TiltPi

jbadd99 · Aug 23, 2017

The makers of the Tilt Hydrometer have released TiltPi, which turns your RP3 into a monitoring system. Unfortunately, it is currently required you download a disk image and mount it to a clean SD card.

I'm not super tech savvy when it comes to Linux, so does anyone know how to open the image file in windows so I can see what is contained in it, and hopefully incorporate it into my existing Raspberry Pints card?

day_trippr · Aug 23, 2017

https://www.paragon-software.com/home/extfs-windows/

Cheers!

beernutz · Sep 13, 2018

You could put the Tiltpi image on another SD card and just swap them out when you use the Tilt.

jbadd99 · Sep 13, 2018

beernutz said:
You could put the Tiltpi image on another SD card and just swap them out when you use the Tilt.

Yeah, not exactly an efficient solution.

I did find if you install the tilt image first, you can install Pints on it and it will work. I've had mine going for the better part of a year now.

beernutz · Sep 14, 2018

jbadd99 said:
Yeah, not exactly an efficient solution.

I did find if you install the tilt image first, you can install Pints on it and it will work. I've had mine going for the better part of a year now.

Agreed. My RPi Zero W is primarily used just to run TiltPi but in between fermentations I have the noobs image on another SD so I can play around with it. It isn't really a big deal to swap out the cards but I see if you're trying to do two things simultaneously that would not be practical.

clearwaterbrewer · Sep 25, 2018

you can install tiltpi on existing system with jessie or stretch: https://tilthydrometer.com/blogs/news/tilt-pi-installation-instructions-for-raspbian-jessie

JawKnee · Sep 27, 2018

I have found it better to not use the tiltpi software and use craftbeerpi3 with the tilt plugin instead. You can even use this to control the fermentation. It shows a reliable tilt temperature and SG readings.

clearwaterbrewer · Nov 28, 2018

until CBPi3 eliminates a non-active Tilt showing up as active, it will not be considered reliable for my first reference... but it it great at controlling the heat/cool during fermentation.