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Post by greg1860 on Feb 9, 2018 15:15:43 GMT -8
Hello, I had bought the Kickstarter complete weather kit (5 kits) for RaspPi and i'm now getting to it with the kids. This was a 1+ ago purchase. I'm struggling to find a few things.
1. How to install the software on the Pi. Do i need to install an OS and then connect to GitHub repo and install? I'm a little confused on the starting place and guidance.
2. How to connect all the wiring with RaspPi and Grove connectors to what plugs, etc. I know this setup can do a ton and there are so many addons but is there a guide that has what connects to what rather than having to try and zoom in on pictures that have spaghetti wiring inside a box? Is there a guide some place that walks through the different scenarios of connecting things up?
Thank you so much!!
-Greg Jones
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Post by SDL on Feb 10, 2018 8:20:10 GMT -8
Help us out here. Tell us exactly what you bought and when. We have a number of weather kits.
1) We don't provide a tutorial how to get the pi going and installation of the OS. Good news is there are TONS of tutorials out there on how to do it. Start at raspberrypi.org and go from there.
2) We can answer two, when you tell us what you have. There are documents out there on how to wire it up.
Good luck and keep asking questions!
BP
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Post by greg1860 on Feb 11, 2018 8:59:55 GMT -8
Thank you!
To answer #1, I wasn't asking specifically about installing an OS, my question was really asking how do I install the WeatherPlus software? So, you actually partially answered in that I need to have an OS already on the Pi (which I already did). My next question is from within the OS then it sounds like I might need to hook into GitHub and get the Repo? After that are there a set of commands I run from the WeatherPlus .zip file that kicks off the install of your software? I'm just a little confused on the overall basic steps that need to be completed, I can do all the heavy lifting once I have general sense of the process.
To answer #2 - I bought this in Kickstarter
I thought I had read someplace (on the website) about having documentation for school science teachers to step through the process of building out the Weather System, I was unable to locate these materials, that might help me with most questions?
Thanks,
Greg Jones
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Post by SDL on Feb 11, 2018 10:07:56 GMT -8
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Post by greg1860 on Feb 11, 2018 14:09:21 GMT -8
Great!!! I think this will really help!
Greg Jones
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Post by greg1860 on Feb 11, 2018 15:28:58 GMT -8
Ok, this really helped me get going. Question, when I power up the Pi I can see the GPIO board light blue, but none of the other boards light up. I have confirmed that I'm coming over of the GPIO board on the right Grove connector to the other board. What might cause power not to be sent to the other boards? Would it be a dead battery on the "Clock"?
When I try to run the script to load it gives me errors about IO and I don't see any lights on any other boards, so my hunch is that there is no power being sent to the other boards?
Thanks,
Greg J.
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Post by SDL on Feb 13, 2018 20:13:51 GMT -8
Greg,
First of all, make sure that you have set up I2C on your Raspberry Pi.
Secondly, if you have plugged in your Pi2Grover board on the Raspberry Pi, check VERY CAREFULLY that all the pins are aligned and plugged in. I'll be that is it.
BP
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Post by greg1860 on Feb 16, 2018 11:21:36 GMT -8
Ok, thank you. I was able to figure out that i hadn't been sent some Female to Female connectors to Jump J7 and J6 on one of the boards. I purchased some of those and now i'm able to get a "blue" light on most of the sensors/boards. Should every board (and sensor board) have a light on for power? Some don't but i'm not sure if that might be because those don't have a power light. For example, the 1016G Lightning doesn't have a light on nor does the UV Light sensor board.
Also, i'm findgin some links pointing me to this for GIT Clone:
github.com/switchdoclabs/SDL_Pi_GroveWeatherPi vs. github.com/switchdoclabs/SDL_Pi_WeatherBoard (the one you sent me).
Also, the readme files have some details about dependencies, etc. I'm not clear on what repository i should be using and the full list of dependencies needed (sudo installs). As well, as the requirements for MySQL. The SDL_Pi_Weatherboard doesn't have any MySQL install process - other than out on that 14 step example and it links to an install page (but not specific to this implementation), the SDL_Pi_GroveWeatherPi has more files in the repository with SQL scripts and more details in the readme about how to get started.
I'm just a bit confused.
At the moment i'm still stuck with this Repository SDL_Pi_WeatherBoard (that you pointed me to installing) and now that i have most boards showing blue light power, when i run the command to "sudo python GroveWeatherPi.py" i'm still getting an error message.
FYI - the repository you mentioned is not the same as the one in the install guide, which one should i be using?
Thanks for all the help!! Trying to keep my kids going and not bore them out of enjoyment, ha ha!!
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Post by SDL on Feb 17, 2018 7:51:33 GMT -8
Boy, I have really mucked you up!
I should have printed you directly to the github.com/switchdoclabs/SDL_Pi_GroveWeatherPi repository.ry a
GroveWeatherPi is the fully fleshed out weather station software.
Sorry about that. Email me for a free shipping coupon.
BP
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