once again,
Thank you all for your help.
Roger
On 02/10/2024 16:28, Brad Rogers via Hampshire wrote:
On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 16:13:48 +0100
Roger Munford via Hampshire wrote:
Hello Roger,
Thank you all for your help and advice.
YW, Roger.
After all these years it gives me a warm feeling.
Oh dear
Thank you all for your help and advice.
After all these years it gives me a warm feeling.
I will let you know what happens.
Thanks again
Roger
On 01/10/2024 12:49, Brad Rogers via Hampshire wrote:
On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 12:30:30 +0100
Roger Munford via Hampshire wrote:
Hello Roger,
having
I have been long retired but an old programme has come back to bite me.
Years ago I wrote a programme in Visual Foxpro using a Chilkat Active X
mail component so that the user can send invoices etc by email from the
programme.
However it has stopped working and it appears that the authentific
Is anybody interested in a Raspberry Pi starter kit?
I am posting this on behalf of a friend who would just like a donation
to the "Motor Neurone Disease Association" .
This kit is available from CPC for £60 and is described more fully here
https://cpc.farnell.com/ucreate/rpi3-modb-pnpkit1/raspb
I received this on a Southampton Uni information email. The University
are involved in some way
https://linuxfoundation.org/featured/linux-foundation-initiates-world-of-open-source-research/
if you just want to take the survey https://www.research.net/r/7XL8MKF
Roger
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Some of you will have put together systems for monitoring your homes,
central heating etc.
Any body around Southampton might be interested in a talk that I am
organising on Tuesday 24th May at the Highfield Church centre Highfield
Lane.
An architect with a degree in building physiscs talkin
ded really
interesting. Can you be tempted to flesh it out a bit?
Regards
Roger
On 14/03/2022 09:30, Roger Munford via Hampshire wrote:
I was recently lucky enough to be involved in a development project in
a remote community in Ethiopia which involved installing solar and
batteries.
Whilst we
I was recently lucky enough to be involved in a development project in a
remote community in Ethiopia which involved installing solar and batteries.
Whilst we were there we visited the local school which had an "ICT"
centre with a single PC and a further PC used by the staff. It was
basically
, Roger Munford via Hampshire wrote:
Sorry, Southampton. Started mailing a few local friends but thought
might do a bit of good just mailing my address book
On 20/12/2021 13:59, Neil Stone via Hampshire wrote:
Thanks for the heads up Roger...
Which University? My fiancee and I are keen to get our
find anywhere available that's accessible, this side of next
year.
On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 at 13:14, Roger Munford via Hampshire
mailto:hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk>>
wrote:
The university health centre has a walk-in booster session today
building 48 from 4pm to 8pm and are
The university health centre has a walk-in booster session today
building 48 from 4pm to 8pm and are asking people to spread the word.
If this helps any body let them know.
I am going to walk round later this afternoon to check that is happening
for my niece who will travel from Romsey so if a
It may sound a bit old fashioned but you could try John Lewis. At least
in the recent past they did train their sales staff.
They may not thank me for suggesting this but we have had excellent
service from Rocket Repairs in Southampton. I would recommend them
highly for their repair service bu
It is customary at this time to wish everybody a happy new year. However
it is probably more appropriate to wish you all good luck in the future.
I haven't had a question [n years and now two have popped up at the same
time.
The first is advice on programming. I have programmed everything in
.
Cheers
Rob
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and I have a particular use for it. If it's free to
good home - I'll happily take it - but I'm probably too late.
Cheers
Rob
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From: Hampshire On Behalf Of Roger
Munford via Hampshire
Sent: 16 July 2020 09:59
To: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk
Cc: Roger M
Many years ago this was popular because the underlying linux was
accessible so it was a low cost low power platform.
However never got round to opening the box.
If anybody fancies it, I would be pleased to pass it on. I would even
pay the postage.
Best Regards
Roger
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My son is back for Christmas and is disgusted that his parents are
shuffling around listening to occasional you tube videos on You tube.
I had actually been planning to attend to this at some stage with a
project based around the raspberry pi, small amps and a tuner. However
it has been pointe
Adam,
I have a friend who has an impressively automated house and you might
want to aim at something a bit more sophisticated.
First of all the user interface. He has an old smartphone with a 3d
printed holder which makes a smart control mounted on the wall. He has a
nice user interface whic
Dear All,
I am on the local residents association committee which generates a
quite a bit of documentation through its various activities and there is
a paper archive stretching back to the 30's.
It has been suggested that we should digitise it. At the same time most
of the current documenta
Adam,
My wife is German and we have exactly the same heartbreak on a daily
basis and the stay go question just wears you down. The children took
German nationality two years ago and are building their lives in Germany
and Italy.
It is extremely sad that people are forced to make big decision
ailto:hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk>>
wrote:
On 17/09/18 11:06, Roger Munford via Hampshire wrote:
> We have a old 21" imac which has died due to a a failed video
card and
> a repair would not have been cost effective.
>
> It is however still a very elegant computer
We have a old 21" imac which has died due to a a failed video card and a
repair would not have been cost effective.
It is however still a very elegant computer and I was wondering if there
was any creative suggestions for re use.
Thanks
Roger
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This looks interesting
23 June 0900 to 1700 free entry
at the Solent Sky Museum, you can enjoy a day of 3D engineering
excellence delivered by some of the industry’s biggest hitters,
including isodo3d, HP, FARO, Solid Solutions, Graitec, Frazer Nash and
3T RPD. Plus plenty more activities
I have constructed a link across some fields to a small remote church in
order to connect their solar array for real time monitoring.
The link starts at a private house which has wi fi router. The owner is
happy to share his wi fi because he is away most of the time but does
not want any cabli
I am organising a visit on Wednesday 21st of February. Hopefully it is
not running Windows XP.
*Draft Agenda*
10:30 Arrive at St Catherine’s Lodge, Bear Wood Road, Sindlesham
10:45-12:00 Presentation on the role of the Electricity National Control
Centre
12:00-12:30 Lunch and informal disc
.
However thank you very much for coming to my aid.
Thanks again,
Roger
On 13/01/18 17:09, Roger Munford via Hampshire wrote:
Sorry to sully the content of the list with a windows problem but
somebody could be well versed in this sort of thing and it may be a
trivial solution.
I will also
Sorry to sully the content of the list with a windows problem but
somebody could be well versed in this sort of thing and it may be a
trivial solution.
I will also try and make it up next week with an interesting invitation
to the list.
Years ago I wrote an Epos programme which runs on the p
I found myself in Lymington the other evening with a couple of hours to
pass whilst waiting for my wife.
As luck would have it, they were switching on the Christmas lights that
day so I thought I would go and enjoy the carols at the church.
As even more luck would have it, the MC was Peter So
I am trying to connect an energy monitor to a raspberry pi equipped with
a small RS485 card from AB electronics. Effectively the card is just an
interface chip between the pi's GPIO pins and the RS485 bus which is
just 3 wires.
I have installed libmodbus and followed the instructions to disabl
Imran, Thomas,
I was very pleased to read this because I know the repair cafe people
well and I will try and pop along in October to see what can be done.
It would be nice to see you again after some years.
Roger
On 14/09/17 20:48, Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire wrote:
On Thu, Sep 14, 2017,
replace
and fix.
On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 10:03 AM, Roger Munford via Hampshire
mailto:hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk>>
wrote:
Our HP colour laser printer which is quite old now must be
replaced. A repair seems out of the question I assume because
nobody seems to repair these days. I
Our HP colour laser printer which is quite old now must be replaced. A
repair seems out of the question I assume because nobody seems to repair
these days. It is a pity because we have quite a bit of toner left.
Does anybody have any recommendations or warnings of a replacement. It
is the norm
wrote:
On 09/05/17 13:32, Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire wrote:
On Tue, May 9, 2017, at 10:19 AM, Roger Munford via Hampshire wrote:
They have raced ahead developing the monitor but have now reached the
point of early deployment and have come against an unexpected problem.
How to organise
Hampshire wrote:
On Tue, May 9, 2017, at 10:19 AM, Roger Munford via Hampshire wrote:
They have raced ahead developing the monitor but have now reached the
point of early deployment and have come against an unexpected problem.
How to organise themselves. They are about to receive some grant
funding
I have recently come across a group of postgraduate students at
Southampton University who are developing cheap RP based air quality
monitors with the intention of creating a "citizen science" network
which would provide real time AQ information alongside the very few,
very accurate and very ex
I bought my pi(s) at the Pi Hut https://thepihut.com/. I think they
started from scratch, have a range of extras and offer some support.
Nothing has gone wrong with the purchasing (5 times) so I think they are
well organised and probably pay UK tax and prices look OK. They do kits
which make it
At last sandwiches. I am planning to go and can offer some places in the
car from Southampton.
Regards
Roger
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Sorry to pollute the list with a request for windows help but it is a
bit exceptional and somebody may have the experience to nail it.
I wrote a programme years ago which is still being used and has survived
upgrades from win2k upwards to win7. The programme uses a mapped network
drive to shar
First David Bowie and Alan Rickman, the referendum and now this .
Looking forward to the end of this wretched year.
Roger
On 10/08/2016 22:59, Tim Brocklehurst via Hampshire wrote:
Hello everybody,
Sparked by the imminent renewal of the HantsLUG domain name, the committee
has recently been d
It may already be widespread but I had never heard it before my son told
it to me.
Q Why do programmers confuse Christmas with Halloween?
A Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec
Roger
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I am just about to install a new kitchen.
For years I have had a mains powered radio that I switch on by clicking
the power socket. The station or volume never change and I like the
simplicity.
However I would like to be able to listen to the bbc iplayer but I don't
mind taking extra time fo
Just got back from the event and it was excellent.
Thank you Thomas
On 30/06/2016 12:18, Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire wrote:
Hi all,
We're starting up a Python user group in Southampton, and I thought
there might be some overlap of interests with this list. Our next
meeting is at 6pm on Tuesd
Like most people I have plans to scan the family photographic archives
and the long term plan was to buy some state of the art hardware with
some family members and when everybody has finished sell the equipment
on. My local residents association want to scan their archives going
back to 1930
problem on the old pc.
Thanks
Roger
On 31/05/2016 12:12, Roger Munford via Hampshire wrote:
I am trying to replace an old failed Epos system which is no longer
made with a second hand pos PC.
The new second hand PC had its disk wiped so I had to buy a copy of
Microsoft "PosReady2009"
I am trying to replace an old failed Epos system which is no longer made
with a second hand pos PC.
The new second hand PC had its disk wiped so I had to buy a copy of
Microsoft "PosReady2009" which is a version of XP for Epos and is still
supported.
The new PC has no disk drive and so I hav
I have been looking for something that I assumed would exist but appears
not to.
A farmer friend has a solar array some distance from the house. The
inverter is housed in a steel shipping container. As part of a more
complex setup there is a controller which senses when there is excess
power
A friend of mine is a battery expert and has built up quite an
impressive company over the last decade or so.
He is starting a project to develop a hybrid diesel electric marine
drive that is particularly suitable for water taxis for place like
Venice and Amsterdam. He is hoping to raise some fu
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