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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_tar.gz 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, a new drive is visible in Windows Explorer or Mac OS Finder called '''/boot'''. Here you find '''wpa_supplicant.conf''' - open that file with any notepad application and change the WiFi credentials to your needs. Dont use Word or Office since they might change the quotation marks. Enable plain text mode in OSX Text Edit (SHIFT+COMMAND+T). <br>
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.  
'''If it is refused to save the wpa_supplicant directly by the text editor, copy the file over to your PC, edit it there and copy back.'''
Log into the Wifi with Password bcMeterbcMeter
3. Eject the microSD card and put it into the raspberry pi and boot it up. After 1-2 Minutes it should be logged into the WiFi with hostname bcMeter or bcMeter.local
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.


== Alternative: Manual Set Up the microSD Card ==
== Advanced: Manual headless Set Up the microSD Card ==


=== Download Image ===
[https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/operating-systems/#raspberry-pi-os-32-bit Raspberry Pi OS '''Lite'''] and use [https://www.balena.io/etcher/ Etcher] to copy it to your microSD card <br><br>
'''Make sure to download the Lite''' image and '''not''' Desktop / Desktop and recommended software!


=== Configure Raspberry OS ===
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.


With the image copied over to the microSD-Card, Windows and OSX now see a new drive/partition named '''„boot“ visible in Explorer or Finder.'''
After finishing, eject the microSD Card from the PC and put it into the Raspberry Pi.
<br>On Linux you see additionally rootfs, we can ignore this.


=== Enable SSH Access ===
'''On Windows,''' open Notepad and create a new an empty file just called „ssh“ on the new boot partition. <br>
'''On OSX''', open the text editor and save the file just as "ssh" to the new boot partition.
<br><br>
Alternatively, you can simply do that in Linux/OSX in terminal by navigating to the /boot partition of the microSD Card and enter
      touch ssh
=== Enable WiFi access ===
After the image is written to the microSD-Card, a new drive is visible in Windows Explorer or Mac OS Finder called /boot. Here you find wpa_supplicant.conf - open that file with any notepad application and change the WiFi credentials to your needs.
This file contains the credentials needed to connect to your WiFi. Add as many Networks as you like.
<br><br>'''In OSX Text Editor we need to press SHIFT+COMMAND+T first. This enables the plain text mode which is needed and stripes all formattings etc. ''' But using terminal / nano here is again a good idea.
'''Be sure to edit the parameter „country“ correctly, else the pi may not be able to connect to your WiFi.'''
Copy / paste the following. Make sure quotes are pasted correctly.
      ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
      country=de
      update_config=1
     
     
      network={
      ssid="YourWiFiName"
      psk="Password"
      }
Save the file and eject the microSD Card from the PC. This file will be removed from this place as soon as the raspberry has read it. If your Raspberry does not connect to your WiFi, you can repeat this process as often as necessary. If the file is still there after an attempted boot, there has something more severe gone wrong.


=== Configuring the Raspberry Pi to be a bcMeter via SSH remote access and WiFi ===
=== Configuring the Raspberry Pi to be a bcMeter via SSH remote access and WiFi ===
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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 any terminal client on Windows (for example Putty) with the following default credentials


address: raspberrypi
address: raspberrypi
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login name: pi
login name: pi


login passwort: raspberry
login passwort: raspberry (or whatever you chose)


'''(For some mobile hotspots it is required to add .local to the hostname (e.g. raspberryp.local). Try this first if no connection is possible.)'''
'''If connections is refused, check connection first and then try to add .local to hostname (raspberry.local)'''


5. Being logged in, enter
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
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