Ruuvitag-logger and viewer on Raspberry Pi 3

**otso** · October 29, 2018, 10:10am

Have you checked the github.com/scrin/RuuviCollector instructions on how to run HCItool without sudo?

**Christer** · October 29, 2018, 10:20am

Jep, perhaps I will try to start allover again to be sure I got all other parts installed correct and not messed up with wrong paths and so

**Christer** · October 29, 2018, 1:36pm

No luck with anything I tried…
Ruuviberry images, different versions… no luck
Installing one by one… no luck

So my question is: Is it the easiest way for me to buy Raspberry pi 2?

**otso** · October 30, 2018, 7:51am

Hello, the latest image runs on Pi 3B (Not 3B+)

**Christer** · October 30, 2018, 2:51pm

I noticed that, sometimes it’s not a good thing to buy the latest toy…
At least I have learned a lot even if I do not have anything up and running
Have to buy a Pi3B so I can start logging.
Thank you all for all advices and help

**payitall** · November 1, 2018, 7:36am

Not being a pro, I spent hours with the ruuviberry image…ony to finally find out here that it doesnt’ work with the latest 3B+.
What about adding a note in the blog?
It’s a trap for dummies today.
(https://blog.ruuvi.com/rpi-gateway-6e4a5b676510)

**otso** · November 1, 2018, 8:01am

Thanks for the feedback, I added a note

**Christer** · November 17, 2018, 1:38pm

Hi, now I has more questions…
I installed the Ruuviberry image and everything works… but when I wanted to move the Pi to a better location ( better signals from the tags) and unpluged the networkcabel… I has no Wifi connection and I could not figure out how to add it.
So please can somebody help me. I really don’t need the Pi to act as an access point…

**otso** · November 18, 2018, 11:43am

Hello,

fastest way is to setup the image with these instructions

**Christer** · November 18, 2018, 12:03pm

Ok, everything else is clear for me but installing Ruuvicollector so it works as it should give me problems…Install this,change this… do I need docker… I will try again and see if I get it working. I’m in very beginning of my learning curve.If you don’t hear from me, I got it working or throwned the Pi out of the window

**Christer** · November 18, 2018, 12:11pm

One question more, can I save my RuuviTag data so I can import them back when I have installed everything again on the Pi?

**otso** · November 18, 2018, 12:25pm

You don’t need docker with RuuviCollector.
You can backup the InfluxDB, Influx has the instructions for backups. You can also export the data as JSON from grafana

**havnjero** · November 23, 2018, 7:39pm

is anyone here using the logger to send data to firebase?

**Motobiman** · March 6, 2019, 4:14pm

Hiya
Did you ever get over that br0/ssh issue on the Rpi wifi?
I have tried numerous times to install on a Rpi Zero W but always run into an issue with the Raspberry org instructions sheet at the bit where it gives static IP settings and ipv4 iptables.
The bit where it starts about saving creating and saving iptables makes no sense when it says save the file and the path seems wrong too.
I dont get any connection to my router but can using a standard Rpi Raspbian set up with ssh and wpa supplicant set up but not with this Ruuvi sw using the same files
Hovering over the wifi button i get:
wlan0: Associated with RuuviGW
wlan0: Configured 192.168.4.1/24
br0: Configured 159.254.159.129/16

Heres the bit I dont understand.

Add routing and masquerade

Edit /etc/sysctl.conf and uncomment this line:

net.ipv4.ip_forward=1

Add a masquerade for outbound traffic on eth0:

sudo iptables -t nat -A  POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE

Save the iptables rule.

sudo sh -c "iptables-save > /etc/iptables.ipv4.nat"

Edit /etc/rc.local and add this just above “exit 0” to install these rules on boot.

iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.ipv4.nat

Wasted hours of my life and at my age thats not a good idea.

**dgerman** · March 7, 2019, 11:46pm

What pages are your referring to for “Add routing and masquerade”
I don’t think you should be going tin this direction.

**Motobiman** · March 9, 2019, 5:33pm

Its on the raspberrypi org page linked off the ruuviberry set up page.
Seems a lot of it has already been incorporated into the ruuvi image supplied but it might be good for newbies if ruuvi rewrote it so the superfluous stuff is left out altogether.
I have never got it working despite hours of blood, sweat and tears.

**Motobiman** · March 11, 2019, 11:43am

Thanks to dgerman.
Now all I need is to work out is how to get the rest of the tags on there and make it still legible and then get it working on a cellular network.

**Null_Null** · May 14, 2019, 9:53am

Hi, I’m also concerned, is there any ongoing development to update the image to support Raspberry Pi 3b+?

**otso** · May 15, 2019, 6:47am

Hello,

There’s no constant maintenance of the images. One example on how to setup the Raspberry Pi is here.

**Motobiman** · May 16, 2019, 10:24am

OK I am giving up with the Collector/Influx/Chronograf - Grafana system on a Raspberrypi running over 3g cellular network, until someone comes up with a plug and play solution.
My bees will have to rely on me being there to see what they are up to.
It was fun while it lasted.