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OpenPlotter, V1, quick install guide

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Updated 2020-01-13 ! OpenPlotter is; A complete boat navigation system Includes OpenCPN, Chart plotter navigation OpenSource, so it's free ! Running on Raspberry Pi(RPi) Its hardware is cheap Running on Unix, so its reliable I really  don't   recommend this old OP 1, instead check out OP V2 , stable,  which works very well ! 

Razberry backup and restore

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There are two ways to take a backup of Your Raspberry Pi:s, (RPi) Razberry(RZ) configuration; Clone the Raspberry boot disk Backup just the Razberry configuration The first way is a described in this post and here we will use the built in function in the Razberry GUI

HomeKit bridge with IKEA Trådfri, Blinds

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          Updated 2019-09-20 ! This Blogpost was initially made before the IKEA outlets was enabled in the Apple Home app. They could then just be reached via a Tradfri Homebridge plugin .  Since a while blinds are supported by this plugin but not by the IKEA Gateway and app so maybe its time again to install it ? Another post covers the installation of the TrÃ¥dfri gateway with a HomeKit approach . (Without Homebridge) Other  HomeKit posts  on this Blogg

HomeKit bridge with Z-Wave II

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In a former post I used Homebridge on a Raspberry Pi , to make Z-wave devices appear in the Apple Home app, but there is a simpler and faster, way. Start with the install of the Razberry card or upgrade to Z-way V3.0.0 Other  HomeKit posts  on this Blogg

Internet speed measure

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Updated 2019-08-10 ! New to Node-Red(NR) and maybe start with a simple application You can benefit direct from ? This application is measuring Your Internet connection at chosen intervals using Speedtest.net  and showing the result in a graph. If the speed is under a set value it will send You an email. New ! better version  !

NMEA WiFi gateway II

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My thoughts, about NMEA WiFi have finalized ? since my first post in the subject  and the Yacht Devices YDWG-02N is now installed in my NMEA2000/ST/NMEA0183 network and works just fine.  I'm already using Raymarine ST => ST NG converter but otherwise I had bought the YDNR-02  instead which should have done the same job. Please find some thoughts from the installation below.

Mojave on unsupported Mac

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Updated 2019-05-11 ! My old Mac Book Air, mid 2011, didn't support the latest MacOS, Mojave. So after some checking I found this brilliant fix  which did the job. This guy have really done a fantastic job with great instructions and even a Youtube video .

Weather34 & WeatherLink w/o cronjob

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Running Weather 34, W34, using my setup , the program " cumulusdata.php " is fetching data from Davis Weatherlink(WL), and are writing the data to a file, type Cumulus. The old way was to fetch the data via a scheduled cronjob.  Doing a small change to " windspeeddirection.php ",  " updater.php "  , and using  the latest version of  " cumulusdata.php ",  will do the update with the built in W34 refresh routine instead of cron job. Thanks to Ken who gave me the hint.

HomeKit bridge with Telldus Live

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Updated 2019-03-18 ! Do You have Telldus devices up and running and want them to be visible and used in Apples Home app ? With some software and a Raspberry Pi(RPi)  they will appear in the HomeKit environment. Other  HomeKit posts  on this Blogg