Difference between revisions of "Installation"
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== Recommended: Use of preconfigured microSD Card image== | == Recommended: Use of preconfigured microSD Card image== | ||
1. Download the file image [https://bcmeter.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/bcMeter_latest_img.zip here], unzip it and use [https://www.balena.io/etcher/ Etcher] to copy it to your microSD card. <br> | 1. Download the file image [https://bcmeter.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/bcMeter_latest_img.zip here], unzip it and use [https://www.balena.io/etcher/ Etcher] to copy it to your microSD card. <br> | ||
2. After the process is complete, the bcMeter with the newly written microSD-Card is creating a WiFi named "bcMeter" after approx. 2 Minutes. | 2. After the process is complete, the bcMeter booted with the newly written microSD-Card is creating a WiFi named "bcMeter" after approx. 2 Minutes. | ||
Log into the Wifi with Password bcMeterbcMeter | Log into the Wifi with Password bcMeterbcMeter | ||
Then you can setup the device by accessing it in a Browser by address http://bcmeter.local by default. | Then you can setup the device by accessing it in a Browser by address http://bcmeter.local by default. | ||
For security reasons, the hotspot is closed after 10 Minutes without being hooked into a wifi. You can override it in the interface and set the corresponding parameter if you want to run the bcMeter permanently in hotspot mode. | |||
== Advanced: Manual headless Set Up the microSD Card == | == Advanced: Manual headless Set Up the microSD Card == | ||
Use the [https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/ Raspberry Imager] tool to write Raspberry OS LITE (very important - not Desktop!) to your card. Configure the tool to | |||
Use the [https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/ Raspberry Imager] tool to write Raspberry OS 32bit LITE (very important - '''not''' Desktop!) to your microSD card. | |||
Configure the Raspberry Pi Imager tool to configure the image with username and password, for simplicity we use "pi" and "raspberry".<br><br> | |||
Also enable SSH and WiFi in the tool. | |||
After finishing, eject the microSD Card from the PC and put it into the Raspberry Pi. | After finishing, eject the microSD Card from the PC and put it into the Raspberry Pi. | ||
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Put microSD-Card in Raspberry and boot it up (takes up to a minute) | Put microSD-Card in Raspberry and boot it up (takes up to a minute) | ||
Log into the raspberry via terminal on Linux/OSX | Log into the raspberry via terminal on Linux/OSX or cmd.exe on Windows | ||
ssh pi@raspberrypi | ssh pi@raspberrypi | ||
or alternatively if connection is refused | or alternatively if connection is refused | ||
ssh pi@raspberrypi.local | ssh pi@raspberrypi.local | ||
Or to use with dedicated ssh client, like putty: | |||
Or | |||
address: raspberrypi | address: raspberrypi | ||
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login passwort: raspberry (or whatever you chose) | login passwort: raspberry (or whatever you chose) | ||
''' | '''If connections is refused, check connection first and then try to add .local to hostname (raspberry.local)''' | ||
Then just download the bcMeter install script by entering | |||
wget -N https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bcmeter/bcmeter/main/install.sh && sudo bash install.sh | wget -N https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bcmeter/bcmeter/main/install.sh && sudo bash install.sh | ||
Latest revision as of 12:18, 8 March 2023
Recommended: Use of preconfigured microSD Card image
1. Download the file image here, unzip it and use Etcher to copy it to your microSD card.
2. After the process is complete, the bcMeter booted with the newly written microSD-Card is creating a WiFi named "bcMeter" after approx. 2 Minutes.
Log into the Wifi with Password bcMeterbcMeter
Then you can setup the device by accessing it in a Browser by address http://bcmeter.local by default.
For security reasons, the hotspot is closed after 10 Minutes without being hooked into a wifi. You can override it in the interface and set the corresponding parameter if you want to run the bcMeter permanently in hotspot mode.
Advanced: Manual headless Set Up the microSD Card
Use the Raspberry Imager tool to write Raspberry OS 32bit LITE (very important - not Desktop!) to your microSD card.
Configure the Raspberry Pi Imager tool to configure the image with username and password, for simplicity we use "pi" and "raspberry".
Also enable SSH and WiFi in the tool.
After finishing, eject the microSD Card from the PC and put it into the Raspberry Pi.
Configuring the Raspberry Pi to be a bcMeter via SSH remote access and WiFi
Put microSD-Card in Raspberry and boot it up (takes up to a minute)
Log into the raspberry via terminal on Linux/OSX or cmd.exe on Windows
ssh pi@raspberrypi
or alternatively if connection is refused
ssh pi@raspberrypi.local
Or to use with dedicated ssh client, like putty:
address: raspberrypi
login name: pi
login passwort: raspberry (or whatever you chose)
If connections is refused, check connection first and then try to add .local to hostname (raspberry.local)
Then just download the bcMeter install script by entering
wget -N https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bcmeter/bcmeter/main/install.sh && sudo bash install.sh