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Users / Character LCD/VFD displays
« on: October 24, 2008, 11:10:04 pm »
Is there anything in LMCE for parallel or usb driven auxillary character (or graphic even) LCD/VFD displays? I see that one of the Fiire systems has a VFD, and just kinda got curious if theres something built in or if its something specific to their LMCE builds. In its previous life, my current core/hybrid hardware was a MythTV box and I did at one point add a parallel attached 20x4 LCD to it. Not a make or break deal for me at all, just looking for an extra bonus :) I can always crank up LCDProc like I used to I suppose.

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Users / Re: drive mounting/unmounting
« on: October 23, 2008, 04:05:07 am »
Its rather annoying, is there any way to force them to stay mounted?

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Users / drive mounting/unmounting
« on: October 23, 2008, 03:43:05 am »
Why are my drives being mounted/unmounted repeatedly every few seconds?
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Oct 22 18:35:34 dcerouter kernel: [  273.172000] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
Oct 22 18:35:34 dcerouter kernel: [  273.172000] EXT3 FS on hdb1, internal journal
Oct 22 18:35:34 dcerouter kernel: [  273.172000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Oct 22 18:36:43 dcerouter kernel: [  341.348000] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
Oct 22 18:36:43 dcerouter kernel: [  341.348000] EXT3 FS on hdb1, internal journal
Oct 22 18:36:43 dcerouter kernel: [  341.348000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Oct 22 18:36:43 dcerouter kernel: [  342.312000] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
Oct 22 18:36:43 dcerouter kernel: [  342.324000] EXT3 FS on hdb1, internal journal
Oct 22 18:36:43 dcerouter kernel: [  342.324000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Oct 22 18:37:16 dcerouter kernel: [  375.096000] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
Oct 22 18:37:16 dcerouter kernel: [  375.096000] EXT3 FS on hdb1, internal journal
Oct 22 18:37:16 dcerouter kernel: [  375.100000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.

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Installation issues / Re: Control DirecTV receiver via serial
« on: October 10, 2008, 02:01:21 am »
One further quick question I did have; is there any easy way to completely disable the generic serial device functionality? Its eating alot of cpu (5-10% constant) and occasionally interferes with my channel changing script.

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Users / Re: Gyration MCE idea?
« on: October 10, 2008, 01:57:21 am »
I am pretty sure getting the remote functions wouldnt be too hard, since other gyration remotes are being used. The part I was mostly curious about is utilizing the display in the remote to show playback info. I have no intentions of getting one right now, just mostly thought other people might be interested.

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Users / Gyration MCE idea?
« on: October 09, 2008, 05:51:37 pm »
Just saw this on hackaday: http://hackaday.com/2008/10/08/how-to-build-your-own-gyration-media-center-remote/#more-3280
Looks pretty cool, any idea if it would be possible to get it to worrk the same with LMCE?

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Users / Re: No onboard sound card...what next?
« on: October 08, 2008, 03:37:16 pm »
If you can still find one, I just tossed a SBLive in my new setup and it works perfect without any manual configuration (including SPDIF).

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Installation issues / Re: Control DirecTV receiver via serial
« on: October 08, 2008, 06:45:23 am »
Still never made it any further with the channel changing, but I did manage to apply enough duct tape (since you like that term so much :) ) to turn it into a usable replacement for my prior setup. I ended up just using my existing perl script as an "external channel change program" in mythtv. Its not ideal, i know, but works for a system that will never be expanded beyond one core/hybrid (I love alone, in a 500 sq ft house). Someday I would like to revisit this and get it going the right way, but probably not until getting hardware that is better supported out of the box. I also managed to get the remote working that came with my PVR-350. After blundering around in the admin interface (and manually loading the lirc_i2c kernel module and copying lirc configs from my old setup) lirc fired up, but only 2 of the buttons did anything. So I tried changing lircd.conf, only to have my changes be overwritten :P Looked around on the wiki and saw that I needed to add a row to the _main.RemoteMapping table. So copied the existing default mapping, made it more generic to suit the low number of buttons, reloaded the router, and presto, remote works.
So here I am, with the same MythTV functionality I had before, but with the following extras:
1) SPDIF audio works. No matter how much i tweaked the old setup, it would never do anything but occasionally make some really bad noises when I tried using SPDIF (same hardware). Finally utilizing the DTS decoder on my audio system is incredible!
2) Better Audio / Video / DVD browsing / playback interfaces. The MythTV UI is great for TV, but man did they miss the mark when it comes to browsing mp3s.
3) Someday I can experiment with the home automation, security, telehpony, etc. No immediate plans for this.
4) The flickr screensaver is pretty :)
A big thanks to those of you that helped me or at least just tolerated my rantings. I'm sure you will be seeing more of me as I try to remove some of the duct tape I had to use to get this far, but for now I am happy.

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Installation issues / Re: Control DirecTV receiver via serial
« on: October 06, 2008, 03:33:54 am »
Sure thing, I will email them shortly. Thanks for helping out, and puting up with my frustrations.

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Installation issues / Re: Control DirecTV receiver via serial
« on: October 05, 2008, 07:34:31 pm »
No I had not noticed that test button previous, it is exactly what I was looking for. Unfortunately nothing happens when I press it, though it reports that the command was sent to device #1 (the sat box was added as device #39?). I see nothing in the logfile for device 39.
I have also confirmed that the serial commands I formed do indeed work (send the bytes for a "2" keypress in perl and it acts as if i had pressed the "2" button on the remote).

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Installation issues / Re: Control DirecTV receiver via serial
« on: October 05, 2008, 06:57:01 pm »
The confusion for me right now is understanding when the GSD is used. For instance if I start an orbiter (on my desktop PC, controlling the LMCE PC) and press a number button, should the corresponding number in the GSD be activated? Is there any easy way to test the GSD functions manually? I've tried looking in log files (/var/log/pluto/[number]_Generic_Serial_Device.log) and have seen some activity, but nothing that appears to correspond with any event I initiate. I have filled out the 0-9,enter/go,power on/off commands in the GSD.
Now then I also don't have the capture card setup as a device in LMCE, mostly because there is no template for a PVR-350 (and there were unanswered questions about the device id in the forums). But theres confusion here too; do I really need to set it up in LMCE or is Myth the only thing that cares about it? Same goes for TV and audio system, which I am quite happy controlling directly via remote (at least for now). I do however want to use the remote that came with the PVR-350 and am not completely sure how to set that up.
So I am completely willing to do things the right way, but am having a hard time figuring out exactly what that is and how to achieve it.

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Installation issues / Re: Control DirecTV receiver via serial
« on: October 05, 2008, 12:54:45 am »
I have read everything I have come across so far, and nothing talks about this. And I have gone through setting after setting in the admin web interface. So all I really have to go on is what I can guess by poking at things. I filled out all the stuff for the serial control, but as far as i can tell it will never be used. Again I have to guess at this because nothing talks about how this actually works.
I have yet to see ANY integration between LMCE and MythTV. I press the "TV" option and I am dumped into myth in live tv mode. Any keys I press appear to be handled by myth directly whout LMCE getting involved.
So, thanks for nothing, other than a really lame "RTFM".

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Installation issues / Re: Control DirecTV receiver via serial
« on: October 04, 2008, 10:11:19 pm »
Ok so I am confused again, but no surprise there I am sure. At this point I am not entirely sure why the capture card and channel changing even needs to be setup in LinuxMCE as it seems MythTV takes care of all of it. At least it seems to be working fine with the PVR-350 setup only in Myth, and using an external channel changing script exactly how i had it setup previously. The only thing I still need to get working is the remote that came with the PVR card, but that shouldnt be too difficult.
Did I just make an incorrect assumption about how this all works, or is there something else going on?

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Installation issues / Re: Control DirecTV receiver via serial
« on: October 04, 2008, 06:29:39 am »
I am getting it, I am just not understanding why such a simple thing like changing a channel has to be made so complicated.
In any case I will find out tomorrow how or if it works, since I will finally have a gap in my recording profiles long enough to swap out the hardware (the new system is currently just hooked up to a monitor with no a/v equipment installed). Heres to hoping a PVR-350 will be detected the same as a 250 :)

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Installation issues / Re: Control DirecTV receiver via serial
« on: October 04, 2008, 02:25:10 am »
My system right now consists of just the TV, sat box, and audio system.
The only functions used on the TV are on/off.
The only function used on the sat box is "change channel".
The only functions used on the audio system are vol up/vol down.
The only function managed by MythTV is changing channels, everything else is handled by the devices normal IR remotes. The TV has no connection to the sat box; that is to say live tv is managed through MythTV and only MythTV. I should imagine it would become very confusing very quickly with multi-room setups if AV equipment was connected directly to each other rather than routed through LinuxMCE... If live tv is not or cannot be managed by LinuxMCE in the same manner as MythTV (on disk ring buffer for pausing, etc), then I will stop right here, that is the primary use of the system. I accidently hit the "TV" option once in the UI and it attempted to launch MythTV though so I assume it works as I expect.
With all that in mind, I see no reason to implement anything other than the sat box "change channel" command at this time, since I am only looking for equivalent functionality from the setup. I dont even have the possibility to control any of the other equipment yet, as they have no serial or usb interfaces and I do not have any IR transmitters. While there are 10 key commands in the protocol, I am worried about performance of the sat box in this case. It is painfully slow to respond to them on the remote.
If I need to get dirty with code to solve this, dont be afraid to get technical with me. I have over 10 years experience as a linux sysadmin and just as much with just about every scripting language except ruby (php, javascript, perl, tcl, etc).

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