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Comet open source remote KVM from GL-iNet
- remram 2y agoIt doesn't look like the source or the product are available yet?
- vamega 2y agoIt doesn't look like this is available just yet. I can't wait to see more details when it comes out. I have a JetKVM (https://jetkvm.com/ https://jetkvm.com/) and it's been absolutely fantastic. I'm still waiting on the ATX expansion board, but the core unit is used to monitor my homeserver.
- thangngoc89 2y agoCan a single JetKVM control multiple computers? I have several AI training machines that occasionally got stuck and need a power cycle. Most of the time this happened when I’m out of town so it has been annoying.
- tredre3 2y agoIt can only control one set of monitor/hid but through the extension port you could wire up something for multiple computers power buttons (the ATX module mentioned by GP uses a rp2040, which has plenty of GPIOs). I think it would be simpler to buy a network PDU (or iot plugs) for your use case, assuming the computers can be set to power-on automatically.
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- xanth 2y agoThese look great, but if you missed the Kickstarter boat and you're only just finding out about them today; how do you buy one?
- bb88 2y agoWait. My theory was that they were so popular making a solution like this, that they were overwhelmed with orders. Kinda like how Framework have a 3-6 month wait from order to delivery. I'm guessing they're getting through the kickstarter batch and then they're going to launch a store, particularly once they get all the bugs worked out of the manufacturing process. I kinda would like to see a DP over USB-C version so keyboard, mouse, video, and power all go over one cable.
- baby_souffle 2y agoI'm very curious to see if they went with vanilla Lennox for this or if they're going to repurpose the openwrt system that they know so well. Also, I'm calling it right now, shortly after this launches there will be some pretty tight integration with some of their other networking gear. Something like a plug and play off the shelf remote out of band management solution
- mrbluecoat 2y agoLOL, I googled Lennox then realized it was an autocorrect typo of Linux
- throwaway48476 2y agoLennox is terrible and won't even give you the service manual unless you have a government HVAC cert number.
- baby_souffle 2y ago> LOL, I googled Lennox then realized it was an autocorrect typo of Linux Good catch! Too bad I didn't catch it before comment edit timer expired. Yes, that _should_ have read "linux" and not the HVAC mfgr :).
- Aurornis 2y agoHas anyone been able to find the open source part? Is the software open source? The hardware? I’m not seeing anything other than a claim that it’s open source.
- selykg 2y agoThe product isn’t released yet. I would hazard a guess that the source will come after the device is officially available
- zamadatix 2y agoGP isn't asking for the source files now, they are asking what parts of the product are going to be open source. The only thing the pre-launch advertisement page says is "open source" and this company has had troubles with how open different software components of the firmware actually ended up being so it's a fair question to want to know what the advertisement is actually claiming before getting interested in it.
- explorigin 2y agohttps://github.com/gl-inet https://github.com/gl-inet I don't see anything under "comet" or "kvm" but this is the place to watch I suppose.
- deeth_starr_v 2y agoThis has been debated about glinet stuff in the past. I don’t think everything gets open sourced but it has open source code for parts of it
- c0wb0yc0d3r 2y agoThat’s my thought too. A person cannot build any of the firmware for their routers. It’s all based on openwrt though. Hopefully, we’ll be able to flash these with openwrt.
- deadlyllama 2y agoHow similar is this to the sipeed NanoKVM? (RISC-V based, software source https://github.com/sipeed/NanoKVM https://github.com/sipeed/NanoKVM ) From the outside it looks very very alike.
- kotaKat 2y agoI think everything coming out now is (essentially) coming down to the same core chips -- an HDMI-to-USB capture device + WCH's various UART-to-HID products being hubbed together. Just pick your SoC and software to run the show on top. https://www.wch-ic.com/products/CH9329.html https://www.wch-ic.com/products/CH9329.html
- wtallis 2y agoThere's also the class of devices that includes PiKVM, where it's HDMI-to-MIPI for the video capture, and everything else is standard Raspberry Pi capabilities (Ethernet, WiFi, USB host and device, GPIO for motherboard power/reset/LED).
- jauntywundrkind 2y agoI miss the power control. I really want my home gaming machine to be an on-demand remote streaming system. I don't expect to use this for that, I think Sunshine & Moonlight are probably going to give better results. But, I do need a way to turn my system on and off. Alas, try as I might (I just tried again last night for a couple hours), my Gigabyte board refuses to suspend. It just wakes up immediately. There's a whole ass section of the AechWiki for Gigabyte boards being trouble, alas... Never ever again! https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Power_management/Wakeup_triggers#Gigabyte_motherboards https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Power_management/Wakeup_tri... So I kind of need a remote kvm, but one that can also trigger power on on my computer.
- jon-wood 2y agoWake on LAN has existed for decades, and works just fine for that if you’ve got an always on machine somewhere on your network. I have Home Assistant set up so that I can hit a button on my phone and it’ll wake my PC from wherever I am and let me connect via Parsec. Once I’m in powering off is fine because I can just tell Windows to shut down. If you are running Windows try holding shift when you click the shutdown menu item, it’ll force it to do a full power down rather than suspending.
- rgovostes 2y agoHas existed on decades, just requires the simple process of turning it on in your BIOS, then changing your network adapter advanced settings in Windows to Wake on Magic Packet, and configure the power management settings to "allow this device to wake the computer", etc... It's like a 20 step process.
- mcmcmc 2y agoThat’s three steps
- DistractionRect 2y agoAFAIK you can't send wol packets between subnets, or over wireguard, without either reconfiguring your router firewall or setting up an proxy service on Lan what you can poke to actually send the wol request.
- apitman 2y agoAre things like this and NanoKVM basically the same as TinyPilot, which I've seen discussed on HN?
- alessandroberna 2y agoYes, they all are KVM over IP solutions. They just differ in software, SoCs / board design and price points
- bastard_op 2y agoI've have a need for a kvm for a customer I'm working with because they're too cheap to buy an enterprise-y one, so I ordered a couple JetKVM's to use and test, but I've been waiting a month so far, and not really sure when I'll get them. The joy of kickstarters... I looked at the nanokvm's, but there's some serious issues with power feedback in the v1 design they're selling still that causes devices not to boot, so that seemed a non-starter, though I really like sispeed's pci card concept too - may still getting one of these. Not yet stocked in the US anywhere yet either I found. I jumped on this as at least I know of GL-iNet that I can buy them usually and expect a product to ship, albeit slow boat from China. Sadly not shipping yet, but here's hope it's something they'll stock in an Amazon warehouse eventually.
- MezzoDelCammin 2y agoAs for the nanoKVM power design, I agree it's a pain. Not sure what's the state of things on the forums now, but in my experience, the issue comes from the device trying to draw power via the USB HID port instead of the dedicated PD. In my case it helped enabling power sharing on that USB. That prevents the host cutting power there and the KVM stays on when the PC restarts
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- hannasm 2y agoThis sounds like the kind of dream KVM hardware I've been searching out for 20 years but isn't a quad core 1.6ghz CPU a little excessive to forward USB and HDMI signals? The security implications of trusting some random Linux distro produced by anyone, to put unfettered access to your stuff on the Internet seems iffy. Also this doesn't actually seem to be a kvm because it requires a separate cpu to access the video and USB. It seems to me more like a vnc / remote desktop kind of thing. Is there something I'm missing?
- dfc 2y agoIt's too bad that it does not include VGA by default.