2012-04-29, 13:37
Good morning! I hope that one of the technical experts here will be able to guide me to resolve my query.
Firstly, a little background to my situation:
Following a flooding at home which led me to discover that most of the wiring wasn't earthed, I had a complete rewire and took the opportunity to install cat6 cabling everywhere. I also purchased a 3D-capable, 4x4 HDMI matrix switch which is currently only being served by 2 Sky TV boxes. Along with the router and Gigabit switch, this "media centre" is located away from everywhere else with the obvious idea being that it serves all the TVs in the house and currently works brilliantly at that job.
The plan is to add an HTPC (or two) to the network via the matrix switch but I am really confused how to remotely control it once installed. As the computers are going to be tucked away out of sight, what is the best way to do this? Is it possible to get a media centre remote or keyboard that connects via wifi or is there some other way that would work via the IR patch panels with the switch?
I really hope this makes sense and greatly appreciate all advice
Thanks very much
Firstly, a little background to my situation:
Following a flooding at home which led me to discover that most of the wiring wasn't earthed, I had a complete rewire and took the opportunity to install cat6 cabling everywhere. I also purchased a 3D-capable, 4x4 HDMI matrix switch which is currently only being served by 2 Sky TV boxes. Along with the router and Gigabit switch, this "media centre" is located away from everywhere else with the obvious idea being that it serves all the TVs in the house and currently works brilliantly at that job.
The plan is to add an HTPC (or two) to the network via the matrix switch but I am really confused how to remotely control it once installed. As the computers are going to be tucked away out of sight, what is the best way to do this? Is it possible to get a media centre remote or keyboard that connects via wifi or is there some other way that would work via the IR patch panels with the switch?
I really hope this makes sense and greatly appreciate all advice
Thanks very much