Touchscreen based Digital Home Server - UPDATED

[soitjes]

Hi,

UPDATE : the software is now available for download.

I just finished my application called Digital Home Server. The Digital Home Server is a touchscreen based multimedia application. Play audio and video, make a slideshow of you photos, keep track of your appointments in google Calendar or make phonecalls with Skype, all this accessible via a 7" touchscreen.

The touchscreen is the iMo Touch 7" usb monitor.

http://dhs.webatu.com


Soitjes

[tricksel]

Unfortunately, your link does not work. I get the message "Website Under Review"...

[AshaiRey]

Sorry, to eager to present your site.

Website Under Review

You see this page, because the system administrator of 000webhost.com is currently checking this website for malicious content. This redirect will be removed once we will finish manually checking all files on this account. As far we check over 100 websites, it can take about 2-4 hours to complete. If you are the owner of this website, you will get email confirmation once it's done. If you are a visitor - please come back later.

Will check your site later again

[Noel]

This is what I get when accessing the website.

Website Under Review

You see this page, because the system administrator of 000webhost.com is currently checking this website for malicious content. This redirect will be removed once we will finish manually checking all files on this account. As far we check over 100 websites, it can take about 2-4 hours to complete. If you are the owner of this website, you will get email confirmation once it's done. If you are a visitor - please come back later.

http://www.000webhost.com is a free web hosting provider and all free hosting providers suffer from abusers. Around 5% of users signup here just to start hacking or phishing website or make other damage. So, in order to survive, we must monitor what our users are hosting.

We are sorry for any inconveniences, but checking all content manually, it is the only way to provide you with the most secure and reliable service. If you have found any illegal website on our network, you can report it here.

[soitjes]

It's back now. Sorry for the inconvenience. This website admin review was a surprise for me as well.

Soitjes

[tricksel]

It's back now.

Errhm... No it's not?

[Noel]

It's back now. Sorry for the inconvenience. This website admin review was a surprise for me as well.

Soitjes

At the moment (22:15) I'm still seeing the "under review" page

[soitjes]

And it's back again. I sent a complaint to that provider because they claim to do this admin review in 2-4 hours, and it has been unavaible almost all day.

I received an email that the admin review is finished, so I cross my fingers.

[Esteban]

It's working now.

*UPDATE: I've had the chance to have a look at your website in the meantime. Nice interface you've created, I especially like the skype integration and the calendar. Too bad you had such a bad ride with trying to implement a CF drive, but from the positive side with a HD you won't have to worry about the limited read/writes that a CF card is bound to have.

[Lempens]

Is it possible to connect the iMo to an usb extender ? I have a server in de living room, and want the screen in the bedroom ?

I was thinking of using the mobile-harddisk.nl/icy-box-iblan104-4-x ... p-790.html

[soitjes]

No, you can't. I already tried a few things, and even an USB extension cable of 50 cm doesn't work. I looked a while ago at those USB over LAN extenders, and as far as I know they only give USB 1.1. So be careful. If you plan to buy such a thing then 1) buy it via www.dealextreme.com, which is very cheap and 2) let me know if it works.

Actually, your problems is something which is of interest to me. I've already researched many options, and currently I'm thinking of using little XP pcs. You can have those for about 100$. And I would control them from the servers. Advantage is that you can use USB in every room, and USB devices are MUCH cheaper than X10 or any other home automation solution. And since these are regular windows XP PCs I can do anything I like, since I write my own software.

Regards,

Soitjes.

[Lempens]

Or maybe someone has experience with the Guru Plug globalscaletechnologies.com/p-32-gurupl ... -plus.aspx Then I can connect the screen to it.

[Rene]

@Lempens: It is possible to connect the Mimo touchscreen via a Belkin LAN USB hub (Enver tested this, see viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1991&start=45#p15499). For a while I used a separate displaylink adapter (which is build in in the Mimo), a touchscreen with VGA interface, the Belkin LAN USB Hub and a remote server, so essentially a similar setup, and it worked allright.

[soitjes]

I am actually going for another strategy (don't know if it will really work) : I would like to install a little PC in each room, and then connect USB devices (speakers, keyboard, light) to each of those PCs. They all communice via wireless network.

I'm now experimenting with booting XP from USB. If that works I can buy those little PCs. They are pretty cheap.

http://www.ewayco.com/low-cost-system-100-pc-News.html

Soitjes.

[Lempens]

Hi,
UPDATE : the software is now available for download.
I just finished my application called Digital Home Server. The Digital Home Server is a touchscreen based multimedia application. Play audio and video, make
Soitjes

Looks nice, Only at the photoframe is it possible to remove the FormBorder after 3 secondens. And when you touch a photo it displays again, so you can close the frame.