qbsho / honeypi

Installer for a smart IoT beehive scale based on Raspberry Pi 🐝

HoneyPi - smart DIY beehive scale

HoneyPi is a measuring system based on the Raspberry Pi. Various sensors can be connected to the GPIO ports of the Raspberry Pi. It is a plug and play system. The configuration of the sensors and settings, such as the transfer interval, are made in the web interface on the Raspberry Pi. The data measured by the sensors are transmitted to the IoT platform ThingSpeak. From there they can be visualized in apps.

Install

It is recommended to run it in your home directory.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install -y git
cd ~
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/Honey-Pi/HoneyPi.git HoneyPi
cd HoneyPi
sudo sh install.sh

Quick start

Instead of installing you can simply download a ready HoneyPi image from our download page. You can even create your own custom HoneyPi images using our Raspbian image generator. These images are based on the latest raspbian lite version.

First start on a clean Raspbian Lite OS

We recommend flashing with balenaEtcher

1. Connect HDMI to a TV
2. Boot up
3. Login with username pi and password raspberry
4. Run sudo raspi-config
5. Select 5 Interfacing Options and enable P2 SSH
6. Connect your Raspi Ethernet Bus to your Router. If you use a Raspi Zero you could configure a wifi network connection.
7. Now you can connect with your computer the first time via SSH to the Raspi.
8. Login again. Change password with passwd to hivescale
9. Run the Install Instructions from above
10. If you want to use a WittyPi module install it like explained here.

Update to the latest release (also beta and pre-release)

cd /home/pi/HoneyPi/
# Update the Installer
sudo git pull
# Update the measurement scripts and the webinterface (Arg1 to select stable or pre-release,  for stable use 1 for betatest use 0)
sudo sh update.sh 0