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Users / Proposed forum rules
« on: May 11, 2008, 02:53:40 pm »
Danielk wanted me to post these to the forum for discussion. So, post what you think of them. Should anything be taken out? Added? Do you think we don't need the rules?

POSTING
Lurk and get to know the forum before you post. Use the search function before posting. Chances are your question has already been answered. Read up before asking!
Don’t be afraid to post. If you're new to our community, taking the step for the first time to post publicly to a message board can sometimes seem intimidating. Don't be afraid to jump into a discussion. We have a very supportive community that serves up heavy doses of support, encouragement and enthusiasm. We love meeting new people and making new friends.
While we hope that you'll become an active participant and join in our discussions, you're welcome, of course, to simply hang out silently until you feel more comfortable posting a message.
When newcomers arrive, say "hello" and welcome them to our growing community. Help new folks "learn the ropes" about how to find information and resources, save time, and how to get involved with our growing membership.
One thread. Do not post a thread more than once. Combine your comments into one post rather than making many consecutive posts to a thread within a short period of time. Post a new thread in the proper forum. If the topic is relevant to more than one forum, pick the best fit or most specific forum and post it only once.
Thread titles. Use thread titles that indicate the subject of the thread, not generic titles such as "Need help" and don’t use all caps or special characters to draw attention. Moderators may change thread titles that have no specifics, usually by adding something more specific in parentheses.
No cross posting. Post your message once, to the appropriate forum and nowhere else or it will be locked or deleted without warning.
Keep the focus: Questions outside the scope of a certain forum will either be moved, locked or simply be deleted.
Useless posts. This includes topics like 'let's tell a story post by post' as well as tacking on garbage to the end of a thread that has ended. Do not bother making posts with only one or two words (e.g., LOL) or a smilie, or post simply to have the first reply in a thread. Posts saying "I agree", "me too", or the equivalent will also routinely be removed. Posts should have some sort of redeeming quality such as information, entertainment or advice. Useless posts that waste server resources or do nothing for the community will be moved and/or pruned at the discretion of the administrative staff. Such posts waste everyone's time and will be deleted.
Bumps. Posts that bring a thread to the top of the New Posts list but add no content to the thread (bumps) are not permitted. This applies not only to posts that say "bump" but to those with the intent to bump.
We strongly suggest that you check your spelling before posting. Good online communication starts with understandable writing. We're a global community with people who speak many languages.
Try to remain professional when helping someone or asking for help. We all have grumpy days. When in doubt about how a post might go over, let it sit for awhile and come back later.
No derailing of threads because you don't agree with their content. If you don't like what you read, find a different thread. Don't take it off topic because you don't like it.
Do not ask "what's best" because this question cannot be answered objectively. Everyone has their own view about what's best in a certain area. The best is what works best for you!
Do not post again, 5 minutes after your initial post, post writing something like "Why is nobody helping me? I'm sure you know the answer". Once somebody replies to your thread but doesn't give you exactly the answer you've been expecting you insult them.
Do not post your email address. If you must share your email, please do it with a private message. We will remove it to prevent it from being discovered by automated email harvesters who wish to send you spam. Thousands of people visit these forums daily, it's not worth the spam, or scams, that are possible. We will also remove your phone number if you post it.

NETIQUETTE
We invite and encourage an exchange of opinions. Disagreements are okay and if you disagree with a member's post or opinion, by all means, challenge the opinion. However, any challenge must be given with a sense of respect for the other person. The real objective of our community is to understand each other, not to attack others and convince them that you're right. Name-calling, insults, "flaming" and attacks are not appropriate and will not be tolerated. Agree to disagree respectfully.
Insults. Do not direct personal insults at another member, i.e., "You are an idiot." and all the variations. Why? Because this isn't grade school. People should be able to discuss or even dispute other's posts without insulting people. And the only purpose of a post like this is to incite other people. You may dispute somebody's opinion, but not attack/flame the person who stated it. There are a lot of other non-direct-personal insults that depending on the context/nature may lead to post editing, post deletion, or warnings. They include telling people to shut up, or being extremely or repeatedly rude or sarcastic. The bottom line is, don't try to make others mad. Private Messages sent between members are not read by admins, but the rules for appropriate and inappropriate content apply to them as well.
Harassment. Purposely intimidating a particular member, harassing them, sending them rude or unwanted private messages, etc. This includes personal attacks on moderators for doing their jobs.
Trolling. Do not post in order to anger other members or intentionally cause negative reactions. For a given post, this can be a subjective call, but a pattern of such posting or an especially egregious case will get you banned. Basically, don't try to pick fights. Knowingly posting false information is also prohibited.
Hate speech. This will simply not be allowed.
Chattiness. Use the forums to discuss the topic of the thread, not as a substitute for Instant Messaging.
Profanity. The profanity filter is there for a reason. Do not circumvent it by using the language we intend to exclude or disguising those words. If a word is replaced by asterisks when you Preview or Submit a post, you know it's on the list.
Corrections. There is no need to point out another poster's spelling or grammatical errors unless you think it is causing confusion. Remember that not all members are native English speakers. Communication, not correctness, is our goal.
Baiting. Dropping things in the forums just to stir the waters will not be tolerated.
Common sense. In the end, use common sense. When you are about to post messages just to increase your post count, or post something you think is funny at someone else's expense, or just to make the first post in a news thread, think to yourself "Is this annoying?" If the answer is yes, don't do it.
Any ongoing actions that make more work for everyone else. If banning you is easier than dealing with the problems you are causing, you will be banned.
If you feel threatened by another user or have concerns about a conversation, we ask that you try to work it out privately with the member, so as not to ruin the experience of other guests.
We are not striving for graduate level writing, but the ability to string a few words together to form a complete thought is definitely required. If you have a hard time typing out a full word without finding the need to abbreviate it with some cryptic form of internet variation, our other users will have a hard time understanding you and our search engine will have a hard time indexing your posts for posterity which hurts our community. We encourage participation in the forum and as such, we encourage the use of proper spelling, grammar and cohesive thought.

RESTRICTIONS
The following are not acceptable on LinuxMCE’s forums.
Multiple registrations are prohibited and are grounds for immediate account deletion and IP banning. You may register only one account, and if you were banned, you may not reregister. Reinstatement can come only from an administrator.
Accounts are to be used by only one person, and not shared between family members, friends or any other people. Registration is free, so there is no reason not to create a unique account for each person.
Posting articles from your or other websites in their entirety. Links to and quotes from on-topic articles are acceptable. Provided, the source is cited and credited appropriately, it does not violate copyright claims and also doesn't appear to be a "link drop" for your own promotional purposes.
No warez, cracks, serials or illegally obtained copyrighted content! Do not post software serial numbers or keys or refer people to specific websites or software whose purpose is to break or bypass software licensing methods, distribute cracks, or obtain or use commercial software or media in violation of its license and/or for copyright violation. Links to content of a questionable nature, asking for, offering, or asking for help/helping to process such content in any way or form is not tolerated. Do not ask for or give such help.
Hoaxes. Purposely misleading other members to their detriment. Giving advice you know to be incorrect or harmful. Sensationalism.
Posting or linking to material that is illegal, libelous, harmful, threatening, harassing, abusive, violent, racially or sexually offensive, defamatory or objectionable in a reasonable view.
Impersonating another member, forum administrator or anyone else or attempting to gain access to or use another Member or Moderator's password.
Cut and pasting, mixing, combining or mirroring any posts for the purposes of promoting or demoting any product or service for inclusion on external websites.
Spam, in any of its ugly forms, will not be tolerated. We will deal with the offense swiftly and harshly.
Do not use either Forum Posts or Private Messages for advertising. This includes all 'classified ads' or promotions, surveys/polls, jobs or help wanted or seeking, and contests - No Exceptions! However, short promotional messages are permitted in your signature lines. As you participate in the forums and build a positive reputation, this may convince people to visit your site or your promotion.
No over posting. Not just being a prolific poster, but posting the same exact post in many different threads, posting multiple pointless posts in the same thread, making numerous posts with no real content, or posting for the purpose of gaining a higher post count.
If you Spam the Forum, you will be immediately ejected forever without a warning or a goodbye. Period.
One Infraction
You will receive a warning.
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ADMINS
Admins are the management here. Instructions by the admin team are to be followed and not challenged.  They have the full authority to edit or remove any posts without warning and have the final say in any rule dispute.
The administrators reserve the right to add, modify, or remove any of these rules at any time and any rule changes apply to past, current and future posts.
Posts that violate any of the forum rules should be reported to the forum admins by clicking the Report to moderator link on the bottom right of the offending post. Do not send unsolicited PM's or email to Admins, they will be ignored.
We try for consistency in enforcement of the rules, but with multiple admins we can't be 100% consistent when judgment calls are required. Remember that admins are people also and although we try to choose admins who are level-headed, it is possible to tick them off. This isn't being unfair; it's being human. When members assume "it's personal" or "I'm being singled out" when their posts are moderated, they are usually wrong. Still, all complaints are taken seriously.
We ask our volunteers to do their best, and they put tremendous effort into helping the site. Still, we rely on checks and balances to avoid moderation problems. Admin actions are observed by other admins and discussed among them. Administrators review moderation and help establish and interpret site policies. If an administrator or admin has acted mistakenly or inappropriately, we'll correct it. Any decision to ban a member for abuse of any of these rules, or for whatever reason, will be made by the administrative team. If you've been timed-out or banned by mistake, we will reinstate your account.
Linuxmce.com does not have the practical ability to restrict conduct or communications that might violate Linuxmce.com’s rules. We cannot always ensure prompt removal of offending or rule breaking message board posts. All we can do is our best.

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Users / Pictures
« on: March 12, 2008, 08:33:26 pm »
I was wondering if anyone was interested in there being a forum or just a thread for pictures of what people have set up. Partly just to show what they got going, but it may also help people put things together correctly if they can actually let others see what they are doing or follow what others have done. So...is anyone else interested in that?

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Users / 0710 Beta 3
« on: January 16, 2008, 08:05:10 pm »
What is the FTP logon we can use or where can we get one? I tried logging on anonymously and it didn't work.

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Users / Could make a nice MD
« on: January 07, 2008, 05:06:26 am »
I havent checked on the specs it has but maybe this would make a decent MD.

http://www.lumenlab.com/

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Feature requests & roadmap / Instant Messaging
« on: December 10, 2007, 04:13:04 pm »
How about instead of SMS or email something was sent through an IM client like MSN,Yahoo, AIM or ICQ or something? Would this be very hard to implement? Would anyone else find it useful?

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Users / Russound
« on: November 16, 2007, 10:25:33 pm »
Is anyone using any Russound equipment? Anything close to but not exactly the Cav 6.6, maybe the 6.4 or something?

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Installation issues / trouble with App_Server
« on: September 14, 2007, 03:33:23 am »
has anyone else had any trouble with getting the App_Server to run? mine hasnt run ever since 1.0. i am beginning to think maybe theres something in my BIOS that i may need to turn off. when i try to run it manually i get a segmentation fault. when i look at the log it says "Device died... count=12/50 dev=15" with the count continually going up. i believe this is also keeping me from getting asterisk going.

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Installation issues / Problem using Asterisk
« on: September 09, 2007, 04:57:49 pm »
I have recently gotten the 7970 going. I can see it as an orbiter and it is being registered in Asterisk. When i go to use the AMP flash panel it wont load. i get this error

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Error loading configuration file variables.txt?aldope=41869


looking it up i found two references to pretty much the same thing.

http://www.asternic.org/archives/msg01332.html

http://www.asternic.org/archives/msg00262.html


i havent been able to find the op_server.pl or op_server.cfg files.

has anyone else had this trouble or any idea where these files would be....it also says that in the .cfg files /var/www/html/panel/html should be referenced. i dont even see an html directory inside /var/www. could asterisk have not installed correctly or could these have been changed? thanks for any help anyone can give.

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Users / Mobile Phone
« on: August 22, 2007, 10:01:04 pm »
According to this wiki, it only works with symbian for controlling it over a data service and not bluetooth. Is that still correct? It said that a windows app was expected in 2005...
I would like to get a Treo and us that....

"The mobile orbiter software right now only works with Symbian Series 60 phones, although a version for Microsoft smart phones is expected in September, 2005."

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Control_LinuxMCE_using_other_types_of_mobile_phones


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Feature requests & roadmap / Mail
« on: August 21, 2007, 09:28:43 pm »
Is there now or is there any plan for LinuxMCE have the ability to send mail? It would be nice to have it send me messages when events are triggered. I dont have a phone system set up yet.

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Users / Thermostat
« on: August 21, 2007, 06:27:58 pm »
Would a Z-wave thermostat work? All I can find in the Wikis it lights and PIRs. Has anyone used one yet? If Z-wave is a no go, what kindof setup are people using now for thermostats?

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Users / HA Designer Manual
« on: August 21, 2007, 04:45:37 pm »
I found a copy that i had if anyone needs it. Send me a message with your email and I can send it.

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Users / Multiple Cores
« on: August 20, 2007, 10:57:02 pm »
Is it possible to have two cores that are interconnected? I would like to set up one to do just the security since i am running out of PCI cards and also wouldnt want it to bog down anything on the core i have now (CPU or HD space).

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Users / Skins
« on: August 18, 2007, 08:30:30 pm »
Has anyone created their own skins the would be willing to share them? Anyone interested in doing skins for others? Anything like that?

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Users / Floorplan
« on: August 17, 2007, 07:23:11 pm »
Is there a Wiki on editing the floorplan to add the devices and everything?

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