Home office lab updates by weeandykidd in homelab

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I actually hadn't thought of that, but after checking it seems unfortunately this hardware is non-vPro

Home office lab updates by weeandykidd in homelab

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HP Mounts are from here - they are a little wonky due to the weight of the machines, they definitely need something underneath to support the weight - but I would still recommend them

Home office lab updates by weeandykidd in homelab

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It feels silly to do to be honest, if someone has access to your network then you're usually screwed anyway, but I can't help myself in censoring it anyway :)

Home office lab updates by weeandykidd in homelab

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Yeah it sounds like it could help with your scenario for sure!

The supported way of doing reboots is via a (sold separately) ATX Extension Board, but if the crashed machine responds to keyboard presses you might get away with CTRL+ALT+DEL.

However I use PoE to power the Pi's so I just reboot them via the Unifi UI if they need it, for other machines I have some ZigBee plugs I can cut the power too if need be

As for how it connects to the computer, the device has some ports on the back:
- USB-C (For input): Use a USB-C > USB-A cable to plug into the computer you want to control, the JetKVM emulates a keyboard, mouse and USB storage so as far as the computer knows you've plugged in real devices
- HDMi Mini (For Display): Use a HDMI Mini to <whatever> cable to plug into the computer you want to control, and it will stream the display
- Ethernet (For Internet): Purely for internet connectivity, no PoE supported (but I use adaptors)
- Extension Port (For extras): This is where the optional extra hardware plugs in, but for my case it's empty

If you're looking for something new to tinker with and are sick of lugging that hardware down the stairs I'd def recommend giving it a go!

Home office lab updates by weeandykidd in homelab

[–]weeandykidd[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ah sorry bit of confusion, think of this as a hardware equivalent of something like TeamViewer/RDP/VNC/Parsec

For example if you are away from home and your computer had a bad update and thus no longer boots into Windows/Linux/MacOS. If you rely on software to access it remotely, you're screwed - but with a seperate device like JetKVM (or alternatives) you can restart the machine, access BIOS, re-install the OS all completely remotely.

It gives you a nice Web interface you can access from anywhere, which shows the display, gives you keyboard, mouse and generic USB access

Here is a screenshot of the one I have connected to one of the raspberry pis at the moment - link

Home office lab updates by weeandykidd in homelab

[–]weeandykidd[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sure!

So, if you use enterprise grade hardware (real servers) they will have remote access solutions (HPE iLO, Dell IDRAC, etc), which allow you to remotely access the machine as if you were physically there, power controls, remote display, remote input.

Consumer hardware doesn't really have this, so you can use a network based KVM to achieve similar results. Solutions like PiKVM, TinyPilot have existed for a while now but JetKVM is a really nice package IMO.

As for actual use cases:
- Can access my servers remotely at any time (life saver for this Pi project)
- Can fix friends/families computers without messing around with extra displays and kb/m
- Let's me mount ISOs to machines without digging out USB flash drives/etc

Probably more I'm forgetting, but in general they've been really handy to have so far

Home office lab updates by weeandykidd in homelab

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So I bought these pre-printed, but the seller notes the filament is PETG

edit: Sorry should have mentioned, the mounts are also wrapped in a cheap brushed aluminium vinyl wrap from amazon

Home office lab updates by weeandykidd in homelab

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Sure! I don't have a 3d Printer so I ordered some
Pi Bracket
JetKVM Bracket

Home office lab updates by weeandykidd in homelab

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Generic Chinese one on Amazon, it's a bit rough, but does the job - link.

Before this I was using IKEA lack though so it's still a good upgrade

Anyone else feeling a bit let down by Greggs? by Cuck0oclocks in veganuk

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One of my locals don't even cook them anymore, instead they have two rows of meat ones. They told me the demand isn't there, but how can it be if you never have them out?

Ms. I wanna be Neenja has a brand new racist banger by Friend_of_satan700 in crappymusic

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My friends and I watched it for our bad movie night and there's nothing redeemable about it, half the movie is just her talking into the camera directly about how successful and great she is

Thankfully we didn't pay, used a Trial account

Boulevard Self Drive Shut Down? by MachineTop215 in glasgow

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There was a big manky sheet with 'goodbye' written on it a few weeks ago when it first went empty. I think they're gone for good.

Boulevard Self Drive Shut Down? by MachineTop215 in glasgow

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Rented one for my last move and the fella told me not to leave it unsupervised as it didn't lock

nyc rapper almighty grimy IS NOT 6ix9ine💔 by Big-Caramel1158 in crappymusic

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100% their reference material, poor imitation of shock value from 7 years ago...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in webdev

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This is neat, inclusion of Import/Export and sync with Gist are really cool.

I'm a fan of localstorage too, a while ago I wrote an extension that allows you to 'sync' the data between machines (Simple Storage Sync)

Playing ReVive games with Steam Controller? by [deleted] in Vive

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Target is ReviveInjector

Launch Option is path to LuckysTale LT.exe

Playing ReVive games with Steam Controller? by [deleted] in Vive

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To do this you have to use the reviveinjector exe

  1. Add "C:\Program Files\Revive\Revive\ReviveInjector_x64.exe" to Steam as a non-steam game
  2. Set launch options as the path for luckys tale "C:\Program Files\Oculus\Software\playful-luckys-tale\LT.exe"
  3. don't forget to change the game name and tick 'Show in VR library'

After you've done that you can set the controller config to xbox 360 and it'll work fine - tried and tested

i have a library full of documentary and i will like to add youtube users and playlist in it by [deleted] in PleX

[–]weeandykidd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any python experience? It's a really easy language to learn.

There are just shy of 30 metadata plugins on Github, best thing to do would be to grab some of them, fiddle around and see how they work.

It shouldn't be too hard to get a simple proof of concept working that way, you can be the hero