by admin | Apr 7, 2015 | Android
Scenario Physical Android devices can be used for debugging with Android Studio easily, if they are included in the Google USB driver. The HP Slate 21 (and Pro) is not, but it can be added. Solution Download Google USB driver. Unzip the file and open...
by admin | Mar 21, 2015 | Administration
Starting with Windows 8, Microsoft unfortunately decided not to offer Windows Gadgets, some useful tools available for the desktop, any more. In addition, many gadget sites have disappeared. To be sure they won’t get lost, I put my favorite gadgets here. Weather...
by admin | Mar 20, 2015 | Administration, Home Automation
Scenario If you are using an IP Intercom like 2N Helios IP or a similar Mobotix product, you might have seen that the variety of IP compatible sound modules for a simple internal doorbell is quite low. But something like this is necessary for many homes, as SIP /...
by admin | Mar 11, 2015 | HTML, PHP
Scenario On your website, you want to offer a link which opens a mail client like Outlook with mail and content suggestion. The content contains a link to a file with special characters in its name, which causes Outlook to break the link, e.g. if it contains spaces or...
by admin | Mar 11, 2015 | Entertainment
Scenario The 8-channel Unicable compatible TV card DD Max S8 is quite new and seems to have problems with current versions of DVBViewer, Mediaportal and even DD-TV. Channel scan does not work, and only a few channels can be tuned. An additional problem might be that...
by admin | Mar 11, 2015 | Linux
…or similar message: “Couldn’t find any node at /sys/class/rc/rc*.” First kill lircd and/or eventlircd if they are running. If the problem persists, try to add the “-d” parameter with the correct device. Have a look at...
by admin | Mar 11, 2015 | Entertainment
Die ORF-Karte muss alle 5 Jahre getauscht und danach neu aktiviert werden. Bei gewöhnlichen Receivern lässt sich das bewerkstelligen, indem man das Gerät für einige Minuten auf einen zu entschlüsselnden Sender stellt, z.B. ORF 1 HD. Mit TV-Karten bzw. TV-Software ist...
by admin | Mar 11, 2015 | Entertainment, Linux
Scenario “PC Remote” ( Xenta SE340D) is a quite popular, cheap remote control available at the moment. In some cases, e.g. when using OpenELEC on Raspberry Pi, it does not recognize key presses when it is plugged in before the boot process. After...
by admin | Mar 4, 2015 | Entertainment, Linux
Scenario When using e.g. OpenELEC with Raspberry Pi, SD cards often get corrupted after some days. You get error messages like Error in mount_storage: mount_common: could not mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 Reasons Removing power or resetting when system writes to SD card...
by admin | Feb 26, 2015 | Entertainment
[:en]The official list of supported MCE remote controls is quite good, but unfortunately many of the recommended models are not available any more. So I decided to create my own list of compatible, recommended USB remotes and will try to keep them updated. Every...
