Category Archives: New Toys

Low Power Wemos

Posted on July 5, 2023 by larry

Its been frustrating, but I got a couple wemos D1 mini’s that cannot provide enough power. I switched to a nodemcu and back to the RXB6 and now I can match the receive signals that the Sonos RF Bridge black. … Continue reading →

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Happy 4th of July 2023

Posted on July 4, 2023 by larry

I noticed I been getting a lot done. On the home cleaning boxes are sorted and ready to be donated. I got one of my alarm systems done. (Not quite, just need to screw in the lights and alarms, maybe … Continue reading →

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Tasmota 433Mhz Bridge

Posted on June 28, 2023 by larry

I was able to get the 433Mhz Tasmoto on a wemos D1 mini and 433mhz working. I used the tasmota-sensors.bin image. There was some initial success, but after a while disappointment crept in when only some devices were picked up. … Continue reading →

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Bench Replacement In

Posted on June 27, 2023 by larry

Finally got the MSI motherboard and I replaced the old Asus motherboard. This was the mobo I should have gotten. Now I can fit a video card, 2 HBA and a 10G card. For future record the mobo I got … Continue reading →

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Deals at 3R tech

Posted on June 26, 2023 by larry

I went to 3R tech today to return 3 bad drives. Spoke to a Chris and he said I can go through him instead of ebay for some deals. Anyway I am considering keeping some offline spares (cold spares) for … Continue reading →

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433Mhz Sonoff Bridge

Posted on June 24, 2023 by larry

Kind of bummed that the sonoff bridge I just purchased is unlike the older ones they used to make. The new ones are white and have different flashing procedures and does not work like the old black ones. So now … Continue reading →

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Disk Check Done

Posted on June 22, 2023 by larry

The badblocks scan of my new DIY JBOD is done, unfortunately 3 disks were bad, one of them really bad. Also forgot to mention RHEL is no longer providing source code to non customers. Not sure how that is going … Continue reading →

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Weekend Work Started Early

Posted on June 16, 2023 by larry

This is a 3 day weekend and I started it early. Not relaxing but doing the work I scheduled to do. I finally flashed some HBA cards I had, now working on dual booting a utility box with FreeDOS and … Continue reading →

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Chance To Go To Bed Early

Posted on June 12, 2023 by larry

Got my steps done and don’t have class tomorrow. So no rush, but looks like I can be asleep by 11PM and get a “good” 8 hours of sleep. Also discovered a new command ssh-keyscan – a tools to get … Continue reading →

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Ansible Class Is Done

Posted on June 9, 2023 by larry

Stayed till the bitter end. But it was fun. I completed all the guided labs and tried it out on my own stuff. Need to be honest though, this was a beginner class for a complex topic. Not out of … Continue reading →

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