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  X3000 Mini PC Kits                                                                                                                 Tech Spec and Instructions  
   
Tech Specs		  
 
For Use With   - RASPBERRY PI 3 MODEL B / PI 2 MODEL B / PI 1 MODEL A+ / PI 1 MODEL B+
Operating System   - Raspbian Jessie / OSMC / Openelec / Volumio ...etc
Power Supply Unit    - AC 90 ~ 240V input, 5Vdc 3A output
     With 3 snap-in plugs for North America (US), Europe (EU), United Kingdom (UK) 
I/O Ports

  - USB 2.0 x4
  - Micro USB port  x1 (MSATA SSD external access with PC, MAC)
  - Mini HDMI
  - 10/100 Ethernet RJ45 jack
  - 3.5mm Audio jack ( HDMI audio output and  5.1CH SPDIF optical output)
  - MSATA port - Supports up to 1TB MSATA internal SSD
Wireless    - WIFI (IEEE 802.11b/g/n, Internal 2.4GHz antenna)
   - Built in IR sensor (38KHz, GPIO2 used)
Misc    - Turn on / off with 2-second touch
   - Colorful breathing light
   - Forced air cooling by built-in DC fan
   - Built in High quality audio headphone amplifier (TI TPA6133A)
Main Application Field   - Home Theater Personal Computer(HTPC)
  - Education
  - Office 
  - Hotel Rooms. Diskless, locally run, smart design, upgrading hotel service
  - DIY a finished Raspberry Pi Computer


 
   
   A. FITTING THE RASPBERRY PI  
 
Required Accessories






Accessories Installation





Raspberry Pi board Installation

1) Remove the four screws at the bottom of the chassis and remove the bottom cover




MSATA SSD SHOULD BE INSTALLED BEFORE FITTING THE RASPBERRY PI.

2) Connect the power & IR cable from Raspberry Pi to the 2-pin male pin header
3) Plugs the HDMI daughter board into the 14-pin HDMI female pin header
4) Connect the cable of USB daughter board to the 3-pin PH connector
5) Screwing the Raspberry Pi board



  
  
   B. POWER ON / OFF  
 
TO TURN ON

1) HDMI cable and power adapter should be connected before powering on.
2) Touch the power symbol and hold until the colorful breathing light is ON.



TO SHUTDOWN

1) Power off your system using the system menu - IMPORTANT!
2) Touch the power symbol and hold until the colorful breathing light is OFF.
3) It is recommended to unplug the power supply unit when you are not using it.


  
  C1. OPERATING SYSTEM CONFIGURATION - OSMC  
     
  C2. OPERATING SYSTEM CONFIGURATION - VOLUMIO  
     
   C3. OPERATING SYSTEM CONFIGURATION - RASPBIAN JESSIE  

Based on RASPBIAN JESSIE


Version: March 2016
Release date: 2016-03-18
Kernel version: 4.1

HDMI setting


<1> To ensure that the necessary kernel modules are loaded at boot
 
pi@raspberrypi ~ $   sudo nano /boot/config.txt
   
<2> Uncomment following three lines in config.txt by removing '#' located at start of the line. (check Images below)
 
 
     
hdmi_force_hotplug=1      pretends that HDMI device is always attached
hdmi_group                            specifies whether monitor is DMT type (Computers) or CEA type (TV)
hdmi_mode                            specifies the resolution of monitor.

<3> For hdmi_group value selection : If you’re using output as Computer monitor then replace value ’1′ with ’2′, so the new config will be like :
  
hdmi_group=2
                      
(Select value 1 for TV, Select value 2 for monitor)

<4> For hdmi_mode value selection :  Now open eLinux RPi config scroll down, there in hdmi_mode two tables are given, select the correct resolution as per your monitor. (Table1 if you’re using TV & Table2 if you’re using Monitor)
Since my monitor’s resolution is 1440×900 px, hdmi_mode=47 fits me the best. So, the modified config.txt will be like.
 
hdmi_mode=47

Overall my uncommented lines will look something like :



<5> adding the "hdmi_drive=2" line at the bottom



<6> Save your changes by pressing Ctrl-x then Y

<7> Reboot your Raspberry Pi
 
pi@raspberrypi ~ $   sudo reboot

<8> Mouse right click the speaker icon and select audio output of HDMI

Testing the IR receiver


<9> Installing LIRC
 
pi@raspberrypi ~ $   sudo apt-get install lirc

<10> Add the two lines below to /etc/modules . This will start the modules up on boot. Pin 8 bellow will be used to take the output from the IR sensor.
 
pi@raspberrypi ~ $   sudo nano /etc/modules
     
lirc_dev
lirc_rpi gpio_in_pin=2



<11> Save your changes by pressing Ctrl-x then Y

<12> If you are using 3.18.x RaspberryPi firmware you must modify one additional file for the lirc-rpi kernel extension to be loaded:
          
Edit your /boot/config.txt file
         
pi@raspberrypi ~ $   sudo nano  /boot/config.txt

and add:
dtoverlay=lirc-rpi,gpio_in_pin=2



<13> Edit /etc/lirc/hardware.conf and have it appear exactly as shown below.
 
pi@raspberrypi ~ $   sudo nano /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
                              
# /etc/lirc/hardware.conf 
# 
# Arguments which will be used when launching lircd 
LIRCD_ARGS="--uinput" 
# Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file 
# START_LIRCMD=false 
# Don't start irexec, even if a good config file seems to exist. 
# START_IREXEC=false 
# Try to load appropriate kernel modules 
LOAD_MODULES=true 
# Run "lircd --driver=help" for a list of supported drivers. 
DRIVER="default" 
# usually /dev/lirc0 is the correct setting for systems using udev 
DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
MODULES="lirc_rpi" 
# Default configuration files for your hardware if any 
LIRCD_CONF="" 
LIRCMD_CONF="" 



The highlighted text are the parts that will need changing, though it’s worth checking the rest of the text incase you have a different initial configuration.

 <14> Save your changes by pressing Ctrl-x then Y

<15> Reboot the Raspberry Pi
 
pi@raspberrypi ~ $   sudo reboot

<16> Run these two commands to stop lircd and start outputting raw data from the IR receiver:
    
pi@raspberrypi ~ $   sudo /etc/init.d/lirc stop
pi@raspberrypi ~ $   mode2 -d /dev/lirc0

<17> Point a remote control at your IR receiver and press some buttons. You should see something like this:  


 
     
 
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