Category Archives: Raspberry Pi

Pi Media Center

Posted on December 1, 2025 by larry

I finally figured out the Pi Kodi box I wanted to use for front ends. I want to use a pi because it supports CEC and can be controlled with the TV remote. But I had couple of challenges, the … Continue reading →

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New File Storage On The Way

Posted on November 29, 2025 by larry

My plans for the new NAS2026 and other improvements for 2026 storage are in motion. Here is the kicker, I need to slowly stage the storage and upgrade storage. Phase 1 is the JBOD(s) plural. I need to get them … Continue reading →

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Pre Thanksgiving Prep 2025

Posted on November 26, 2025 by larry

Doing a quick post, but family all here. Gonna get ready for tomorrow, pretty sure everyone will be home the entire day unless picking up things or people. House needs to get cleaned but a lot of things already in … Continue reading →

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That was a waste of time

Posted on February 3, 2025 by larry

I thought I could install kalkun and gammu on different servers. Just learned they need to be on the same server. The good news is that the lte connection is still good. Has not gone down yet. Weight: 334.4

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There Be Snow

Posted on February 2, 2025 by larry

Hoping it is not too bad, but the hill near where I live had cars going up it get stuck. I found out this morning before I went for a car maintenance appointment. Was going to have my son follow … Continue reading →

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Cell Tower Near Me

Posted on February 1, 2025 by larry

I should not be having these signal quality problems with my device. I checked out a website called cellmapper.net and it showed me of a mast near me less than 1/2 a mile away. What it could be is the … Continue reading →

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Problems All Around

Posted on January 31, 2025 by larry

Seem to can’t catch a break, problems all around. Most sad one was my dog was diagnosed with diabetes. Had him for 10 years https://www.apolonio.com/blog/?p=4745 Hoping he can still provide 5 more years of love. Another setback to my health, … Continue reading →

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Another SMS Gateway Problem

Posted on January 30, 2025 by larry

Still not sure what is going on, after couple hours it seems to lose its connection. I can reconnect, but it wish Gammu the SMS gateway software would do it itself. Worse case can stop service, run fix, start service. … Continue reading →

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SMS Gateway Working

Posted on January 29, 2025 by larry

Well kind of. I am putting it through its paces. The latest problem is that is seems to fall asleep and cannot connect. I disabled power save and am running the daemon. What is a bummer is that if it … Continue reading →

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It was the Antenna

Posted on January 28, 2025 by larry

I been going nuts with the errors I was getting on my pi LTE module, called T-Mobile support and reached out to a friend who worked at T-Mobile as well. It “should” work. I knew I had an antenna, I … Continue reading →

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