Panasonic AG-MX70 DSK (Down Stream Keyer)

Friday, April 9, 2010
Yes it's a bit confusing for the first time we using the DSK function on AG-MX70, me either need about one week to figure out how to set the DSK on AG-MX70.

Here's the step :
1. Connect the source of your DSK by using Composite or Component to "EXT IN" jack at the back of your AG-MX70 ("Key" for "Composite" and "Y Pb Pr" for "Component"
2. Next is the setup of your video mixer section, go to "Setup" setting by pressing the "Set up" button under the LCD and change the "Gen. Lock" -- "Ref In" into "Ext Key"
3. Next go to "DSK Fade" setting by pressing the "DSK Fade" button under the LCD and change the "DSK Source" -- "Key" into "EXT" and "Fill" into "BodMat" (this will make sure your text color match your desired color.
4. To change your text color just go to the "PATTERN" setting ("Mix" ussually for the church) by pressing the "Mix" button under the PATTERN setting , and change "Pattern Edge" -- "Color" into the color you want ("Yellow" for me).
Yes you can change the color into the color you desired.
5. To start using the DSK, send the text to mixer (i'm using Easy Woship from one computer connected to my video mixer by using S-Video to RCA cable custom build). The text must using black background.

I know the result of AG-MX70 is a litle bit crappy, and if your church have budget, just plan to buy one more video switcher with Chroma Key function other than using DSK function on AG-MX70 (There just a plain text with no shadow under it) Read More...

Installing Webmin on ubuntu

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any browser that support tables and forms (and Java for the File Manager module), you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, Squid, file sharing and so on.

Webmin consists of a simple web server, and a number of CGI programs which directly update system files like /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/passwd. The web server and all CGI programs are written in Perl version 5, and use no non-standard Perl modules.


Preparing Your System

You need to install the following packages

sudo apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl

Install Webmin in Ubuntu

You can use the above procedure but if you want to install latest version of .deb package you can download from webmin site under Download Section

Download latest webmin using the following command

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.500_all.deb

Now we have webmin_1.500_all.deb package you need to install using the following command

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

If your server complains that there is some library things does not find. Just run the following command

sudo apt- get install -f

You should now be able to login to Webmin at the URL https://localhost:10000/

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kTouch E329 Mac OS X Driver

Sunday, March 28, 2010
Yes, some of you may have been looking for ages - driver for kTouch E329 on MAC OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Yes after doing some searching and research, finally i got the driver. The installation is a bit tricky but overall it's not very hard.

Allright let's download the file here (make sure your kTouch E329 isn't connected to your Mac)
after installing the driver, now it's time to configure your phone :
1. Enter the engineering mode by pressing *#3641# (don't mess with anything else or you will break the phone).
2. Go to option no.6 "USB Switch".
3. And choose QSC (this will make sure every time you connect your phone, it automatically switch to "modem" mode.
after that connect your phone and there will be system preference window which asked you to configure your new modem.

choose kTouch E329 modem and use #777 as phone number and smart as username and password.
viola!!! now you have been connected

Notes : everytime you got asked when connecting your phone via USB repeat 1-3 step (configure your phone for QSC mode once again even though it's already QSC - just press "OK" on QSC mode. This is the bugs on this phone - hope the factory will repair it soon)
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How to Install Webmin in Ubuntu

Friday, February 5, 2010

Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any browser that support tables and forms (and Java for the File Manager module), you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, Squid, file sharing and so on.

Webmin consists of a simple web server, and a number of CGI programs which directly update system files like /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/passwd. The web server and all CGI programs are written in Perl version 5, and use no non-standard Perl modules.


Preparing Your System

You need to install the following packages

sudo apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl

Install Webmin in Ubuntu

You can use the above procedure but if you want to install latest version of .deb package you can download from webmin site under Download Section

Download latest webmin using the following command

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.500_all.deb

Now we have webmin_1.340_all.deb package you need to install using the following command

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

If your server complains that there is some library things does not find. Just run the following command

sudo apt- get install -f

You should now be able to login to Webmin at the URL https://localhost:10000/

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