Category Archives: Technical

IOT Server Cutover

Posted on October 14, 2023 by larry

Tomorrow is going to be a big one, I am cutting over one of my IOT servers from stage to production. Kind of late and don’t want to do it now, but it is ready. Pretty sure things will break … Continue reading →

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Looking At Going Production

Posted on October 13, 2023 by larry

A lot of my code works now and it is documented and easier to manage. So I am looking to build the new server this weekend. Going to stop code development and move into production. Weight: 344.0

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HTML Mail with Python

Posted on October 12, 2023 by larry

Figured out how to send HTML email with embedded images via python. The intent is when there is an event, I can put the camera monitors from zoneminder into the function and have it generate and send an email. Also … Continue reading →

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Checking My Code

Posted on October 3, 2023 by larry

Learned something IT from my son. He taught me pylint to be used to check my code. That was cool. Been super tired today, I had ok time for sleep. Hoping tonight I will sleep better. Weight: 343.4

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Couple Advances In Script

Posted on October 1, 2023 by larry

I was able to figure out how to subscribe in Paho-MQTT multiple Topics, I am pretty sure I can have it inspect for stuff coming in from a independent units and even Zigbee via Home Assistant. So it may be … Continue reading →

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Script Working Well

Posted on September 30, 2023 by larry

Posting a bit early today, gonna have a busy evening. It looks like I will make my fitbit goals so I will log as such. Will update this post if anything changes. Looks like my scripts are working. Going to … Continue reading →

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Its a Trap

Posted on September 29, 2023 by larry

Insert Star Wars Meme Here Anyway, I was going to edit a media wiki entry. But I got an Exception TypeError. I know this is related in the upgrade from CentOS 7 to Rocky 9. Basically the PHP version was … Continue reading →

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Replacing UNO with Tasmota Devices

Posted on September 28, 2023 by larry

I actually got quite a bit of amount of steps going back and forth from the mailbox trying to get Tasmota to see the mailbox getting opened. Recall I have these UNO boxes sensing 433Mhz But recently moved to Tasmota … Continue reading →

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Python As A Service

Posted on September 27, 2023 by larry

In Centos 7 I have been running screen on reboot (via cron) to start a script like this. @reboot screen -d -m -S pir /opt/bin/myscustom.py But wanted to be more modern and use systemd unit files and as of Rocky … Continue reading →

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Guilty of Little Documentation

Posted on September 26, 2023 by larry

Last box I need to migrate has so much custom python scripts. Kind of a pain to convert. Some stuff ran, but had libraries that produced different results (paho mqtt). As I was going through this a lot of this … Continue reading →

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