April 14, 2024
IVT, Bosch heat pump easy integration, Home Assistant
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 05, 2024
OpenPlotter v4 Beta, install guide
OpenPlotter(OP), a Boat Navigation application, is really a nice and simple installation of
- OpenPlotter(OP)
- OpenCPN(OC)
- SignalK(SK)
March 02, 2024
Raspberry Pi OS Lite with GUI, RDP, VNC, Chrome
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.
March 01, 2024
OpenPlotter V3, install guide
Updated 2024-03-01 !
- OpenPlotter(OP)
- OpenCPN(OC)
- SignalK(SK)
February 28, 2024
Raspberry Pi 2, 3, 4 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
February 27, 2024
AIS receiver and dispatcher ! The best ?!
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 12, 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.
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
January 05, 2024
Samba, RPi as Windows file/print server
If You want that the Raspberry Pi(RPi), shall appear in MS File Explorer or Mac Finder, as a File server, the easiest way is to install Samba.
This also makes it much easier if You want to edit files on the RPi with editors from Your MS/Apple device. Or maybe moving files from/to the RPi.
January 03, 2024
SeaTalk1 to NMEA 0183 converter, DIY
December 06, 2023
Raspberry Pi OS install with Mac/Windows/Linux
When starting up a new project with Raspberry Pi I like to start up fresh and with a minimal OS. Therefore i always use Raspberry Pi OS(ROS) Lite and then adding what I need.
December 05, 2023
SDR calibrate with kalibrate-rtl
The calibration could be done against standard GSM transmitters which are providing a stable reference frequency.
December 01, 2023
Signal K quick install
Signal K is the hub to receive data, from different devices in different data formats, and send it on to different equipment, or databases, in different formats. Most common for standard marine equipment are the old NMEA 0183 and the newer NMEA 2000 protocol which is also handled.
Besides the SK "hub" function developers have created plugins for different purposes. This is due to that SK is open-source ! Sharing is caring !
November 09, 2023
AIS receiver & dispatcher with OpenSeaMap
The application showing the map is SignalK, (SK) a OpenSource project for marine use.
With the "ais-forwarder" plugin you could send/dispatch the NMEA AIS data to Marinetraffic or Vesselfinder. Another AIS-dispatcher.