that time is in GMT rather than local time (in my case this is two hours behind). This comes from default handling of time in Linux - HW clock keeps GMT time and software then handles it when powered on. But after powerdown it goes back to GMT.
Solution Entry UTC=yes in /etc/default/rcS (for that particular MD and not on the core) has to be changed to UTC=no.
I have no idea if this breaks any automatic daylight time saving feature or anything else, but works on my Digimatrix now - so I can see proper time when powered off
Adding remote control
It seems pretty straightforward, but I it seems it starts to work only after few hard reboots...
1. Add 'Digimatrix' remote control in the bottom of coresponding entry in Media directors web-admin page. 2. Select 'default' driver
Those actions will add two devices to Digimatrix MD parent device : 'Digimatrix' (remote) and 'default' which will start actual lircd daemon. Now some of buttons should work (left,right,up,down) but not all of them. There is another further step necessary :
3. Setting up remote mapping somewhere (where keys from lircd.conf on Digmatrix remote page have to be added to trigger proper DCE messages) (to be continued)
