NUC LED to Display Internet Connection Quality

Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Intel NUCs from two generations ago have a nice feature: a multicolor LED Ring and Power LED that you can control by software. I use an i5 9th gen NUC at home as my “Homeserver, IoT, whatever” device. I created a tiny script running as cron every minute to set the LED Color depending on the internet connection “quality”. I’m not really pulling data from the modem; for my purposes, it’s not necessary. I just want to have a quick solution to let others in my family at home see if there are any issues or not. You know the situation: Wife cannot open a certain internet page or something is loading very slowly. “What’s wrong with our internet?” Most of the time the answer is “Nothing - it’s not on our end,” but now I have a quick way to visualize if anything may be wrong. ...

March 27, 2021 · solariz

XBMCfritz - Fritzbox XBMC Windows Callermonitor

Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. For users using a AVM Fritzbox and XBMC in a Windows environment, I put together a tiny tool to display incoming Calls on the Screen of your XBMC Mediacenter. If you put it in your system’s autostart, it will automatically connect to your Fritzbox and monitor incoming calls. As soon as an incoming call is recognized, it sends a notification Message to the Screen of your XBMC and pauses the currently running Movie. ...

April 24, 2010 · solariz