linux

lyc - Linux Yamaha receiver control (over serial / RS232 interface)

Yamaha RX-V3800 and some older models like DSP-AX1 are great AV-Receiver, but unfortunately they have no control / web interface to manage it from outside. With a USB-Serial adapter connected to the reciver RS-232 interface, a computer or router and lyc you can control the reciver. In addition, a web interface can be created with wlyc to provide a web access to all network devices like PC, smartphone or tablet.

GitHub repository
https://github.com/panticz/lyc

Download binary
http://dl.panticz.de/lyc/i386/lyc - i386 compiled
http://dl.panticz.de/lyc/ar9132/lyc - Atheros AR9132 (TP-LINK TL-WR1043ND / TL-WDR4300 router)

HowTo compile and run
1. download lyc.c and Makefile
2. compile with: make
3. set up USB Serial adapter http://www.panticz.de/USB-Serial-adapter
4. run command:
./lyc input dvd
./lyc volume up

Run on OpenWrt router
1. download sources
2. comile with
make mips
4. copy lyc to OpenWRT router:
scp lyc root@OPENWRT_IP:/root/lyc
5. login to root@YOUR_OPENWRT_IP
6. download wlyc (OpenWrt wget can not access https, use http redirection)
wget -q http://dl.panticz.de/wlyc/wlyc -O /www/cgi-bin/wlyc
chmod 755 /www/cgi-bin/wlyc
7. Open im broser:
http://OPENWRT_IP/cgi-bin/wlyc
Example: http://ROUTER_IP/cgi-bin/wlyc?p1=input&p2=dvd

cros-compile script for OpenWRT
http://dl.panticz.de/lyc/compile_openwrt_ar9132.sh

http://raw.githubusercontent.com/panticz/lyc/master/lyc.c - lyc source code
<?php
$URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/panticz/lyc/master/lyc.c";
echo "

";
$c = curl_init();
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $URL);
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
echo htmlspecialchars(curl_exec($c));
curl_close($c);
echo "

";
?>

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/panticz/lyc/master/rxvx700.h - Yamaha RS232 codes
<?php
$URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/panticz/lyc/master/rxvx700.h";
echo "

";
$c = curl_init();
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $URL);
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
echo htmlspecialchars(curl_exec($c));
curl_close($c);
echo "

";
?>

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/panticz/lyc/master/Makefile - Makefile
<?php
$URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/panticz/lyc/master/Makefile";
echo "

";
$c = curl_init();
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $URL);
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
echo htmlspecialchars(curl_exec($c));
curl_close($c);
echo "

";
?>

Links
http://mark.jerde.org:13780/v1/comp/rxv2400/
http://linuxmce.org/
http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=5759.0
http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/mboard/rc-touch/thread.cgi?849
http://www.omei.de/

Ubuntu: temperature monitoring with TEMPer USB sensor / thermometer

lsusb
Bus 005 Device 012: ID 0c45:7401 Microdia

download already compiled version
sudo wget -q http://dl.panticz.de/pcsensor/pcsensor -O /usr/local/bin/pcsensor
sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/pcsensor
sudo watch /usr/local/bin/pcsensor

compile self
# install libs
sudo apt-get install -y libusb-dev libusb-1.0-0 make #libhid-dev

# get source
#wget http://www.isp-sl.com/pcsensor-0.0.1.tgz -O /tmp/pcsensor-0.0.1.tgz
#tar xzf /tmp/pcsensor-0.0.1.tgz -C /tmp
#cd /tmp/pcsensor-0.0.1
mkdir /tmp/pcsensor

Linux Kernel benchmark results

Results extract
8x
real 0m22.993s
user 0m20.720s
sys 0m9.100s

2600
real 0m11.023s
user 0m10.773s
sys 0m1.548s

Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2347 HE (4x)
real 0m31.517s
user 0m29.330s
sys 0m5.500s

Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1650 0 @ 3.20GHz (12x)
real 0m11.230s
user 0m11.185s
sys 0m0.584s

2400 (amd64)
real 0m36.775s
user 0m29.718s
sys 0m3.376s

2400 (dom0)
real 0m39.682s
user 0m32.146s
sys 0m6.668s

2400 (domU)
real 0m39.397s
user 0m32.314s
sys 0m6.708s

2400 amd64 1core
real 15m40.146s
user 14m41.987s
sys 1m34.486s

AX88772A Fast Ethernet USB Adapter

Set fixed ethernet device
cat <> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTR{address}=="00:11:22:33:44:55",KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth1"
EOF

Configure IP
cat <> /etc/network/interfaces
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
EOF

lsusb
...
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0b95:772a ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88772A Fast Ethernet
...

lsmod | grep asix
asix 27650 0
usbnet 31879 1 asix

Perfomance

Install Kodi

Install stable version
<?php
$URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/panticz/installit/master/install.xbmc.sh";
echo "wget $URL -O - | bash -";
echo "

";
$c = curl_init();
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $URL);
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
echo htmlspecialchars(curl_exec($c));
curl_close($c);
echo "

";
?>

install unstable version
wget http://installit.googlecode.com/hg/install.xbmc.sh -O /tmp/install.xbmc.sh
bash /tmp/install.xbmc.sh -u

Unofficial PVR repository
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lars-opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr

XBMC standalone
sudo apt-get install -y xbmc xbmc-standalone

Configuring a Wii Remote
http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/xbmc-ion/module/6

Install Skype from repository

<?php
$URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/panticz/installit/master/install.skype.sh";
echo "wget $URL -O - | bash -";
echo "

";
$c = curl_init();
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $URL);
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
echo htmlspecialchars(curl_exec($c));
curl_close($c);
echo "

";
?>

Fix upside down webcam
<?php
$URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/panticz/scripts/master/fix_skype_upsidedown_webcam.sh";
echo "wget $URL -O - | bash -";
echo "

";
$c = curl_init();
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $URL);
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
echo htmlspecialchars(curl_exec($c));
curl_close($c);
echo "

";
?>

Install with snap
sudo snap install skype --classic

Disable "contacts comes online" notification
# Notify
sed -i 's|1|0|g' /home/${USER}/.Skype/*/config.xml
sed -i 's|1|0|g' /home/${USER}/.Skype/*/config.xml

# Sound
sed -i 's|1|0|g' /home/${USER}/.Skype/*/config.xml
sed -i 's|1|0|g' /home/${USER}/.Skype/*/config.xml

Links
https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/install-skype-ubuntu-18-04-lts-desktop
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Canonical_Partner - Ubuntu partner repository
http://www.semanticpool.de/hidden-skype-emoticons/ - hidden skype emoticons
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SkypeTroubleshooting
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeWebCams