User:Jondecker76
Hello. My name is Jon Decker, and I live in north-eastern Ohio, USA.
I first got started with LinuxMCE in January of 2008 by installing it on an old junked computer. At first, I couldn't get much of anything to work, and finding answers wasn't all that easy. As I started reading more and learned more, I decided to do a full setup and so I purchased some new equipment.
My current Setup is as follows:
General 1 Core/Hybrid with internal software RAID 3 "Generic PC" MD's 4x Datalux iPix 15" industrial touchscreen computers as orbiters
My installation servers my Living Room/Theatre Room (Core/Hybrid), my bedroom, and 2 children's bedrooms. There is a 15" touchscreen orbiter mounted in each of the rooms.
I have an extensive X10 setup in my house that was in place before LMCE. Every light switch in my home is X10 compatible along with almost every outlet, and many of my apploances have internal "hard-wired" x-10 modules in them. Although X10 isn't the best automation solution around (though they are reliable and cheap), I decided to integrate them with my LMCE installation. X10 integration was broken at the time, and with me having so much riding on my X10 setup, that is where I decided to get into developing. Within 3 weeks and with some help from some great people, all of my X10 devices were working and much of the CM11A (X10) source code was rewritten.
Core 4U Rackmount server case with 11 drive bays 650W Logisys 82Plus certified power supply Asus M2NPV-VM motherboard Integrated NVidia 6150 graphics card AMD BE2400 low wattage dual-core processor 1x500GB system drive for LMCE OS and LiveTV recording 3x1TB software RAID media storage drives Hauppauge PVR-500 dual capture card CM11A x10 interface USBUIRT W800RF32 X10 wireless receiver with external antenna Bluetoot Dongle
My core is hidden away in a closet, and serves the TV in the livingroom as a Hybrid MD. I've had very few problems with this core regarding compatibility. It normally runs right along for weeks at a time between reboots. This core is big and heavy and loud (I keep all of the case fans on all of the time to keep all of those drives nice and cool) - however, with the closet door closed you can't hear it and wouldn't even know it is there.
The USBUIRT is mounted in my livingroom (which is just on the other side of the closet)and controls my Vizio VW37L LCD tv, a Panasonic Receiver, a Screenplay 4805 DLP Projector, a motorized ceiling-mount projector screen and an NFusion Nova F2A receiver. IR transmission has always been extremely reliable, but a lot of that has to do with good placement of the USBUIRT.
