After a good tip on Hackaday I picked up an X-rite RM200. A tool with no real use to virtually anybody, yet has provided a huge amount of entertainment to me and at least a handful of others (and not by going around testing the colour of everyday objects).| richard.burtons.org
After a good tip on Hackaday I picked up an X-rite RM200. A tool with no real use to virtually anybody, yet has provided a huge amount of entertainment to me and at least a handful of others (and not by going around testing the colour of everyday objects).| Richard's stuff
The maps on the Nissan Connect aren’t great, if you look at the metadata on the sd card the actual data used in the latest version is always at least a year old. Another personal annoyance is that the maps think the speed limit on several roads around my house is 20mph, which is not … Continue reading Allowing map modifications on Nissan Connect→ The post Allowing map modifications on Nissan Connect appeared first on Richard's stuff.| Richard's stuff
Following on from my previous post, I quickly found one useful thing that root access gets us. It allows us to remove the built-in speed camera data. This is good for two reasons: 1) it’s from 2013 so some of it is out of date 2) if you add your own speed camera database you … Continue reading Removing Alerts_0913.ntq from Nissan Connect→ The post Removing Alerts_0913.ntq from Nissan Connect appeared first on Richard's stuff.| Richard's stuff
A few weeks ago I found an article on Hackaday reporting ea‘s success in getting root access to a Nissan Connect LCN2kai sat nav head unit. I have one of these in my Nissan Pulsar, and my wife has an older version (LCN1) in her Qashqai, and I’ve always fancied playing with them but never … Continue reading Playing with Nissan Connect→ The post Playing with Nissan Connect appeared first on Richard's stuff.| Richard's stuff
This is a belated follow-up to my previous posts, this time about the Honeywell Galaxy RS485 protocol, covering the Ethernet adapter. The adapter normally provides reports to an Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC). It can also be used to configure the alarm panel through Honeywell software. It does not, as far as I know, provide any … Continue reading Honeywell Galaxy Ethernet Adapter RS485 Protocol→ The post Honeywell Galaxy Ethernet Adapter RS485 Protocol appeared first on Richard's stuff.| Richard's stuff
The KeyProx model contains two logical devices, the keypad itself and the RFID reader. Logically these appear to be completely independent, though a quick look in the case confirms there is only really one device as you’d expect. This means the keypad information will be the same for a non-prox model. The prox part will … Continue reading Honeywell Galaxy Keypad (CP038) RS485 Protocol→ The post Honeywell Galaxy Keypad (CP038) RS485 Protocol appeared first on Richard's stuff.| Richard's stuff
I always fancied adding Ethernet to my home Alarm system, even though I don’t have any particular use for it. I live in a pretty safe area and it rarely has false alarms or anything else I really need to monitor. Besides, if you’re at work, miles from home and in the middle of something, … Continue reading Honeywell Galaxy G2 RS485 Bus→ The post Honeywell Galaxy G2 RS485 Bus appeared first on Richard's stuff.| Richard's stuff
The escapement works – it’s alive! The escapement has been installed and the lifting arms trimmed to the correct length. According to the books we’ve read the pendulum should swing 3 degrees (each way), but nowhere does it say what positions the arms should be lifted to before the pendulum reaches them and how much … Continue reading The clock is ticking…→ The post The clock is ticking… appeared first on Richard's stuff.| Richard's stuff
It’s been a while since my last post about the turret clock restoration project, not least because there wasn’t a lot of progress over the winter. For a long time we were struggling to work out how the double three-legged gravity escapement itself was constructed. Unfortunately, several offers of help with this didn’t come through … Continue reading Constructing the double three-legged gravity escapement→ The post Constructing the double three-legged gravity escapement appeared firs...| Richard's stuff
If you’re building your own Linux based router to connect to BT Infinity you’ll probably want IPv6 working too. Address assignment works differently in IPv6 to IPv4 – we aren’t going to be given a single address we are going to be given a 56 bit prefix. From a 128 bit address that leave us … Continue reading BT Infinity with IPv6 on Linux→ The post BT Infinity with IPv6 on Linux appeared first on Richard's stuff.| Richard's stuff
Just a handy tip if you’re using BT ADSL with an OpenWrt router. I didn’t know you could get an MTU of 1500 on ADSL. I have that on my Infinity connection at home, but it wasn’t until I played with the router at my Father’s that I found it was possible on ADSL too.| Richard's stuff