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Developers / Re: Star Trek Themed UI1

« on: January 09, 2009, 10:32:10 pm »

@fearingsept,

Just wanted to say congratulations on the excellent work done so far, like some others I thought that it sounded a bit geeky, but have to admit it is looking really good so far.

Keep up the good work it is appreciated by the community

NOS

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Installation issues / Re: RS232 interface on an onkyo sr706...

« on: January 09, 2009, 10:27:54 pm »

@trentend

Here is a link to an excel spreadheet which contains all the information required for controlling Onkyo receivers via RS232

http://www.xlobby.com/forum/download/file.php?id=59&sid=5eae47d35277f3d2b1aab4d635031d5b

Good Luck

NOS

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Users / Re: Trouble installing with drives over 2TB?

« on: January 09, 2009, 09:39:28 pm »

Colin,

I agree with you 100% if you are referring to software raid, but h/w raid should be totally reliable and has obviously demonstrated its stability within buisness environments as very few people would opt for a non raid soultion.

I am lucky enough to have picked up an ATA Raid card with 8 ports from a server which was being decommisioned and have used this with no failures since the very early days of pluto.

NOS

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Users / Re: Playing MKV files, issues after using the wiki

« on: January 09, 2009, 09:21:32 pm »

@krys

Use <Alt><F1> to open a console port and login as root

Then type top

This will display processor and memory usage, you can then go back to the orbiter with <ALT><F7> and start a video, use <ALT><F1> to go back and view the current processor and ram usage.

If X, Xine or Mplayer are when added together are above 85% then your processor is probably going to struggle etc.

NOS

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Users / Re: Trouble installing with drives over 2TB?

« on: January 09, 2009, 09:16:42 pm »

@nosebreaker

The raid bios allows you to create logical disks whereas the OS deals with partitions.  Basically after configuring the raid bios, your OS will think you have mutliple physical hard disks present.

If you are using the DVD install it also creates a recovery partition of about 8GB and copies the DVD contents to that partition hence my recommendation of about 40GB for disk1

NOS

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Users / Re: Trouble installing with drives over 2TB?

« on: January 09, 2009, 08:00:09 pm »

@nosebreaker

I am not familiar with that Raid card, but most will allow you to create separate logical disks.  If you can do this from the raid card bios create 2 separate logical disks.

I would recommend atleast 40GB for Disk 1 and use the rest for disk 2.  Then let LMCE partition the first hard disk but tell it not to use the 2nd disk (you can partition and mount this manually after installation)

NOS

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Installation issues / Re: Tuner not detected - kernel upgrade?

« on: January 09, 2009, 07:39:20 pm »

Before making the initrd image do the following

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cd /lib/firmware
ln -s 2.6.22-14-generic 2.6.26.5

NOS

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Users / Re: Denon AVR RS232 protocol users - help!

« on: January 09, 2009, 08:48:53 am »

Chris,

I am sorry to hear it s still not working for you.  I would try it connected directly to a normal serial port now that you have changed the template settings.  Although it is strange that you don't see any log messages when using the web admin panel.

NOS

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Users / Re: Denon AVR RS232 protocol users - help!

« on: January 08, 2009, 05:44:36 pm »

Chris

My Denon is attahed to the core, I think I ended up adding it using the AV wizard from the on screen orbiter (so yes it appears as a child of the  core rather than the hybrid/core md).
When using web admin to send commands I do see the messages in the generic serial device log file an example of sending Vol Up is given below:

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dcerouter_92762:/var/log/pluto# tail 44_Generic_Serial_Device.log
10      01/08/09 16:36:45.749           Calling method cmd_89 in class " with parameters <0xb5789b90>
10      01/08/09 16:36:45.749           Sending buffer to ttyS0 with size 5: <0x4d 0x56 0x55 0x50 0xd (MVUP\r)>. <0xb5789b90>
10      01/08/09 16:36:45.749           Buffer sent. <0xb5789b90>
10      01/08/09 16:36:45.749           Method call ended. <0xb5789b90>
05      01/08/09 16:36:45.751           GSD-Sleep Post 89 : 0 <0xb778db90>
05      01/08/09 16:36:45.751           _QueueProc Post - 89 : 0 <0xb778db90>
10      01/08/09 16:36:45.786           handleMessage directly <0xb5789b90>
10      01/08/09 16:36:45.786           Command 350 not supported. <0xb5789b90>
10      01/08/09 16:36:45.786           Receiving buffer from ttyS0 with max size 4096 and timeout 100... <0xb5789b90>
10      01/08/09 16:36:45.887           Received buffer from ttyS0: <0x4d 0x56 0x33 0x38 0xd (MV38\r)> <0xb5789b90>

And when using the Denon remote the log file shows status update messages received as below:

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dcerouter_92762:/var/log/pluto# tail 44_Generic_Serial_Device.log
10      01/08/09 16:48:13.545           Receiving buffer from ttyS0 with max size 4096 and timeout 100... <0xb5789b90>
10      01/08/09 16:48:13.646           Received buffer from ttyS0: <0x4d 0x56 0x34 0x37 0xd (MV47\r)> <0xb5789b90>
10      01/08/09 16:48:14.178           handleMessage directly <0xb5789b90>
10      01/08/09 16:48:14.178           Command 350 not supported. <0xb5789b90>
10      01/08/09 16:48:14.178           Receiving buffer from ttyS0 with max size 4096 and timeout 100... <0xb5789b90>
10      01/08/09 16:48:14.279           Received buffer from ttyS0: <0x4d 0x56 0x34 0x37 0x35 0xd (MV475\r)> <0xb5789b90>
10      01/08/09 16:48:14.679           handleMessage directly <0xb5789b90>
10      01/08/09 16:48:14.679           Command 350 not supported. <0xb5789b90>
10      01/08/09 16:48:14.679           Receiving buffer from ttyS0 with max size 4096 and timeout 100... <0xb5789b90>
10      01/08/09 16:48:14.779           Received buffer from ttyS0: <0x4d 0x56 0x34 0x39 0x35 0xd (MV495\r)> <0xb5789b90>
 

NOS

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Users / Re: Denon AVR RS232 protocol users - help!

« on: January 07, 2009, 11:54:51 pm »

Chris,

I have checked my logs and they also show the ruby code during startup.  At least you have confirmed that the device responds to commands and shows status messages using a laptop.  I guess it could be a problem with the USB->Serial converter and LMCE.

My system didn't detect the receiver as being a Denon either as the script fails with an error related to the serial port for some reason (try running it manually to confirm).  I had to add mine manually and  as stated earlier also all of he ruby code was strangely missing in my device template (710 can't remember release version but was DVD based)

It certainly sounds like a cable/usb interface issue as you should see the status messages if the system was able to communicate natively with the RS232 device.

If you had a crossed cable you could try connecting the MD to a laptop with hyper terminal running and see hat happens when sending messages each way.  If there is no visible output then I would have to say the usb converter is causing the problem (in which case you could try changing the serial port device specified on the MD).

Hopefully someone with experience of USB->Serial converters can throw in some more info here

NOS

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Users / Re: Denon AVR RS232 protocol users - help!

« on: January 07, 2009, 10:39:23 pm »

@dothedog

The bug was reported using the tracker although I have not checked it's status for some time, but hopefully it will be resolved at some point in the future although the fix means people can easilly resolve the issue themselves without too much headache.

I think I also changed the baud rate within the template to B9600, although not sure if that was required

Let us know how you get on

NOS

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Users / Re: Denon AVR RS232 protocol users - help!

« on: January 07, 2009, 08:46:44 pm »

I have an AVR-3808ci and having the same issues. Stupid question, how do you change the 8N1 to N81? I can't seem to change it in the web interface? Is this something that needs to be changed in the bios?

I removed the Denon Amp from generic serial devices, then edited the device template and then re-added the Denon Amp.

I have also now checked my log files and even with minimal logging enabled using my Denon remote causes messages to be logged  in /var/log/pluto/<DeviceId>_Generic_Serial_Device.log

If cables are OK then you should see the Denon reporting status events in the logfile such as PWON PWRSTANDBY etc
   
NOS

   

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Users / Re: Denon AVR RS232 protocol users - help!

« on: January 07, 2009, 09:54:53 am »

Chris,

The parity setting should be N81 change this value and reload the router, LMCE would not control my AMP until I fixed that setting.

With regards logging I can check mine later today, but you could try changing the log options within LMCE Launch Manager to get more detailed debug info.

I only have three wires connected in my serial cable so can't comment if other pins are causing a problem such as DSR and CTS (hardware handshaking).

NOS

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Users / Re: Denon AVR RS232 protocol users - help!

« on: January 06, 2009, 10:51:38 pm »

Hi Chris,

I can only confirm that I am using the same receiver without any problems. I didn't experience any of the timing issues described in the article you quote from the AVS forums.  Are you sure your RS232 cable is of the correct type ie straight through and not crossed ?

Just one other thing to note is that when I used the Denon template supplied with LMCE for some reason non of the ruby code was present to manually add the code snippets.  I used the protocol manual for the AVR-3805 from the USA site.

NOS

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Installation issues / Re: No External IP - I really tried...

« on: November 28, 2008, 07:20:51 pm »

Thom,

You only needed to state that 1 network card is not a supported plug and play configuration, although as the web admin panel allows you to configure the system with single network card using only a few steps the term unsupported is very subjective.  If the plan is to remove this functionality in the future then I can understand your stance.

NOS