Amazon Web Services

As of the last post I have now moved this blog and a couple of others to a free EC2 instance.  As long as I don't get hammered, the performance should be perfectly adequate.  So far, the experience has been quite good.  There are some peculiarities with using…

RN-XV, Arduino and funny characters

No, I'm not talking about myself.  I've embarked on an ambitious project that is sure to never get completed.  On my way there I'm working on getting an RN-XV "cheap" WiFi adapter talking to an Arduino.  I've had all kinds…

More vSphere and VT-d, some success but not for long

I made another attempt at using VT-d for my cameras by going with Zoneminder under Linux. This actually worked and seemed to work ok but I really dislike Zoneminder! I tried Motion and kMotion instead and the good news is it works...for longer. I'm still having problems…

Cisco 7945G and SIP with Asterisk

I've been trying to get a 7945 with SIP to work with Asterisk and it just doesn't want to register.  Turns out the SIP load of 9.2.1 is broken, at least for asterisk.  I've reverted to 8.5.4 and it seems…

vSphere and VT-d not so rosy

Actually, it works but with limitations.  No shock there.  It turns out the PV-149 CCTV capture card I'm trying to pass through presents each channel as a separate Video and Audio device.  What that means is I end up with 8 PCI devices that need to be extended.…