Partial functionality RPi + Solar bundle

Submitted by Guest on Tue, 07/05/2013 - 03:37

I've got the RPi base running with the "ready to go" image. I had to use the "older version" since when I tried to unzip the latest build Winzip complained that it needed 764 Petabytes of disk space....? (Win7Pro 64bit)

I've got EmonGLCD up and running. I've got EmonTx with 2 CTs up and running. I've got a remote temperature emonTX up and running.

I've brought up the emoncms webpage from another win7 box (Chrome) on the same network as the Pi and now have power readings appearing on the emonGLCD.

My puzzlement at the present moment is that feeds show "inactive" and I get no data on dashboards. Do I need to set this up from the Pi environment, not the Win7/Chrome webpage?

I've not configured the Pi at all from the Linux boot screen..... It took an hour to figure out that the username and password was "Pi" and "Raspberry" and now I'm staring at a command line prompt..... There must be some way to execute the emoncms gui?

A lot more questions but for now would be happy to set up dashboards so I can browse to the Pi with my Android tablet.

thanks in advance

Jeff in Connecticut

Re: Partial functionality RPi + Solar bundle

Submitted by jwhynall (not verified) on Tue, 07/05/2013 - 10:25.

So I've got the RPi GUI up and have logged into emoncms through the Pi browser. Still can't see data active on feeds however the emonGLCD is updating with power measured by emonTX so RPi must be getting live data?

Re: Partial functionality RPi + Solar bundle

Submitted by Robert Wall on Tue, 07/05/2013 - 11:30.

"emonGLCD is updating with power measured by emonTX so RPi must be getting live data?"

Not necessarily. Normally, the emonTx transmits to both the emonGLCD and the base (be that NanodeRF, OKG or RPi); the base transmits only the time to the GLCD. I don't have an RPi so sorry but I can't help any more.

Re: Partial functionality RPi + Solar bundle

Submitted by jwhynall (not verified) on Wed, 08/05/2013 - 01:17.

Latest RPi SD card image fixed the "inactive" inputs issue. I was using the older image (emoncmspiv5avr.zip).

To use the latest image file, I had to find a ZIP file utility since Win7 refused to extract the image saying that the file was "734 Petabytes" and that I did not have enough disk space..

Feeds are now active on the Raspberry Pi.

Re: Partial functionality RPi + Solar bundle

Submitted by Robert Wall on Wed, 08/05/2013 - 10:24.

For what it's worth, I use 7-Zip. I don't think I'd believe 734 Petabytes.

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