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| + | Here i will document my journey as i start to use LinuxMCE to automate my new house. I hope this will help other users to build their system. | ||
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Made my first purchase at zwave4u.com: | Made my first purchase at zwave4u.com: | ||
| − | :- 1x tricklestar usb adapter for my core (a test pc atm) | + | |
| − | :- 1x tricklestar remote control to use as SIS for adding devices to the z-wave network | + | : - 1x tricklestar usb adapter for my core (a test pc atm) |
| + | : - 1x tricklestar remote control to use as SIS for adding devices to the z-wave network | ||
and at lichtchef.de: (good experience so far) | and at lichtchef.de: (good experience so far) | ||
| − | :- 1x Merten 508519 | + | |
| − | :- 1x Merten 508619 | + | : - 1x Merten 508519 |
| + | : - 1x Merten 508619 | ||
I am going to test these devices when they arrive, this will enable me to learn more about z-wave and mce. | I am going to test these devices when they arrive, this will enable me to learn more about z-wave and mce. | ||
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| − | Purchased an Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-4000 at www.informatique.nl. I will use this to test analog cable, analog A/V and possibly sattelite reception. This will also allow me to check out MythTV and/or VDR. I will also try to make the EPG work for the Netherlands. | + | |
| + | Purchased an Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-4000 at www.informatique.nl. I will use this to test analog cable, analog A/V and possibly sattelite reception. This will also allow me to check out MythTV and/or VDR. I will also try to make the EPG work for the Netherlands. | ||
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I am also looking to purchase an USB-UIRT to control my equipment, but these are hard to come by in the Netherlands. | I am also looking to purchase an USB-UIRT to control my equipment, but these are hard to come by in the Netherlands. | ||
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| − | + | ''By the way'': the lichtchef.de Merten stuff is on it's way from Germany! | |
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| + | When all devices above are in my posession i think i will have enough to make a realistic test setup with LinxMCE. | ||
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Purchased a USB-UIRT at usbuirt.com for $55,- | Purchased a USB-UIRT at usbuirt.com for $55,- | ||
I also received my order from zwave4u.com and the Hauppauge card. | I also received my order from zwave4u.com and the Hauppauge card. | ||
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I can control these devices perfectly and i'm very happy with the result so far. | I can control these devices perfectly and i'm very happy with the result so far. | ||
Next i will make a test setup with a satellite dish and connect it to my Hauppauge card to see if i can make it work in combination with VDR. I will also try to get a test MD to connect to my TV so i can make use of the USBUIRT to control my TV and receiver. | Next i will make a test setup with a satellite dish and connect it to my Hauppauge card to see if i can make it work in combination with VDR. I will also try to get a test MD to connect to my TV so i can make use of the USBUIRT to control my TV and receiver. | ||
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| + | Received the UIRT and it worked as advertised: plug and play! Only thing was that i had to make a template for the remote control of my HVR-4000 remote, but this is documented in this wiki very nicely. Most buttons seem to work now, but i am still trying to understand how buttons are translated to VDR usage for example (not everything works). | ||
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| + | I also finally managed to get my satellite setup running. For about a week i was thinking that the hauppauge card wasn't detected because i got no channels when scanning with "scan" and kaffeine. After a brainwave i realised that maybe the dish receiver was pointed to the wrong sattelite - and it was! All this time it was pointed to Astra 2 in stead of Astra 1 and this caused tuning to fail... After a quick re-alignment everything just worked and i had my own "wow" moment when kaffeine and VDR showed all those FTA channels! | ||
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| + | I am however still unsure about the stability of the setup because VDR had quite a few lockups, but i will investigate further. I also would like to add plugins to VDR, but this seems to be unpossible by means of apt, so i will have to compile as documented in the forum. | ||
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| + | I will also start a search for a compatible cardreader for a CAM/CI interface so i can watch and record encrypted channels in VDR. | ||
Latest revision as of 22:06, 12 April 2009
Here i will document my journey as i start to use LinuxMCE to automate my new house. I hope this will help other users to build their system.
060309 (d-m-y)
Made my first purchase at zwave4u.com:
- - 1x tricklestar usb adapter for my core (a test pc atm)
- - 1x tricklestar remote control to use as SIS for adding devices to the z-wave network
and at lichtchef.de: (good experience so far)
- - 1x Merten 508519
- - 1x Merten 508619
I am going to test these devices when they arrive, this will enable me to learn more about z-wave and mce.
110309
Purchased an Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-4000 at www.informatique.nl. I will use this to test analog cable, analog A/V and possibly sattelite reception. This will also allow me to check out MythTV and/or VDR. I will also try to make the EPG work for the Netherlands.
I am also looking to purchase an USB-UIRT to control my equipment, but these are hard to come by in the Netherlands.
By the way: the lichtchef.de Merten stuff is on it's way from Germany!
When all devices above are in my posession i think i will have enough to make a realistic test setup with LinxMCE.
280309
Purchased a USB-UIRT at usbuirt.com for $55,- I also received my order from zwave4u.com and the Hauppauge card. I made a test setup with the new zwave driver in a 0710 setup and it detected the tricklestar usb adapter! I used the tricklestar RC to add the two Merten devices into my zwave network and they also appeared in the lmce admin interface! I can control these devices perfectly and i'm very happy with the result so far. Next i will make a test setup with a satellite dish and connect it to my Hauppauge card to see if i can make it work in combination with VDR. I will also try to get a test MD to connect to my TV so i can make use of the USBUIRT to control my TV and receiver.
100409
Received the UIRT and it worked as advertised: plug and play! Only thing was that i had to make a template for the remote control of my HVR-4000 remote, but this is documented in this wiki very nicely. Most buttons seem to work now, but i am still trying to understand how buttons are translated to VDR usage for example (not everything works).
I also finally managed to get my satellite setup running. For about a week i was thinking that the hauppauge card wasn't detected because i got no channels when scanning with "scan" and kaffeine. After a brainwave i realised that maybe the dish receiver was pointed to the wrong sattelite - and it was! All this time it was pointed to Astra 2 in stead of Astra 1 and this caused tuning to fail... After a quick re-alignment everything just worked and i had my own "wow" moment when kaffeine and VDR showed all those FTA channels!
I am however still unsure about the stability of the setup because VDR had quite a few lockups, but i will investigate further. I also would like to add plugins to VDR, but this seems to be unpossible by means of apt, so i will have to compile as documented in the forum.
I will also start a search for a compatible cardreader for a CAM/CI interface so i can watch and record encrypted channels in VDR.
