Guides

Guides, DIY, and How-to’s
Welcome to the guides section of our blog. This catagory is reserved for a lot of the technical things of what we love doing throughout our day to day existence. Some of these deal with some DIY projects we’ve done while others is just our own experience with certain pieces of hardware. Feel free to browse around as there may be something of interest to you.
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As a kind note: Many of these guides are based around the personal experiences of those who run s-config.com and may not reflect the correct way of doing something. If you have any problems with what you are reading you can drop a comment in the article or contact us for any modifications or corrections.

AirPlay on my Raspberry Pi

November 2, 2019December 14, 2013 by S-Config

AirPlay audio only on the Raspberry Pi

Airplay (or in previous revisions from apple this protocol was called "AirTunes") audio is the ability to transmit audio from your smartphone device (The Apple I-phone does this natively and android users can actually download a plugin protocol for this) to another device which is hooked to a home stereo system. I know there are countless articles talking about how it's done. But since this is my blog I sometimes use my blog as just a random dump on how I get things going so in case I forget with my countless other projects I don't have to look for a particular site to show me how to get it working again. It's just annoying to find a site that talks about it just to have it disappear on you. So! Without further delay, my short little guide on how it is done.

Archived – Mono 2.11.4 for arm6

June 8, 2023July 12, 2013 by S-Config

Mono 2.11.4 is now archived.

Note these were the old instructions on how to install OpenSim for the Raspberry Pi which can still be found here. It does not need it anymore as Mono 3.x was compiled and fully functional at the time of this posting.

Here were the old instructions.

OpenSIM + Raspberry Pi + Rasbian Hard-Float= WORKs!

June 11, 2024July 11, 2013 by S-Config

OpenSim + Raspian hard-float = What was once broken now works!

A while ago we decided to go on a journey with OpenSim. For those who are new to metaverse software; OpenSim (Or OpenSimulator) is a program that emulates the back-end resources of a commercial metaverse known as "Second Life". The client or front-end that connects to OpenSim are third-party clients such as firestorm and Singularity. We liked working offline from SecondLife and keeping a backup of my stuff. What better way to do this than to keep it on something low-powered like a Raspberry Pi? Read on to learn more.

Better “DDR / Stepmania” Mat Controller I-PAC.

June 1, 2022February 14, 2013 by S-Config

I-Pac Controller for ddr and stepmania version 1.0 title.

Stepmania + Pads + I-PAC = solid response times!

StepMania love coming at you! This is a quasi blog and guide on how we got our dance pads to work well with StepMania thanks to the I-PAC. Just keep in mind that my solution is not the cheapest in the world. We were going for a solid solution when I moved my pads from PC to PC.

Let's Begin!

Reverse Engineering StepMania Characters

June 8, 2023January 28, 2013 by S-Config

Stepmania - Reverse Engineering Existing characters!

It appears that some people were interested more in how to extract characters from StepMania in order to understand how the process works. I should note that you should only do this if you want to get a better understanding for how StepMania characters are designed and how the program re-assembles the data structure once it was received. So this is an add-on tutorial explaining how to take a character that you may have downloaded from this site. and then how to view it in MilkShape and even have it animate right before your eyes!

A Guide for transferring 3-d models into StepMania.

October 4, 2024January 12, 2013 by S-Config

Welcome to the 3-d model tutorial guide for Stepmania Characters!

This is a guide for transferring a model from a 3d program and make it into a completely usable character inside of StepMania. Included are all example files.

Install StepMania Characters FAQ.

June 27, 2024July 5, 2012 by S-Config

Installing StepMania Characters Tutorial.

Install all of those dancing characters in StepMania 5.x!

When it comes to Stepmania and the characters that we've made. It's a modder obligation to provide adequate instructions in how to install this so just about any person can follow throw and have dancing characters to go with their favorite game of rhythm. In this blog entry, you will find how to install not just our StepMania characters but practically almost any StepMania character that you so happen to find on the net. So without further delay let's begin!

Bullet – physics installation for OpenSim

June 8, 2023July 25, 2011 by S-Config

Introduction to Bullet:

Bullet is the modern physics engine that the OpenSim development team is heading towards during the version 8.x builds of OpenSim. Although it's only bullet version 3.x it provided a more robust collision detection for regions to make them feel more like the Second Life regions. It is uncertain of Bullet development will continue with the introduction of AviNations code-merge of their updated ODE Physics which allows for better prim sitting and vehicle crossing from region to region. Currently, although you can follow all of the steps and compile bullet onto your Arm-based Pi. Bullet simple does not run and you must run Bulletin XNA mode which isn't optimal.

ODE Physics OpenSim Install

June 8, 2023July 25, 2011 by S-Config

ubODE / ODE physics installation for OpenSim:

Update 11/25/2015: ODE / OpenDyanamics engine instructions have been updated to reflect the following changes to OpenSim 9.0 after the merging of code. If you are still looking for the original instructions feel free to click here. as of 11/26/2015 a massive update to the ODE physics called ubODE was introduced to many of the OpenSim environments. Making it run better then bullet on slower machines such as the Pi.

AnubianHost’s new VPN feature – SiteLock.

February 29, 2020February 1, 2011 by S-Config

Alright, here's a quick guide on how we were able to get SiteLock VPN working on my Raspberry Pi (and will probably work with any/all flavors of PI running a Debian kernel.)