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Users / Re: Possible security replacement for Vista-ICM for Ademco/honewell panels

« on: February 02, 2011, 07:58:36 pm »

 Thanks for your detailed reply it was very helpful.

 I have looked over the Current VistaICM2 code and wiki and it seems it was necessary to use C++ ( my preferred language ).
In my case the GSD is all that is needed to communicate to the AD2USB. It looks like this approach is much better for the end user
and future customization.

 You mentioned a template for the current VistaICM2 module I have done some digging and was not able to locate this file. Could you point me in the general direction.

From my reading of various wiki pages it seems that the Ruby code is stored in the InfraredGroup_Command table. I would like to read some examples of Ruby code written using the GSD base classes but again I am not clear where they are in the svn tree.

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Users / Re: Possible security replacement for Vista-ICM for Ademco/honewell panels

« on: February 01, 2011, 08:15:38 am »

Due to the nature of the device, communication would only be one way, as opposed to the two way communication available via the ICM.

You would not be able to have changes at the panel propagate back to LinuxMCE, nor get sensor data from it.

-Thom

 Hay Thom.

 I am the designer of the AD2USB. Could you elaborate on the issue. I would very much like to see my device work with LinuxMCE I am a big fan of this project. I use LinuxMCE with zoneminder and adding support for my AD2USB would round things off nicely.

 The device itself is a two way device to the alarm panel. It can arm disarm see events such as RF sensors or Zone expanders it also supports Virtual RELAY devices
for even more advanced access to the alarm sensors and states. Communication to the device is simple via /dev/ttyUSBXX or via my open source ser2sock.c program you can
share the AD2USB to your entire local network.

 Maybe I can send a unit or two to a few people who would be interested in building an interface?


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Users / Re: Via Integraded Unichrome Pro Graphics pc-1 2500 anyone tried?

« on: November 25, 2007, 09:06:53 pm »

Ok i managed to get drm and opengl working on this system but its not very stable yet. I still have my X server crashing or freezing under heavy load.

 I followed the exact procedure as documented on a pdf at viaarena using ubuntu 7.04.

 Be warned this document has some holes and oversights its not exactly a step by step some stuff was just plain wrong so untill i resolve the stability issue i would rather not post any specific processes i changed as they are probably also wrong 

 However if you follow that procedure you should be able to get stuff working.

A few things not on that doc are as follows.

I had to modify my xorg.conf

Section "Device"
Identifier "VIA Technologies, Inc. S3 Unichrome Pro VGA Adapter"
Driver "via"
Option "DisableIRQ" "true"
Option "EnableAGPDMA" "false"
Option "NoXVDMA" "true"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Also the Driver "via" is actually "unichrome" i think but i just renambed the custom driver i compiled per the doc to via_drv.so so it works as shown.

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Users / Re: Via Integraded Unichrome Pro Graphics pc-1 2500 anyone tried?

« on: November 22, 2007, 10:52:52 pm »

Well i am trying and so far its been lots of fun...

Fumbeling around using the OpenChrome or the ViaChrome driver rebuilding peices of xorg and the kernel.

I have yet to get my direct rendering working..

If i get past that hurdle i will post my process.

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Has anyone tried using the following board from Via as it has Integraded UniChrome Pro graphics??
Could this be used for a Core and/or Media Director interface. 
http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/empowered/pc2500_mainboard/index.jsp

I have seen these around the internet with a 1.5ghz CPU for less than $70.00

Feedback anyone?

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Users / Re: Iomega Storecenter NAS and LinuxMCE.

« on: November 22, 2007, 02:11:03 am »

 Ya still see them about every few minutes. Thats why i fear i have some connectivity issue or compatiblity issue with my NAS.. And also I still dont have any idea how to get my new share i added to my NAS "PICTURES" to register on my core.

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 Sean M

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Users / Re: Via Integraded Unichrome Pro Graphics pc-1 2500 anyone tried?

« on: November 22, 2007, 02:05:30 am »

I have been testing with a VIA EPIA M10000 but i am not able to get any 3d grapics to work so far i have just been able to get simple flat screens to work.

 The board is supposed to be 2d/3d capable im sure limited it is no super gaming board for sure.

 I know the driver for this chipset is supposed to support DRM and so it should be able to get some good grapics going..

http://www.it46.se/wsis/show_entry.php?id=9

This link also goes over this video chipset and talks about DRM

http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/2007/11/06/linux-the-unichrome-families-part-2/

 The think i still have to deal with in this system is that the ubantu seems to be far behind and so if i can get this dvd install patched to a more current version of xorg and other stuff i can probably get my DRM to work and get better graphics. The kernel build does not worry me much but any building of mesa is a real pain and full of potential pitfalls that could take a working system and mess up the gui.
 

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Users / Re: shutdown computer

« on: November 21, 2007, 06:16:59 pm »

 I did not see one. I think you may have to login and sudo a shutdown command. Also its possible if your system has good power management support in it's bios that a push of the power button would tell the linux os to start to shutdown.

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 Sean M

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Users / Re: Does a LinuxMCE dedicated server HAVE to be installed on kbuntu?

« on: November 21, 2007, 06:13:33 pm »

I think the reference to kbuntu was actualy a reference to ubuntu as a distro. It sounds like he was wondering if it could be isntalled on say Suse 10.3 my current preferred distro. I have used many many over the years but it is easier for me to support what i use more oftin. So far I am less than impressed with ubuntu's update patching process.

 The answer as best i can tell is "yes" it is very possible to download and compile all of the peices of LinuxMCE and get them running "but" it is not a trivial task. It would take a lot of work and time to get it all working. Some of the packages require specific config directories etc and so each package would have to be compiled with the correct configuration options, etc.

 One way to help someone like myself do this is if someone would publish all of the source code and the configs used someplace that were used to make the LinuxMCE install CD's/DVD's also to make a Wiki page of all of the packages needed and any special compilinig issues.

Ex.
1. dhcpd3 ( www.isc.org )
2. motion
3. pluto
etc etc etc etc

If this data were clear and on a page that could be updated such as the wiki i would think it would not be as hard to bootstrap linuxmce on say Suse or another distro with some compiling and tweeking.

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Users / Iomega Storecenter NAS and LinuxMCE.

« on: November 21, 2007, 05:59:07 pm »

 I have an Iomega Storecenter with about 800gig of storage and have configured it to have a few shares. I currently have all of my cd's and pictures on this device. It was setup as a fixed ip but i have changed this to DHCP so LinuxMCE will see it and add it.

It seems to add it ok i created a share called /MUSIC and linuxmce found the device and configured it and asked my what data awas on this share i told it music and wala. i have music.

Here is my problem.

every few minutes my LinuxMCE core keeps flashing a popup in the left corner about a Server device being configured or finishing or something. Almost like it keeps getting disconnected? or something is going on. I am not sure what logs to read yet have not gotting that far to see what trigger is causing this. Any help in what to look at next would be appreciated.

Another thing is that this device supports being a upnp server would that be better?

Another problem is i later went and added a new share called /PICTURES and LinuxMCE does not seem to be interested in adding this automagicly. Suggestions?

 Thanks in advance.

Sean M

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Users / problem with DHCPD and a core that is not a router.

« on: November 21, 2007, 05:51:21 pm »

 I have opted to not replace my entire network and firwall with the core. I would prefer to keep my firewall as it is and just run my core as a client on my internet network. I read the wiki and various docs and understand how important DHCP is in how LinuxMCE works.

 I have disabled DHCP on my firewall and have configured it on my core.

My problem is that the core keep telling itself that it is the router and keeps reconfiguring the dhcpd config files to tell everyone in the building that it is the gateway and that it is the dhcp server. I had simmilar issues with Motion not having settings i wanted so i recompiled it... Please tell me i can tell LinuxMCE some defaults for the the router and dns so when it rewrites the config it will do it correctly.

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Users / Re: Intercom on windows system

« on: November 21, 2007, 05:46:51 pm »

 Actualy that would be an excellent way to go or even run VMWare. Only problem is that Xen will only run XP if you have an AMD with VT support or an intel chip with VT support. I happen to have tried Xen on my main house system ( no its not my core ) it has the Intel 940 chip not to be confused with say a consumer grade 945. Xen worked '''ok''' but not as well as i had hoped. I was not able to boot say a image software like Acronis. This to me was a big problem not being able to backup or restore my systems. So doing any PTV work was almost impossible with Xen. I ended up running vmware workstation and under that system i run a few virtuals such as a misterhouse a perl based home automation system on w2k.

 My hope is to be able to write a module to interface misterhouse and linuxmce.

 I think the pxe boot idea is probably what i will go with at this point. I do have my wifes box as a wireless node so i will have to first put more holes in the house to get her computer hard wired. She did not like it what i told her this 

 Anyway thats everyone for your responses i have a plan now.

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Users / Intercom on windows system

« on: November 19, 2007, 08:40:28 pm »

 I have just began to setup a system at my house and so far its going well.

I have a VIA epia M10000 as my core though it is not my router no do i think any such device should ever be a firewall.. I managed to get it up and just had to disable my firewall's DHCP.

 I installed from DVD and have only have some issues with packages but i managed to get the source downloaded and did a few adjustments to Motion and the pluto motion module to work with my security capture card from linux media labs (LMLBT4M) although it seems to work well i think an event callback method having motion tell pluto that a capture is done is probably better than the sleep it is using now.

 Ok on to my next problem. I dont have any other systems in my rooms yet just my kitchen and i want instant gratification : c ) so i installed the windows version on my wife's computer in her room and cool she can now see the external camera's.. Ok next i wanted an intercom so i dont have to yell upstairs if i need someone to lend a hand or do a chore.. Ok so a few questions.

pluto on a mac. my daughter has a macbook pro have not seen any referece to this yet anyplace.
second intercom. I cant seem to be able to make calls from my wifes computer to the kitchen or vice versa.

 Is this even possible?

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