Category Archives: Technical

New Small PC

Posted on December 14, 2019 by larry

Purchased a small rig with USB3 so I can image USB and other things quicker. Unfortunately it has only 16GB of hard drive space, but overall it is cheaper than a Raspberry Pi. Of course it consumes more power. Ordered … Continue reading →

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Going to Pi4

Posted on December 12, 2019 by larry

Was thinking about using Pi4 for sensors around the house, but did not realize it had a bunch of changes. Different Power Supply, different video, different case. May get one or two for a NAS, but I think that is … Continue reading →

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Final Order of Tags

Posted on December 11, 2019 by larry

I think I have enough tags for this project. Wish they are all the same but they are not. This final order is through AliExpress. My last order was bad, I am not sure how this one will fare. But … Continue reading →

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Need More Tags and Pis

Posted on December 10, 2019 by larry

I have about 60 tags and 9 Raspberry Pi’s. Of those 9 Pis two will be spares and considered development boxes. As I site here I count 3 of the 9 are here. On the way are 4 more. So … Continue reading →

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Got New Tags And Nodes Up

Posted on December 9, 2019 by larry

They are in production. Got my Adafruit order in and now I am able to get another node up. Also a student expressed interest in coding, going to see what I can do for her. Lot of things happened today, … Continue reading →

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Stand alone working BLE Sentry Working

Posted on December 8, 2019 by larry

I was able to get a standalong BLE Sentry working acting as an AP using hostapd and the USB0 interface. The magic that made the networking work was having nohook wpa_supplicant in /etc/dhcpcd.conf Another thing was switching from isc-dhcp to … Continue reading →

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Getting Optional Settings Working

Posted on December 7, 2019 by larry

Spent a huge chunk of the day getting the additional functions needed in my blesentry project working. Hardware Clock Services DHCP Local USB Access Still need DNS (maybe)

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Rebuilding An Old Server

Posted on December 6, 2019 by larry

I finally got the parts to rebuild a server that is core to my network. Actually I need to do a few more pieces to get it in a state that is good. Tomorrow will so what it takes to … Continue reading →

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Another BLE Power Test

Posted on December 5, 2019 by larry

Tried another time test to see how long the Pi would stay up This time it was a small small one 2200 mah It lasted 8 1/2 hours, but then I realized a process was not running so it probably … Continue reading →

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Dog on the Mend

Posted on December 4, 2019 by larry

Official day 1 of our dogs recovery process. He will be crated for about 2 to 3 weeks. Hopefully like a Christmas gift, he will be out on the 25th. Can’t believe it is almost the end of the year, … Continue reading →

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