Thanks guys that worked now I need to test which one is heat and which one is cold. Can't wait to try this out next weekend when I brew!
I bought those as well. What colors did you get?
I got Red, Green, and Yellow.
Red - Vcc
Yellow - Ground
Green - Data
"Live" version usually means "run from cd without installing to HD".
I would install to HD.
I installed the GUI. There is an install script in the brewpi download, just read up on the instructions. It's fairly straighforward. Until it isn't Then you have this forum to ask all the questions.
Thanks! I have the system up and running and was able to install Python (I think it installed correctly) Now I just need to get the wireless card in this machine working in case I want to attach it to my network that way, then I'll try to install BrewPi. As foreign as this is to me it's already been a lot of fun to attempt.
So I am currently running my third brew through my setup and it has been awesome so far. Still having issues with installing the thing to my freezer, but other than that, working as expected.
It'd be great if everyone here who built one can post some pictures of their setups, either enclosures, where/how they are mounting them, etc. Such as how you did.
As i can ill update the main post with them to give people more ideas on how to do theirs without having to go through 30+ pages
I have mine in a project box, its just that it doesn't like to stay attached with velcro to the freezer. I will figure out how to fix that soon enough.
I have pictures if you want them.
At Lowes/HD you can buy big fat strips of velcro sheets that are like 3x3 with glue on either side. You can just slap one of those bad boys on and it will hold anything, its how i held my old STC1000 on the back of my freezer.
Hello from across the pond in tiny Denmark!
I just wanted to say thanks for this great post, that got me to take the step and setup my own Brewpi. I have attached some photos of my setup below, for inspiration to all who is thinking about getting into Brewpi. The total cost for my Brewpi electronics setup was around 200$ but that is mainly due to higher prices here in Scandinavia, a few upgrades to the Raspberry pi and a 20$ fast delivery shipping fee of the Arduino from china.
Cheers everyone.
Ohh I forgot to mention that the system is working just fine. There has only been one hiccup with the data logging, where the Arduino stopped sending data to the Raspberry ( I notices that the Rx and Tx LEDs had stopped blinking) so I cut the power and after that everything worked again. The Arduino had done its job in the 4 hours without logging and the beer was holding a steady 20 degrees Celsius (68F), So I'm glad that the system is designed in the way it is.
Interesting idea using a tupperware container...i may have to steal that.Hello from across the pond in tiny Denmark!
I just wanted to say thanks for this great post, that got me to take the step and setup my own Brewpi. I have attached some photos of my setup below, for inspiration to all who is thinking about getting into Brewpi. The total cost for my Brewpi electronics setup was around 200$ but that is mainly due to higher prices here in Scandinavia, a few upgrades to the Raspberry pi and a 20$ fast delivery shipping fee of the Arduino from china.
Cheers everyone.
What a pain in the ass though. Anyway, after getting my wireless card working I tried installing BrewPi using the automatic method. Only I didn't have "git" so I had to install that first. After that, I was able to run the "sudo git clone https://github.com/BrewPi/brewpi-tools.git~brewpi-tools command and everything seemed to download correctly. But when I try to run the second command they give, "sudo ~/brewpi-tools/install sh" it tells me Command Not Found. Any ideas where I should go from here?
I also thought it was supposed to copy the files from the BrewPi website into my "Home" directory...but I don't see any new files or folders there.
Thanks Dave! I ran that command again and then the brewpi-tools directory showed up! I used Nano to take out "rpi-update" from line 179 and saved it. But I tried to run "sudo ~/brewpi-tools/install sh" again and I still get the command not found. What am I missing? Am I correct in assuming that the next step for me is to get this install script to run in order to install BrewPi? I'm totally lost on the Linux platform.
Its sudo ~/brewpi-tools/install.sh
Your .sh is the file extension, add a period there not a space.
I'd continue on and if you can access the webpage then all is good. If not you should delete and re-clone the git repository with the first command and just run the installer without modifying the install.sh script.
Its entirely possible that the developers have fixed the issues the previous people were having with the install script by now so the version your getting doesnt require the modification.
Thanks again man! Sorry I'm such an idiot with this stuff. I can't pull it up from a browser by going to http://brewpi so I guess I'll plug that text back into the script and run it again. Probably tomorrow. My brain is fried!
Ha dont worry if it was easy everyone would do it...but i promise its not really that difficult if your willing to put a bit of time into it.
I'm not sure your instruction tell how to set the host name to brewpi
I'm in the middle of dynamic dns and putting my pi on the net - more to come
I'm not sure your instruction tell how to set the host name to brewpi
I'm in the middle of dynamic dns and putting my pi on the net - more to come
Thats a good point, i was under the impression that the BrewPi automated installer did this for you...its been so long i cant remember.
He should definately try accessing the web page via the IP address of his RPI instead to see if it came up properly.
Did my initial OS install, update, config, arduino flash, and brewpi install today here at work. I had no issues at all with the installation of anything.[...]
All I did was use my router to port forward all requests on port 80 to my RaspberryPi. I use No-IP, but its the same principle.
You can see my fermentor homepage in my signature.
Also, I want the brewpi portion seperate from the web site portion - index.php vs index.htm not sure if that will work but we will see.
Is there a reason? Using the code and commands i posted earlier in the thread to setup a "external" page if done properly fully locks the brewpi from the web, only the .html pages are accessible and you can make it so that even those require a password for extra precaution...so no one can get onto my Wifi and screw with it.
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