v01.09.04 [beta testers version]
this version is only interesting for those who want to play with NFS …

1. support NFS (experimental)

Support for NFS shares is added through the iMEDIA menu button
Add a new station: give it a name and enter for the address
nfs://ip-address:/path
for example when using CH3SNAS with NFS you can enter nfs://192.168.1.20:/mnt/HD_a2
when pressing ok you will notice that the ICON is still a blue circle, go out of this menu and go to the main menu or ie. setup menu. Re-enter the iMedia folder and the blue circle is changed into a folder. When entering this folder the actually mount of the NFS share is being executed
and you can access the NFS shares you have created in your exports file.

sidenote: if the icon has changed in a folder through the BGM button you can only edit the title, if you need to change the path, you have to enter a new station. If the icon is still the blue circle you can edit all through the BGM button

this feature is experimental and we are checking how to make it more userfriendly. But hey .. NFS itself is not really userfriendly ;-) its for linux geeks only, no linux box/nas no NFS

2. remove PowerOff warning/error message
3. fix small avi ( ~10M ) segmenataion fault issue from NAS

People who want to beta test can apply with a valid e-mail address in the comments.

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Last week published through the official channel: the GNU/GPL sourcecode for CH3SNAS 1.03 firmware

No idea if people use it, if if you do: have fun with it

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I’ve new firmware available for those sending me an e-mail @ dennis @ aroundmyroom dot com

it’s 1.03 (0418.2008) where we have removed the scandisk function and fixed the e-mail issues with regard to the . and - characters not be able to use to store/save it.

In reply to reports of users mentioning that the HDD does not want to go into standby: engineers are not able to reproduce this <sigh>, so I must collect as much info as possible

• How Much HDD? 1 or 2 ?
• What is/are the brandname(s) of the HDD(s) ?
• If you use 1 HDD, is it inserted LEFT or RIGHT (frontview) ?
• If you use 2 HDD which one does not spindown ?
• With which firmware did you format the HDD: 1.02, 1.03 ?
• How is it formatted? Single Disk, Raid1 etc…
• Do you use UPnP Server ?
• Do you use iTunes Server ?
• Did you enable PowerSave ?
• Do you use Fun_Plug ?
• Any other additional info you want to give?

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Please find in this entry the preview of the 1.03Final version just before it will be posted onto the official site at the end of this week.  Somewhere next week (but I will not be here in Europe)

This 1.03Final (2nd version) will be exact the same version when published at the Conceptronic driver website

The reason why it’s published here is to get valuable feedback from early adaptors so that a certain unseen important bug can be noticed before.

Our first version was withdrawn due to a nasty bug mentioned by early adaptors: data transferred could get corrupted. After getting a fix, there were still some issues left (rename folders causing an error message and ssl ftp did not work anymore), so therefore it took more time to release the 1.03Final version than expected. S O R R Y.

In this release some new added features and fixes compared to previous 1.03 version.

• Fixed: formatting is stopping at 94%
• Fixed: DHCP server issue offering IP to client
• Fixed: Scan disk failure
• Change: Changing cramfs into SquashFS
• Added function:  fun_plug does not work on sdb2 : Fixed.
• Fixed: data corruption (files getting bigger) when storing data with alternative tools (Total Commander etc).
• Added: PureFTPD supports SIZE and MDTM 
• Fixed: HDD1 unable to sleep in Raid1 mode
• Added Request : FTP Server support option -O : ftp logging
• Change: UPnP server: Refresh newly added files automatically,  so we removed the “Refresh” button and Auto Refresh Timer from the GUI. (enable / disable will re-index the total database) The database will not be updated when using FTP. This change will make the UPnP server run more stable.
• Added Request : PureFTPD supports SSL
• Added function: Scan Disk functionality

no guarantees & warranties ;-)

download here

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The Conceptronic CH3WNAS was having an issue with users having a large collection of AV media and it’s UPnP AV server.

version 1.04 will fix the processing of +10.000 files in UPnP AV mode

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Important info: 1.03Final can cause files to become corrupted when copying data with an alternative copy tool, like: Total Commander and/or TeraCopy etc. This has been reported by several users and I could finally reproduce it today.

Therefore please use 1.03b6a again to be sure your copied data will not be corrupted!

New firmware to be expected today /tomorrow. It will be the final 1.03 version

Released: 1.03Final 

• added Request : PureFTPD supports SIZE and MDTM
• added Request: SSL support
• Fixed: HDD1 unable to sleep in Raid1 mode
• added Request : FTP Server support option -O : ftp logging
• Refresh only new added files automatically (instantly), so remove the “Refresh” button and Auto Refresh Timer from GUI for UPnP AV server part / I-Tunes part. this will give more stability and better performance. Note: Works through SAMBA shares, FTP is unknown
• added Request: NFS v3 option enabled (for use with fun_plug: untested)
• added: scandisk returned
• Questionmark: fun_plug installation workable? Existing installations seems to work, but I was unable to get it working on my device (from scratsch) <sigh> unrar the funplug put it in the root of Volume_1 .. reboot .. no go :-( I think I do something wrong .. strange: Volume_2 .. worked

Other options requested are scheduled for 1.04 (like the HELO part for Matthijs)

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Dagelijks stopten we de dames in de auto en reden we van het geweldige hotel naar de Cebit in nog geen 15 minuten. Parkeren op West2 en via de grote lege!! hal 27 naar Hal25

Aangekomen op de beurs en de stand waar we tezamen met Paceblade en het nieuwe merk Abbrazzio staan/stonden

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Gedurende de opbouw is er nog geen catering, maar kun je wel een klein ‘kuch’ pizzaatje krijgen.

Hier zie je m’n gewaardeerde collega PM een Vulcano pizza verorberen. Een zeer ‘hete’ pizza dubbel uitgevoerd .. en klein dat ie was …..

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The Cebit stand

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04.45AM - Wakker worden .. Tijd om naar Hannover te gaan.

05.30 vertrek vanuit Apeldoorn: ik en een collega gaan naar Hannover om ons daar bij al 6 aanwezige collega’s te voegen.

Vandaag is het ‘opbouw’ dag. Ik ga ervoor zorgen dat demo’s en ons locale infrastructuur gaat werken. Dat betekent dus: hopen dat er genoeg netwerk kabel ligt, dat het ook ligt waar we het hebben getekend, dat ons 10Mbit netwerk opgeleverd wordt (glas), en dat we genoeg AccessPoints, switches en webcamera’s hebben draaien om collega’s te kunnen laten werken.

De rest van de demo’s concentreren zich rondom een bepaalde hoek opstelling van de stand, en ook daar gaan we wat met het netwerk doen .. dus hier zal ook e.e.a. aangezet en geconfigureerd moeten worden ..

Drukke dag dus ..

Woensdag avond laat ben ik weer thuis. De Cebit begint voor de bezoeker Dinsdag en eindigt Zondag.

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