reef-pi :: An opensource reef tank controller based on Raspberry Pi.

[Ranjib]

I might ask if theres a new guide or a wiring pinout i need to change to. .3 is solid! It just running and running. No reboots or anything!

The guides have not been update yet.. I'll start the documentation update process after this weekend's release (0.9), once code freeze in place.
Electronics/wiring everything remained same, just the UI has changed a bit, you have to recreate your outlets etc. Also username/password is enforced. No hardware changes, its all UI changes, lots of more features, many critical bug fixes (some were introduced in 0.6/0.7)

 

[Cary]

Ranjib/Axis, I pulled the upgrade procedure and added a couple of things last week. I am not sure I added the Id and password....reef-pi and reef-pi.

 

[Schreiber]

Hey @Ranjib , I'm going through setup now & I've run into a roadblock caused by my apparent lack of RBPi knowledge. I've downloaded the 0.8 release & am on the install step:

• Open Terminal and type following commands to install reef-pi

sudo dpkg -i reef-pi-<version>.deb

I've tried multiple variations of this, but it's not working. What exactly should I be typing? I've tried too many things to type out, but my best guesses were:

sudo dpkg -i reef-pi-<0.8.2-pi3>.deb

sudo dpkg -i reef-pi-0.8.2-pi3.deb

sudo dpkg -i reef-pi-<0.8.2>.deb

& a ton of other slight changes, but nothing is sticking. It just keeps saying no such file or directory.

 

[philshel]

Hey @Ranjib , I'm going through setup now & I've run into a roadblock caused by my apparent lack of RBPi knowledge. I've downloaded the 0.8 release & am on the install step:

• Open Terminal and type following commands to install reef-pi

sudo dpkg -i reef-pi-<version>.deb

I've tried multiple variations of this, but it's not working. What exactly should I be typing? I've tried too many things to type out, but my best guesses were:

sudo dpkg -i reef-pi-<0.8.2-pi3>.deb

sudo dpkg -i reef-pi-0.8.2-pi3.deb

sudo dpkg -i reef-pi-<0.8.2>.deb

& a ton of other slight changes, but nothing is sticking. It just keeps saying no such file or directory.

I'm no Linux expert, but the first thing you should do is make sure your in the same folder you downloaded reef-pi to.

 

[dburg30]

I was going to go back one step, and make sure reef-pi was downloaded

 

[Ranjib]

Hey @Ranjib , I'm going through setup now & I've run into a roadblock caused by my apparent lack of RBPi knowledge. I've downloaded the 0.8 release & am on the install step:

• Open Terminal and type following commands to install reef-pi

sudo dpkg -i reef-pi-<version>.deb

I've tried multiple variations of this, but it's not working. What exactly should I be typing? I've tried too many things to type out, but my best guesses were:

sudo dpkg -i reef-pi-<0.8.2-pi3>.deb

sudo dpkg -i reef-pi-0.8.2-pi3.deb

sudo dpkg -i reef-pi-<0.8.2>.deb

& a ton of other slight changes, but nothing is sticking. It just keeps saying no such file or directory.

It means that file is not present in the current folder from where you are invoking this command. How you have downloaded the package? If you can tell us that, we can help you better,
try following step:

wget -c https://github.com/reef-pi/reef-pi/releases/download/0.8.2/reef-pi-0.8.2-pi3.deb
sudo dpkg -i reef-pi-0.8.2-pi3.deb

 

[Schreiber]

It means that file is not present in the current folder from where you are invoking this command. How you have downloaded the package? If you can tell us that, we can help you better,
try following step:

wget -c https://github.com/reef-pi/reef-pi/releases/download/0.8.2/reef-pi-0.8.2-pi3.deb
sudo dpkg -i reef-pi-0.8.2-pi3.deb

I downloaded it from https://github.com/reef-pi/reef-pi/releases & put it in my documents folder.

I'm not sure what was going on with it, but I tried those 2 steps worked. Thanks for the help!

 

[yagodajm]

I just everything loaded to my pi and get the login screen on my browser. I put pi for the user and raspberry for the password. All the happens is the site resets itself. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,
Justin

 

[Ranjib]

I just everything loaded to my pi and get the login screen on my browser. I put pi for the user and raspberry for the password. All the happens is the site resets itself. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,
Justin

Username: reef-pi
Password: reef-pi

 

[Ranjib]

@Schreiber this is the development environment setup guide: https://reef-pi.github.io/additional-documentation/development/
Its bit outdated, but a good starting point.
Let me know if you want to do some coding stuff, I can add you as code reviewer as well. Just let me know your github user id.

 

[Brad Cox]

Where can i find the pinout of the gpio and what each pin does in reef pi?

 

[Ryan115]

Pins are set up by the user.
If I remember correctly the only ones that are static are
Pin7 - GPIO4 - Temp probe
Pin8 - GPIO14 - reserved for UART
Pin12- GPIO15 - reserved for UART
Pin11 - GPIO17 - ATO

 

[dburg30]

Pins are set up by the user.
If I remember correctly the only ones that are static are
Pin7 - GPIO4 - Temp probe
Pin8 - GPIO14 - reserved for UART
Pin12- GPIO15 - reserved for UART
Pin11 - GPIO17 - ATO

DOH, GPIO17 is supposed to be reserved / for ATO?

 

[Brad Cox]

Pins are set up by the user.
If I remember correctly the only ones that are static are
Pin7 - GPIO4 - Temp probe
Pin8 - GPIO14 - reserved for UART
Pin12- GPIO15 - reserved for UART
Pin11 - GPIO17 - ATO

Thanks Ryan! The ato was what i needed!

 

[Ranjib]

DOH, GPIO17 is supposed to be reserved / for ATO?

Not necessarily . This are recommended ones, which mean reef-pi 1.0 will ship with those setting as default. Most of them can be changed via settings tab. Temperature probe is almost always bound to gpio4 (can be changed only by kernel settings). I'll be adding this in reef-pi documentation as part of 1.0 release.

 

[Brad Cox]

What about the ntp settings? In the guide it says tostart ntp.service but when i run that it gives an error

 

[Gareth elliott]

Pins are set up by the user.
If I remember correctly the only ones that are static are
Pin7 - GPIO4 - Temp probe
Pin8 - GPIO14 - reserved for UART
Pin12- GPIO15 - reserved for UART
Pin11 - GPIO17 - ATO

Question i setup a 5v to 3.3v converter between the pi for the probe sensory output is this a necessary step? I dont actually have it running yet as was finishing housing for everything before i actually turned it on lol.

Label printer and photoshop lol.

 

[Brad Cox]

Is there something im missing? When i added the pins to equipment i couldnt actually control the outlet

 

[Brad Cox]

Even trying to control my lights. Nothing

 

[Ryan115]

Question i setup a 5v to 3.3v converter between the pi for the probe sensory output is this a necessary step? I dont actually have it running yet as was finishing housing for everything before i actually turned it on lol.

Label printer and photoshop lol.

Can you elaborate? Which sensors?
The GPIO pins are on 3.3v logic.
On my system the 5v is only powering the PCA9685 (my relays have their own supply)

Not necessarily . This are recommended ones, which mean reef-pi 1.0 will ship with those setting as default. Most of them can be changed via settings tab. Temperature probe is almost always bound to gpio4 (can be changed only by kernel settings). I'll be adding this in reef-pi documentation as part of 1.0 release.

Apparently I didnt scroll down far enough in my spreadsheet as I had that picture too, my bad.