September 15, 2024
iCloud drive sync with a Linux, Ubuntu, device
September 10, 2024
Ubuntu Desktop for beginners or easy start !
September 09, 2024
Installing Ubuntu 24.04 on an old MacBook Air(2011)
A while ago i tested Mac OS Sonoma(14.5), on the mentioned Mac, but I had to admit that Sonoma was a little to much for the 13 year old companion.
I really like the Mac and everything works, after a battery change, so it ended up with installing the latest Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS.
August 30, 2024
SeaTalk1 to NMEA 0183 converter, DIY
August 03, 2024
AIS receiver and dispatcher ! The best ?!
July 08, 2024
Waveshare CAN hat with Signal K & OpenPlotter
It's recommended to use an isolated one which also is demanded for those interfaces which can be approved by the N2K group.
July 01, 2024
Raspberry Pi OS Lite with GUI, RDP, VNC, Chromium
I like the Raspberry Pi(RPi), with Raspberry Pi OS Lite (no Desktop is included), headless operation, and then adding the software You need. Until now I haven't had a use case where I needed a Desktop but now was time.
June 30, 2024
OpenPlotter v4 stable, install guide
Updated 2024-06-30 !
OpenPlotter(OP), a Boat Navigation application, is really a nice and simple installation of
- OpenPlotter(OP)
- OpenCPN(OC)
- SignalK(SK)
June 20, 2024
Node-Red quick install
Node-Red(NR) is Flow-based programming for the Internet of Things
This post isn't made as a complete install guide, there are several, just some links to the best information I have found.
The best thing is that even if you don't are a skilled programmer, but like logic flows, you can make really advanced things. It's pre-installed on some Raspberry Pi(RPi) distributions.
Running Node-Red with multiple instances ?
June 06, 2024
Raspberry Pi 2, 3, 4, 5 USB SSD or USB drive boot
- Create the setup you want on a ordinary SD card(Or use existing)
- Make a bootable backup/clone of the SD card saving it to the USB SSD
- Remove the SD card and boot from the USB SSD
June 05, 2024
Raspberry 4,5 USB SSD boot in 60 seconds !
If you have a RPi 4, 5 and a USB SSD or other USB drive, that works as a boot media, just use the RPi imager which can write the image direct to the USB storage.
May 27, 2024
Bredbandskollen, Internet speed, CLI
May 16, 2024
Raymarine E120 & E80 backlight failure
It's from 2006 so I'm not surprised that things happen. You may wonder why we keep it instead of buying a new one but the thing is that we have 2 installed together with a well functioning radar so buying new stuff will be a hefty price tag.
After some Googling I found out that the backlight is produced by a CCFL, a type of neon light, and can give up after some years.
May 03, 2024
Signal K charts, offline & online
April 14, 2024
IVT, Bosch heat pump easy integration, Home Assistant
In search of the optimal solution on how to interface our IVT Heat pump, first try here, I stumbled over a nice integration for Home Assistant(HA). A first quick setup is shown at the right.
April 05, 2024
Home Assistant core install, Raspberry Pi and Python 3.12
It works very well and here are the install instructions.
On the other hand if you want to add HA to a RPi which you already have up and running, without Docker, you need to install something which is called "Home Assistant Core".
Please check the "Remarks" below before you start.
April 01, 2024
IVT, Bosch heat pump easy integration, NodeRed
With the nice application Bosch XMPP you can set up an integration with the cloud service supplied by your vendor.
March 01, 2024
OpenPlotter V3, install guide
Updated 2024-03-01 !
- OpenPlotter(OP)
- OpenCPN(OC)
- SignalK(SK)
February 20, 2024
Clone the Raspberry boot disk
A very nice way to fix a backup is to make a copy, bootable, of the actual SD card You are using on the Raspberry Pi(RPi). This will be done even when the RPi is up and running !
This application can also be used to make a bootable SSD or USB drive !!
You clone from the command line so You don't need the standard GUI, Pixel, and the "SD card copier" function.
It is also possible to set up a a scheduled job, cronjob explained later, which for example makes a clone every night at 1 o'clock.
February 10, 2024
DMI forecast API for atmosphere, ocean and sea ice, free !
DMI is the Danish Meteorological Institute and the Open Data API provides free and open access to DMI’s data.They are covering a pretty big area not just Denmark.
February 08, 2024
GRIB files and extracting data, Linux, Raspberry
February 07, 2024
Teltonika RUT 240 as source for Mesh Network or router
Since almost 2 years I have used mobile broadband as a source for the Mesh network, at home, via a Nokia Fastmile(NF) with no direct flaws.
Getting a very nice offer, half the monthly cost, for mobile Internet from our mobile phone operator it was time to test something new.
Since I probably will have to return the Nokia receiver quitting the old supplier I had to test the new provider with some other equipment. Running the Teltonika RUT 240(TR) in our yacht, in the summertime, it was available for testing.
January 20, 2024
AIS reciever for Raspberry Pi, 2 channel
This post covers the setup for a AIS, dual channel, receiver for Raspberry Pi(RPi) with systemd autostart.
AIS posts with charts/maps
Improve receiving range? Calibrate ! Instructions in this post
The best AIS application ? is found here !
January 08, 2024
Install Weather34 with WeatherLink, v2 API
Updated 2024-01-08 OK with Bookworm 64 bit, PHP 8.2 !
This post is an update from a former post which handles on how to set up a weather WEB-site with data from Davis Weather Link(WL) but here adapted to the latest WL API v2.Any product that reports weather data to WL can be used as a source for this weather template.This is made without additional software such as Cumulus, Weather display or the Meteobridge product.
January 07, 2024
RPi install Apache/PHP WEB-server
As a part of one of my project, the ultimate Weather site ? Weather34, I needed a WEB-host with PHP.
I started up with a fresh Raspberry OS Lite SD Card with Samba installed.
Log on, with ssh/terminal to the RaspberryPi(RPi), in this case hostname "pws01", and update the OS with
sudo apt full-upgrade -y
sudo apt clean
sudo apt install apache2