Apologies for the newbie question. What isn't clear to me is, do I need to setup WAMP on a local PC or can I work directly with emoncms.org and host my dashboards there or do I have to setup both?
I have RFM12Pi, Raspberry Pi and emonTx.
Thank you.
Steve in Chester
Re: Do I need a local Windows PC setup for emoncms or can I work directly with emoncms.org?
Welcome, Steve.
You don't need WAMP, you cannot easily have both (it needs a small change to the scripts to send the data to two places) so it is probably easier at least to start with to use emoncms.org.
Subsequently, if you find you cannot find the widgets or visualisations to suit your exact needs, then you can set up your own server and modify your own emonCMS however you wish, but bear in mind your server needs to run continuously.
Re: Do I need a local Windows PC setup for emoncms or can I work directly with emoncms.org?
The normal system is to setup a web server on your Raspberry Pi (no need to have WAMP on a local PC) and use that to host your emoncms installation and serve your dashboards, but you could always configure emoncms via a menu option to forward data to emoncms.org instead, and just run your dashboards from there. A third option is to have both!
If you choose to forward data to emoncms.org, you will still need to install the emoncms system on your Pi, in order to receive and forward the data.
Paul
Edit>>> Sorry Robert, I didn't see your reply until I refreshed the page.
Re: Do I need a local Windows PC setup for emoncms or can I work directly with emoncms.org?
Thank you Robert & Paul, that was my original thinking but then I found WAMP on the site and was worried I'd missed the point! I've just come in for dinner after soldering in all of the emonTx passive components, connectors and voltage regulator. Fingers crossed I'll find 3.3v after dinner when I power it up.
I also wanted to say how impressed I am with this project and have told many of my business and personal associates about it.
Regards,
Steve
Re: Do I need a local Windows PC setup for emoncms or can I work directly with emoncms.org?
> If you choose to forward data to emoncms.org, you will still need to install the emoncms system on your Pi, in order to receive and forward the data.
Yes and no.
A few simple adaptations would allow you to only use emoncms.org and the RPi as a repeater.
I can provide more info if needed, but basically, it would mean
- removing from the code the line(s) that sends data to local emoncms
- hardcoding parameters instead of reading them from DB
I'm working on a gateway that is local emoncms independant. It can be configured through a configuration file. Not "released" yet, but I believe it is usable already:
https://github.com/Jerome-github/oem_gateway
This is motivated, among other reasons, by the SD card wearoff, discussed in the forums.
This said, if you want to stick to everyone's configuration, yes, you'll be running a LAMP server on the Pi, with an instance of emoncms running, including a RPi module that you can use to parameter the radio receiver.