Retrieved an old 4×20 LCD display I had for a previous project, so my next project is to try and hook it up to Mediaportal!
The Scott Electronics BPP 420VY display is a very simple serial driven device (as all the electronics for controlling it are on the display itself) so it basically requires 3 wires, [...]
A new problem I came across is that the Hauppauge remote supplied with the Satellite cards didn’t seem to control anything outside of MediaPortal (asides from the green power button, which simply loaded the Windows Media Centre software!). Clearly this would be a problem - particularly as I am using external applications such as PowerDVD [...]
So, I had a spare half hour last night, and figured I may as well fit the two DVB-S2 cards into the PC.
They slotted into the two PCI slots quite happily, and I installed all the drivers off the supplied CD, along with the Hauppage software (I may not use PowerCinema but it seems that [...]
Finally! I’ve not had chance to fit them yet, but the two Hauppage DVB-S2 PCI cards have turned up at long last.
Friday evening should be test-fit time…
In the meantime, here is a nice photo of the remote…
So, all the bits turned up (apart from the two Satellite cards, but hey-ho…).
Initital impressions - the motherboard is a nice looking bit of kit, small (mATX, so will fit in a smaller case than I am using) - especially given its features. The case itself isn’t bad. It’s not the last word in Germanic [...]
The first thing I needed to decide on was what hardware to use.
Budget would be a primary concern, so I wanted to minimise the number of components - this should prove cheaper in theory. Salvation came in the shape of the Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H motherboard (http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2814) . This board could almost have been designed [...]
