Indicio

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Indicio
Hostname Indicio
IPv4 10.0.20.3
Function MPD Server
Location Below the mixer
Contact

Indicio supports a few space features:

  • MPD
  • XMBC
  • Printer server for the label printer and the laser printer

Inidicio is also permanently connected to the projector

Wiimote control for inidicio

Indicio can be controlled by wiimote, wciid runs in the background to connect it to uinput for X. At the moment all input from the wiimote is used for X controls.

  • wiimote controls the mouse by using it's IR camera, the leds on the wall need to be turned on for this to work.
  • turn the wiimote on by pressing the buttons 1 & 2 at the same time and wait untill the leds stop blinking
  • turn the wiimote off by pressing the powerbutton on the wiimote for a few seconds

Gnome MPC mappings

  • + = next song
  • - = previous song
  • home = play/pause
  • 1 = volume up
  • 2 = volume down

Beamer

Here folows a quick walktrough of using the beamer trough the indicio server

Start the beamer

There is a small switch on the beamer on the side of the kitchen, if you turn it the buttons should turn orange. Press the on button. Make sure the beamer is on RGB 1.

Setup server

You should be able to ssh in to the server. Use yout favorite editor to make a ~/.xinitrc file containing your favorite window manager, in this case awesome:

  1. ~/xinitrc
  2. ----------
  3. !/bin/sh
  4. exec awesome

Now you should be able to start the x server by typing

$ xinit