User:Tortho
From LinuxMCE
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Info:
Location: Lillesand, Norway
Below is the equipment divided into where it is stored in the house for an easier overview.
In a Closet:
Hybrid: (Located in a closet oposite to the living room)
- Asus M3N78-EM onboard: GeForce 8300, GbLan, DVI, HDMI, 1394, Raid
- 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
- Aeon Labs Z-stick (USB Static Zwave Controller)
Started with installing the 8.10 Alpha from Repo. Later upgraded with apt-get to the beta version.
Additional Accessories:
- The broadband router w/wifi
- UPS
- An old server running ClarkConnect for experimenting with mail, web, proxy and other setups
Living Room - TV Area:
- Sharp Aquos LC52X20E (52" LCD), Connected to the Hybrid.
- Duewi Art.No.05433 (7)- ZW Edan 300 (ZWave Light Dimmer)
Living Room:
- Duewi Art.No 05431 (3) - ZW ES 1000 light switch controlling a power outlet used for the cars engine heater in the winter. (Zwave Light Switch)
Hallway / TV Room 2nd Floor:
- Sharp Aquos LC-46D65E (46" LCD)
- A laptop as MD, but not yet operating
- Duewi Art.No.05433 (7) - ZW Edan 300 Controling the celing lights (Zwave Light Dimmer)
Current Status:
- All videos, music & pictures added
- Controlling the car engine heater
- Controlling celing lights in 2 rooms
The above worked out of the box!
In addition the house has 8 X Z-Wave smoke detectors. Everday Technology SD-728V1-I / Everspring SF812 / Flex-control SF812-1 Smoke Detectors
Current Issues:
- HDMI Video stopped working after the latest upgrades (From Alpha to Beta)
- RS232 Serial connection to the TV does not work.
- Tagging of media does not work.
- Tried Trust & Billiton USB Bluetooth Dongles which was detected by LMCE, but it does not detect any Bluetooth devices.
- Everspring Smoke Detectors not detected by LMCE
Plans:
- Get the above issues fixed
- Get the MD working
to be continued...