[Ryedale] Possible Oct meeting

[richards.malton at gmail.com]

Greetings everone, it seems a long while since meeting any of you. I have had a 
few linux related projects going on from time to time since we last met. As 
usual nothing is really finished, just work in progress ...

I have added a telephony application to my OpenRD Arm linux server, Freeswitch. 
This acts as a home telephone exchange and answer machine gadget linking 
internet, mobile, and landline phones with the possability of forwarding calls 
from one to another. It uses a Linksys 3102 FXO,FXS,callerid landline gateway 
and a GOIP GSM gateway, these connect to the linux server running freeswitch via 
TCP/IP which can also communicate to SIP phones on the internet. I have no need 
for such a system but its been intesting making it all work.

Anothert Linux applilcation is a home automation system which ties together 
various other systems like light switches, thmometer and humidity sensors, 
electical power meter. These can then be automated to control each other in any 
way desired, it also drives a Vellman 8155 USB input output card, the status is 
shown on a web page. The system is called 'Domitica', availabe from a site in 
Holland. This too runs on my OpenRD Arm server.

We have decorated and rationalised our sitting room, the main PC is not there 
any more, for music playing I have just got a Rio Receiver. This is a linux box 
with ethernet, LCD display and Audio amplifier. Using some third party software 
it now connects to my Squeezebox server to play music from mp3 files, BBS 
Iplayer, or internet radion stations. Upstairs I have a O2 Joggler, this is also 
a Linux box and can run Squeezeplayer and connects to my Squeezebox server PC. 
Logitech Squeezeplayer is a kind of distributed system which seperates the 
Sever, Player, and control aspects, this allows you to control one or more 
players from each other but the main advantage is that you can get a nice colour 
display on your laptop, PC, or Phone to select the media you want to listen to. 
this is much better than the small display on the Rio.

I have just received in the post today a twin PCI network interface card, I'm 
going to hack this into a network monitor tap which together with some special 
monitoring software "DINO" will allow logging and analysis of network traffic. I 
did have this running on the port mirror of my router feeding into the OpenRD 
box but the traffic was a bit much for it, so I'm going to put it into an old 
small PC I have.



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I,ll be there if possible.
Best regards, David.
Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Al Girling <al at gcguk.demon.co.uk> wrote:

Hi folks,

Once again it's been a while since I tried to get a meeting going, but
last night while chatting with Paul T the subject came up, so here I am
suggesting we gather at Will's Bar once more for a yarn and a pint. I'm
going to say Monday the 17th, as the date which gives a couple of weeks
for you all to find an excuse for not attending! :)

Hope to see you there.

Al

-- 
Alistair Girling

Home-page: <http://al.sdf-eu.org>

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