Ruuvitag-logger and viewer on Raspberry Pi 3

@Andre_Norrback Could you help here?

Finally looping back because Iā€™m tired of being tethered. I tried a few resources, most directed me to the method shown here. When I hover over the network connection tray icon it says ā€œbr0: Departed,ā€ and I have no network access even with an ethernet cable connected. Rebooting always results in br0 coming back. I recall also trying to edit the network configuration files with no luck. @otso or @Andre_Norrback can you help?

Hello,

Itā€™s probably easiest to setup the Pi from scratch with these instructions

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Great. Thanks. I had those instructions from scattered posts and itā€™s handy to have them in one place. Also maybe Iā€™m missing out on some nice utility of the basal setup. Whatā€™s the purpose of having it set up as a hotspot?

Hello,

The image is setup as a hotspot because it allows people to connect to it and view the data without finding the IP address of the Pi from a router or a network scan.

Hi Otso,
A real beginner hereā€¦
I have an Raspberry Pi 3 B+ and tried to follow the instructions that you linked to.
I installed the latest version of Rasbian Stretch release date 2018-10-09
Got Grafana and InfluxDB working toghter but I can not get RuuviCollector to work, I totally lost with with it.
Is it possible that someone can make an ISO image for me for the latest version of Pi?

Hello,

Weā€™ll update the image at some point, but I canā€™t promise exact schedule.
What is your issue with the RuuviCollector?

Hi,
Tanks for fast replay.
My problem seems to be with HCIDump and HCITool. You have to remeber that Iā€™m a totally green with this so there can other things also.
So perhaps the fastest solution for me would be to buy a P 2 or 3B?

Christer

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

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

No luck with anything I triedā€¦
Ruuviberry images, different versionsā€¦ no luck
Installing one by oneā€¦ no luck

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

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

I noticed that, sometimes itā€™s not a good thing to buy the latest toyā€¦
At least I have learned a lot even if I do not have anything up and running :smile:
Have to buy a Pi3B so I can start logging.
Thank you all for all advices and help

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

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Thanks for the feedback, I added a note

Hi, now I has more questionsā€¦
I installed the Ruuviberry image and everything worksā€¦ but when I wanted to move the Pi to a better location ( better signals from the tags) and unpluged the networkcabelā€¦ I has no Wifi connection and I could not figure out how to add it.
So please can somebody help me. I really donā€™t need the Pi to act as an access pointā€¦

Hello,

fastest way is to setup the image with these instructions

Ok, everything else is clear for me but installing Ruuvicollector so it works as it should give me problemsā€¦Install this,change thisā€¦ do I need dockerā€¦ I will try again and see if I get it working. Iā€™m in very beginning of my learning curve.If you donā€™t hear from me, I got it working or throwned the Pi out of the window :slight_smile:

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

You donā€™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