Been looking at OpenHab for home automation - first impressions are pretty good. Tried home assistant first but it seemed to want me to register for cloud accounts to be able to use certain features. On a side note, any recommendations for a Linux distro to run on an older laptop ?
Managed to set up an old raspberry Pi 1 to share wifi to its Ethernet port, connected that to an old WiFi router and now have WiFi extended to reach the garden.
Not really. But the position of our main router to get internet where we want it in the house means it didn’t reach the garden. Now I can browse while I have my morning coffee and cigarette. Also, I’ve been trying to find something useful to do with the raspberry pi.
The bright sunlight does not work well with my screens. Luckily I don't smoke so I don't have to stand outside in the morning when its still cold. My Raspberry Pi or new hobby due to the plague is gardening so I know what you mean about finding things to do... I'm growing everything in containers though so they can't get too big and out of control, plus I can move them about easily. Or get rid if it becomes a disaster/ hassel.
Decided against home assistant and other similar packages. Going with a server on a different (local only) network and then using ESP8266 modules to create temperature sensors etc round the house. Eventually want to control the heating on a room by room basis and maybe the hot water.
Got my server working and writing data from a temperature sensor to a database, then displaying it in a line graph. quite pleased with myself, haven’t done anything with PHP etc for years. waiting for other modules now so I can put one in every room.
Already got them, but not impressed with the hue or similar so doing it my way (much much cheaper too). only useful thing with the hue is a pir sensor to turn the stairs light on, but that will go when my cheaper version is up and running.
Very smart move with your network setup ! An internet-facing Pi on a home network is xmas-come-early for hackers , skiddies and Mr Robot wannabees , especially if it's running on the default settings .... eg. hostname Pi , and still on port 22 Don't get me wrong , I'm not picking on the Pi , I absolutely love the little buggers ! I've got one running Pi-hole , another is a Kodi box using LibreELEC , and a couple are just for kicking around projects , as and when I think of them .
Thank you. One of the things I don’t like about Hue, Nest etc is that they all seem to require multiple cloud accounts if you want to start connecting it all together. I was late discovering the ESP8266, but like the idea of having all this connected through a separate network that’s not connected to the internet. Do like a gadget, especially the PI. (Also means I can learn more about networks along the way).
Decided on Pi-hole and pivpn on my Pi B. Pi 3 is doing my home automation project. Pi4 have setup a samba share. Been looking at using a Pi for bike diagnostics, sadly the linux version of guzzidiag isn't built for ARM processors, wondering about one of the Pi OBD projects - to see if it will at least talk to my ECU, then have to try and work out how to read and write to the correct areas.
Have you looked in to running guzzidiag via ExaGear and Wine on the Pi? https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-windows-software-raspberry-pi/
I teach robotics at night to school kids. We take part in various competitions. Not done anything interesting though
I didn’t have much luck with wine (years ago on an old laptop though). Exagear looks worth a better look, thanks, I’d not heard of that. My original plan was to see if Pi OBD would allow communication to the ECU at least. Then see if the serial data can be ‘decoded’ somehow. I’ve used wireshark for Ethernet before, guessing there is similar software for serial.
I had the same experiences with WINE and quickly gave up on it .... a bit crash-happy and trips over it's own feet . Maybe it's got better over the years ? I've just looked at the other related thread , with the link to a Linux version of the diagnostic software , and I think you could be right about problems running it on ARM processors .... it might be a stretch BTW - Great project idea ! Have you had a look on this forum ? https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/ I half remember seeing a thread on there about a vehicle diagnostics / canbus type of project .... but it was a while back .
I haven’t tried wine for years, maybe it’s worth another go. Not sure if the source code is available for GuzziDiag (I couldn’t find it) or how involved it would be to re compile it for ARM. Do you mean this thread, <a href="https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threa...ics-software-adapter-for-diy-servicing.40729/">New Ducati Service / Diagnostics Software & Adapter For Diy Servicing</a> That seemed to die about 4 years ago.
No , not that one .... it's here - https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/diagnostic-software-who-uses-what.71471/#post-1708950 Re. source code - I've just looked again at the developer's website and I can't see any references to GitHub , nor any contact details
It’s a bit of shame there’s no contact details. I think there’s two options Run GuzziDiag with some serial ‘snooping’ software, to interpret how to read and write to the ECU. Start from scratch, have found some sites showing how to parse the OBD data from a terminal log. I know it’s not Can but the communication interface is OBD.
