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Installing Node-RED on Raspbian for Raspberry PI
I found some problems getting Node-RED running the way I like Linux applications to work, so I determined the following steps to make it happen. Installing Node-RED on Raspbian for Raspberry PI Get Node JS installed, on raspian, install nodejs sudo apt install nodejs sudo apt install npm sudo npm install -g npm Install Node-RED using…
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Install Home Assistant on Raspberry PI
Install Home Assistant on Raspberry PI Follow the instructions on this page https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/installation/raspberry-pi/ Encountering problems with Home Assistant on Raspberry PI When running hass from the command line after other steps were complete, I had some problems and was getting errors like the following. 2018-10-14 13:12:20 INFO (Thread-14) [homeassistant.util.package] Attempting install of pychromecast==2.1.0 2018-10-14 13:12:28…
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Checklist for Robust Linux Applications
Linux is very powerful when it is set up correctly. Behind the scenes of Linux are 1000’s and 1000’s of Linux developers, they do lots of things to make Linux robust, and sometimes when we are working on our own projects we forget what a robust application is. Assuming that you are not developing the…
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Install Raspbian Linux with Desktop (because GUI’s help people)
Using Linux opens a world of high quality and robust Open Source projects which you can use to make things happen. Getting a Raspberry PI running in your home network is the first step to Home Automation, it is quite straightforward for anyone with a little interest in computers. This is a quick start guide…
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SNMP MIB Repository Available on GitHub
Over the last 20+ years of working as a Network Engineer and Architect and working on Open-Source software especially in the area of IT infrastructure monitoring and management, I have collected a reasonable set of MIBS files, I decided it would be great to share these, as sometimes they are hard to find. I decided…
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The Public Fraser Island Weather Station
Some recent activity from a few volunteers and the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation has resulted in the first public weather station on Fraser Island, in Queensland Australia. Not only is this weather station public, but it is ONLINE, uploading data every 20 seconds! You can see all this at: Weather Observations Happy Valley The idea…