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Developers / Re: CM15A and LinuxMCE

« on: November 26, 2009, 12:34:14 am »

We are in the process of putting together some documentation for this.  I am not sure where Nosilla is going to make the file available from.  As soon as I know more I will post.  I have had mine running well for 2 or 3 weeks now.

152

Users / Re: Atom board as core

« on: November 14, 2009, 05:07:05 am »

I am running an MSI IM-945GC which is an atom 330 board and I find that orbiter regeneration is not bad.  It usually completes in a minute or two.  That is a quick regen and not a full regen. 

153

Installation issues / Re: Another "black screen after install" post, except different

« on: November 13, 2009, 02:19:44 am »

I have experienced this same problem and I was installing from the internet.  After waiting for an extended period of time I finally rebooted the machine.  The pc would reboot and start the next stage of configuration.  Any way, just do a couple of reboots and it will eventually come up normally.  I have had a couple of different hardware configurations install the same way.  One was an intel based mb and the other was an nvidia based mb, so I don't think that the problem is the hardware.

154

Developers / Re: CM15A and LinuxMCE

« on: November 09, 2009, 04:02:03 pm »

Just a quick update guys on the CM15 progress

I have been working with mythtified and so far have written test code which can send and recieve commands via the powerline.  Will hopefully have the RF aspect worked out in the next 48hrs.

I would expect to have functionally integrated the CM15 with LinuxMCE by the end of the week so could really do with some people to act as beta testers prior to submitting the code.

Any volunteers ?

Thanks

NOS

You know the answer for me on that.  But that goes without saying right?

155

Developers / Re: CM15A and LinuxMCE

« on: November 06, 2009, 09:20:06 pm »

OK then I will continue my circular holding pattern till called upon again.     Let me know if there is anything else I can do.

156

Developers / Re: CM15A and LinuxMCE

« on: November 06, 2009, 08:22:11 pm »

I have XP installed on a seperate computer.  I still need to install Active Home yet.  I can try the sniffer software I downloaded to try to trap some data if you think that could help. 

157

Developers / Re: CM15A and LinuxMCE

« on: November 06, 2009, 05:09:47 pm »

That is a true statement.  Problem is I do have a number of switches, outlets, and remotes that are working great that are X10.  I am moving to Zwave but they are much more expensive.  Eventually, I may get away from X10 altogether but that day is not today.  There are others out there that have a heavy investment in X10 and with the CM11 becoming hard to find at a decent price, $80us on ebay, if the CM15A can be made to work with linuxmce this could only be a benefit to you and to the community.  If it cannot be made to work then no harm no foul.   

158

Developers / Re: CM15A and LinuxMCE

« on: November 06, 2009, 12:48:35 pm »

Here is verbose info from lsusb:

Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0bc7:0001 X10 Wireless Technology, Inc. ActiveHome (ACPI-compliant)
Device Descriptor:                                                                       
  bLength                18                                                               
  bDescriptorType         1                                                               
  bcdUSB               1.10                                                               
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)                                 
  bDeviceSubClass         0                                                               
  bDeviceProtocol         0                                                               
  bMaxPacketSize0         8                                                               
  idVendor           0x0bc7 X10 Wireless Technology, Inc.                                 
  idProduct          0x0001 ActiveHome (ACPI-compliant)                                   
  bcdDevice            1.00                                                               
  iManufacturer           1 X10 Wireless Technology Inc                                   
  iProduct                2 USB ActiveHome Interface                                     
  iSerial                 0                                                               
  bNumConfigurations      1                                                               
  Configuration Descriptor:                                                               
    bLength                 9                                                             
    bDescriptorType         2                                                             
    wTotalLength           32                                                             
    bNumInterfaces          1                                                             
    bConfigurationValue     1                                                             
    iConfiguration          0                                                             
    bmAttributes         0xc0                                                             
      Self Powered                                                                       
    MaxPower                2mA                                                           
    Interface Descriptor:                                                                 
      bLength                 9                                                           
      bDescriptorType         4                                                           
      bInterfaceNumber        0                                                           
      bAlternateSetting       0                                                           
      bNumEndpoints           2                                                           
      bInterfaceClass         0 (Defined at Interface level)                             
      bInterfaceSubClass      0                                                           
      bInterfaceProtocol      0                                                           
      iInterface              0                                                           
      Endpoint Descriptor:                                                               
        bLength                 7                                                         
        bDescriptorType         5                                                         
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN                                               
        bmAttributes            3                                                         
          Transfer Type            Interrupt                                             
          Synch Type               None                                                   
          Usage Type               Data                                                   
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0008  1x 8 bytes                                             
        bInterval              10                                                         
      Endpoint Descriptor:                                                               
        bLength                 7                                                         
        bDescriptorType         5                                                         
        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT                                               
        bmAttributes            3                                                         
          Transfer Type            Interrupt                                             
          Synch Type               None                                                   
          Usage Type               Data                                                   
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0008  1x 8 bytes                                             
        bInterval              10                                                         
Device Status:     0x0001                                                                 
  Self Powered                                                                           


As for X10 equipment to test with, I have various dimming switches, on/off switches, plug in modules, outlets, light sockets, wireless hand held remotes, and a few motions.  I never bought into the idea of an X10 thermostat.  After looking at it I decided I was better off with what I had.  I don't have any of the CCTV stuff.  I thought that was a way over priced.

Larry

159

Developers / Re: CM15A and LinuxMCE

« on: November 06, 2009, 12:39:41 am »

I started to respond to this last night but things started getting real slow.  I disconnected and tried to reconnect and I got a message that SMF could not connect to the database.

I looked at the web page for the sniffer you mentioned and I don't have deep enough pockets for that thing.  If there is anyone you know that has one maybe something could be worked out. 

Anyway, I actually thought that some of this work may have already been done by other individuals:
http://www.linuxha.com/common/cm15d/cm15d.html
http://www.smarthome.com/manuals/protocol.txt
http://eclipsehomeauto.com/cm15a_on_linux/cm15a.shtml
http://www.linuxha.com/USB/

I did find a couple of usb sniffers in software form that I thought I might try out.  Having never used one of these before I would think there will be a learning curve.  In any case I will have to set up another computer running XP then install the active home pro software and give that a try.  I will try to get to it this weekend.

160

Developers / Re: CM15A and LinuxMCE

« on: November 04, 2009, 02:57:13 pm »

here ya go

[180831.352581] usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 5
[180857.136056] usb 2-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
[180857.320342] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

161

Developers / Re: CM15A and LinuxMCE

« on: November 04, 2009, 01:58:17 am »

I ran dmesg and scrolled through the output.  I was not sure what I was looking for but I found the following:

[   17.864998] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[   17.865071] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
[   17.865181] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[   17.865188] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
[   17.908827] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for cp2101
[   17.908903] cp2101 2-1:1.0: cp2101 converter detected
[   18.020070] usb 2-1: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
[   18.169681] usb 2-1: cp2101 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[   18.169734] usbcore: registered new interface driver cp2101
[   18.169741] cp2101: Silicon Labs CP2101/CP2102 RS232 serial adaptor driver v0.07

I did not find any other instance of ttyUSB references nor anything else similar to the above.

I do not believe this is the cm15A.  Here is the lsusb output:

Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0bc7:0001 X10 Wireless Technology, Inc. ActiveHome (ACPI-compliant)
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 10c4:ea60 Cygnal Integrated Products, Inc. CP210x Composite Device
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Larry

162

Developers / Re: CM15A and LinuxMCE

« on: November 02, 2009, 02:28:06 pm »

Sorry for the delay guys, have had to rebuild my server, should have 8.10 build environment setup tonight so can start working on the CM15 support.

The good news is that the protocols for CM15 and CM11 are very similar with only a few variations so it should not be too hard to implement support. 

The easiest option would be to use the device driver approach although this would require some customisation of the kernel which would be in contrast to the direction LinuxMCE is taking.  Therefore I will look at using the libusb code which although more difficult allows the CM15 to be supported without impacting on the kernel.

NOS

Don't worry about the delay.  There is no hurry I am on your time schedule, so to speak.  Once you have something that works for test, I will need simple detailed instructions on how to implement for test.  I understand most things well but sometimes I can be pretty dense.   

doesn't the CM15 expose itself as a serial device?

-Thom

If you mean is it automagically treated as a comm port like the MicasaVerde zwave stick, I don't know.  I do know I can do an lsusb command and see quite a bit of info on the cm15a but am unsure what command would have to be issued to see if it is associated with a comm port.  Any suggestions?

163

Developers / Re: CM15A and LinuxMCE

« on: October 22, 2009, 06:37:01 pm »

No I did not remove the usbhid module.  I just followed the directions listed at the somethinginteractive.com site, downloaded, compiled the utilities, and ran the cm15demo utility.  I did nothing beyond that.  The background info there is sketchy and I cannot follow code well enough to understand what was being done.  I don't have it on the machine at this time.  I had read something Thom wrote in the wiki about the beta and decided to blow the software away and reload to see what would happen if I were more patient.

Without anything installed and the CM15A connected I can do an lsusb and see the device if that is any help.

164

Developers / Re: CM15A and LinuxMCE

« on: October 21, 2009, 04:34:37 pm »

I have a cm15 connected to a 0810 machine to test the link that was mentioned.  Those work when the software is compiled.

What do you need?  How can I help? 

Let me know

165

Users / Re: A Gift for reaching Beta: Hulu Desktop now Integrated.

« on: October 21, 2009, 04:16:03 pm »

I need to check the forum more often.  Great work. 

Now for my obvious newb question, once the bits are chedked in, is it a matter of doing an update from the sqlCVS link under advanced?