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Re: Dallas RPI Usergroup Meeting 9/2021
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýJust a short note to all: ? The IrriGRAY rpi controller is close to being finished / rolled out (yeah I know we are only 3 months overdue from what I thought we could get done in 4 mths, but hey the EE had open heart surgery 8 weeks ago, my main programmer had 4 x 1 week ritual mourning periods to get through (India / covid - still). ? But, on the positive side we are making lemonade out of lemons, I realized there was a whole group of electrical current sensors we could have added, but didn¡¯t. So on Friday our new expansion boards arrive from PCB way and we will start baking those on Monday. ? What I have added is 5v dc current measuring, and 24v ac current measuring in 2 Current Transformers (0-100ma), (0-2amp), plus the existing 110v (0-10amp) current measuring. ? This means we can have the rpi cycle test every individual electrically driven thing (motors, system valves, irrigation solenoids, pumps etc) to check whether an item is aok, on the way to failing, or failed. ? We also avoided all the global variable management issue within python by instead writing a virtual db, which gets dumped to the CF card in the event of power failure (we have the 30 second capacitor backup). ? So probably not able to attend on Saturday, but Following month can give a decent presentation if there is interest. Don¡¯t know if the picture I attached will make it through to the group ¨C if so ignore the cuts on the plastic support board, that is from the old design. ? ? Apologies if this is too detailed as a quick update! ? Best to all. ? Paul ? -----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Cornelius Keck via groups.io Sent: Wednesday, September 1, 2021 12:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [dallasrpi] Dallas RPI Usergroup Meeting 9/2021 ? September is upon us, might be time to figure out if you had any Halloween decoration last year, and where that might be at. Could be tricky to find in between the Xmas gear some retailers put out on display. Anyway, it's time, also Labor Day weekend, let's see who is in town. It has been suggested to broadcast from the lab, so I'm going to try to get Zoom working from there. If that all works, big TV and all that, with no policies or city ordinances against physical meetings, those might commence eventually. No promises at all. ? Always check for any updates and last minute changes. ? This being said, same place, same time, as always: ? Topic: DFWRPI Usergroup Meeting 9/2021 ? Time: 4. Sept. 2021 10:00 Central Time (USA and Kanada) ? Join Zoom Meeting: ? ? Meeting-ID: 897 8022 0341 Passcode: 603888 One tap mobile ? +13462487799,,89780220341#,,,,*603888# Vereinigte Staaten (Houston) +16699006833,,89780220341#,,,,*603888# Vereinigte Staaten (San Jose) ? Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) ? Meeting-ID: 897 8022 0341 Passcode: 603888 Find your local number: ? ? ? ? |
Re: Dallas RPI Usergroup Meeting 9/2021
Hi Cornelius,
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I will be out of town for a lake house weekend. Here is a little read for you regarding things to hack. Please keep it confidential as it is my employer. Thank you! Have a nice weekend! Bernd Braemer September is upon us, might be time to figure out if you had any Halloween decoration last year, and where that might be at. Could be tricky to find in between the Xmas gear some retailers put out on display. Anyway, it's time, also Labor Day weekend, let's see who is in town. It has been suggested to broadcast from the lab, so I'm going to try to get Zoom working from there. If that all works, big TV and all that, with no policies or city ordinances against physical meetings, those might commence eventually. No promises at all. |
Dallas RPI Usergroup Meeting 9/2021
September is upon us, might be time to figure out if you had any Halloween decoration last year, and where that might be at. Could be tricky to find in between the Xmas gear some retailers put out on display. Anyway, it's time, also Labor Day weekend, let's see who is in town. It has been suggested to broadcast from the lab, so I'm going to try to get Zoom working from there. If that all works, big TV and all that, with no policies or city ordinances against physical meetings, those might commence eventually. No promises at all.
Always check for any updates and last minute changes. This being said, same place, same time, as always: Topic: DFWRPI Usergroup Meeting 9/2021 Time: 4. Sept. 2021 10:00 Central Time (USA and Kanada) Join Zoom Meeting: Meeting-ID: 897 8022 0341 Passcode: 603888 One tap mobile +13462487799,,89780220341#,,,,*603888# Vereinigte Staaten (Houston) +16699006833,,89780220341#,,,,*603888# Vereinigte Staaten (San Jose) Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) Meeting-ID: 897 8022 0341 Passcode: 603888 Find your local number: |
Why build a RPi cluster?
Why would you wanna build a cluster of Raspberry Pi's? It's not always about performance! Building them is the easy part, really. Running stuff on them can be another story. Check out this video: -- ? ?_____ |\/ ? o \? ?o ? ? ? ? ??Rusty Haddock? <=>? AE5AE? | ? (? -<? O o ? ? ?Settled down in oh-so-fancy Plano. |/\__V__/? ? ? ?Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people! |
DFWRPI Meeting 8/2021
Guess what, if you intended to celebrate Christmas in July, you now have another year to prep. Time to escape the heat, spend a Saturday morning talking tech, then dive into the pool. The tech part we have covered. Got something interesting to show? Talk to me.
Same place, same time, as always: Topic: DFWRPI Usergroup Meeting 8/2021 Time: Aug 7, 2021 10:00 Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 830 8921 9454 Passcode: 292417 One tap mobile +13462487799,,83089219454#,,,,*292417# US (Houston) +12532158782,,83089219454#,,,,*292417# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) Meeting ID: 830 8921 9454 Passcode: 292417 Find your local number: -Cornelius |
Asterisk / FreePBX
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýAt the last meeting I had promised to send out an email about FreePBX. I was expecting to just pass on information about whenever the Philadelphia Linux User Group (Plug) has a talk, but I don¡¯t see it in the schedule yet. It will probably still happen but I don¡¯t know when. At the moment their meetings are online using Jitsi so they are easy to join . There are also Libera Chat IRC channels #plug, #asterisk and #freepbx and youtube videos.I am nowhere near an expert, but I have got it working. I have spent an enormous amount of time on it but I also found it very rewarding. It is one of the more complicated pieces of software I have used so it is a bit much to discuss for a single email. In this email I will give an overview. Hopefully, I will follow up. I would be happy to answer questions and be corrected. Maybe at some point I would be confident enough that I could give a talk if the meetings are still online. Asterisk is the actual PBX software. It is probably available as a package for most distros or it can be compiled from source. FreePBX could be thought of as a suite that includes Asterisk, a web interface, fail2ban, OpenVPN, etc. It has both free and commercial modules. Usually you install it as it¡¯s own distro. The normal version is for x86 and is based on CentOS 7.x. There is a Raspberry Pi image based on Raspbian. The x86 one can be registered (paid for) so you can use the Pro features, the Raspberry Pi one cannot ¨C it shouldn¡¯t be used commercially. Some components are also missing for RPi (such as the web interface for the firewall). There is a docker image but there are many reasons you should not install it this way. The current major version of FreePBX is 15. There is a beta for 16. They had planned to upgrade to CentOS 8 but because of all the drama, they are staying with the old OS. A lot of stuff is very out of date (old OS/kernel, Apache/PHP, etc.) I think it must be difficult considering how many parts there are and what needs to be tested. Unfortunately the Wiki documentation is also often out of date. There is a forum. Maybe I should have started by explaining what it does. I expect that most people now are actually using VOIP even if their house connection is still POTS. Instead of using a normal telephone provider, you can pay a VOIP provider for a phone number. (I am using voip.ms and I¡¯m very happy with it.) You can even get phone numbers in other countries. The FreePBX software lets you make a connection over the Internet to one or more ¡°trunks¡± and you can configure ¡°extensions¡± which are either physical VOIP phones, VOIP to analog adapters or software phones. I have two Android phones and use the Zoiper App. Each one is an extension. Zoiper is also available for regular computers and I¡¯m sure there are other clients also. I have a US phone number that will ring on my handy mobile phone anywhere I am that has good Internet. My German router (Fritzbox) can talk to the PBX, for the PBX it is a second "trunk". So I can get/make phone calls using either number. The dial rules determine whether to use the German or American phone number when I make a call. I'm running my PBX as a virtual machine on my home server but I plan to get a Lenovo thin client. It is installed on my RPi but I didn't configure it yet. It may be that because of missing modules or excessive writing that it is not practical but I can't say yet either way. There are a lot of neat things you can do such as video calls, Fax, SMS/MMS, etc. Some of this I have working, some not. And you can program responses such as dialing an extension to get voice mail or the weather. Best wishes, Jon Wolfe |
Embedded Linux Usergroup Meeting this Wednesday
The embedded Linux User Group meets this week's Wednesday, both on site and on Zoom:
The Embedded Linux group will meet Wednesday, July 14, at 7 PM. There will be a physical meeting at Improving and a Zoom session from the premises. Improving is located at 5445 Legacy Dr., Suite 100, Plano, TX 75024. Improving is located on the first floor of the building, just to the left of the lobby. The doors may be locked at 6 PM; there will be a note on the door with my cell phone number to call me to open the door. COVID-19 masks are optional. Pizza is expected to be available at 6:45. Please try to attend in person. And if you have something to discuss at the meeting, please do so! Topic: Embedded Linux Time: Jul 14, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 882 5778 4787 Passcode: 682427 One tap mobile +13462487799,,88257784787#,,,,*682427# US (Houston) +16699009128,,88257784787#,,,,*682427# US (San Jose) Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) Meeting ID: 882 5778 4787 Passcode: 682427 Find your local number: |
That's 09:00CDT, not 08:00CDT. Was: Re: Forth2020 Usergroup Meeting, tomorrow (7/10) @ 0800CDT
So much for time zone conversion. 14:00UTC == 09:00CDT, not 08:00CDT.
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Sorry about that. On Fri, 9 Jul 2021, Cornelius Keck wrote:
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2021 12:20:03 -0500 |
Forth2020 Usergroup Meeting, tomorrow (7/10) @ 0800CDT
Another interesting meeting, right off Forth2020's Facebook group page:
Zoom Meeting starts at 14:00 UTC == 0800CDT on Saturday, July 10 2021. Please be present 5/10 min, earlier. Beginners in Forth programming, meet with our experts, watch the presentations, learn Forth programming with our group ! Password : forth2020 |
Re: DallasRPI Meeting 3/7/2021, 10:00CDT
No biggie, enjoy the drive :)
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No telling if Fritzing will be up to anything by then. This thing is huge. It works on Ubuntu, though, so there's a way to show what it *should* be doing. Rusty Haddock wrote: Yeah, sounds like an idea.? Not sure if I'll be |
Re: DallasRPI Meeting 3/7/2021, 10:00CDT
Yeah, sounds like an idea.? Not sure if I'll be there or not.? I may drive back East for the holiday weekend. On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 12:35 PM Cornelius Keck <dfwrpi@...> wrote: Got a boatload of early RSVPs, so I decided to run with it. Maybe we -- ? ?_____ |\/ ? o \? ?o ? ? ? ? ??Rusty Haddock? <=>? AE5AE? | ? (? -<? O o ? ? ?Settled down in oh-so-fancy Plano. |/\__V__/? ? ? ?Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people! |
Re: DallasRPI Meeting 3/7/2021, 10:00CDT
Got a boatload of early RSVPs, so I decided to run with it. Maybe we even get to look at Fritzing on a Pi. Built from source, because what's in the repository doesn't work. Provided that it ever compiles. Have yet to get there, because a current QT is required, which is a chunky bit of code. Started yet another build at 05:00 this morning, and it's still at it. Yesterday's ran out of memory. 12GB free wasn't enough.
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Rusty Haddock wrote: We're doing this the day before July 4th?? |
Re: DallasRPI Meeting 3/7/2021, 10:00CDT
We're doing this the day before July 4th?? I thought we were holding of until the 10th. On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:51 AM Cornelius Keck <dfwrpi@...> wrote: It's time. Anything interesting happening, talk to me. See you this -- ? ?_____ |\/ ? o \? ?o ? ? ? ? ??Rusty Haddock? <=>? AE5AE? | ? (? -<? O o ? ? ?Settled down in oh-so-fancy Plano. |/\__V__/? ? ? ?Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people! |
DallasRPI Meeting 7/3/2021, 10:00CDT
Now with the correct date in the subject..... Need more coffee.
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Cornelius Keck wrote: It's time. Anything interesting happening, talk to me. See you this Saturday: |
DallasRPI Meeting 3/7/2021, 10:00CDT
It's time. Anything interesting happening, talk to me. See you this Saturday:
Topic: DFWRPI 7/2021 Time: Jul 3, 2021 10:00 Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 952 7647 2747 Passcode: 651338 One tap mobile +13462487799,,95276472747#,,,,*651338# US (Houston) +16699006833,,95276472747#,,,,*651338# US (San Jose) Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) Meeting ID: 952 7647 2747 Passcode: 651338 Find your local number: |
DFW RPI Usergroup Meeting, 6/5/2020, 10:00CDT
Monsoon season is upon us. Almost half-done with 2021. If you are a resident of one of the states affected by the big freeze, don't forget to file your income tax return, that's due middle of this month. But first this -- got anything to show, talk to me:
Thema: DFW RPI Usergroup Meeting 6/2021 Uhrzeit: 5.Juni.2021 10:00 Central Time (USA und Kanada) Zoom-Meeting beitreten Meeting-ID: 930 8156 8807 Kenncode: 150528 Schnelleinwahl mobil +13462487799,,93081568807#,,,,*150528# Vereinigte Staaten (Houston) +16699006833,,93081568807#,,,,*150528# Vereinigte Staaten (San Jose) Einwahl nach aktuellem Standort +1 346 248 7799 Vereinigte Staaten (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 Vereinigte Staaten (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 Vereinigte Staaten (Tacoma) +1 929 205 6099 Vereinigte Staaten (New York) +1 301 715 8592 Vereinigte Staaten (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 Vereinigte Staaten (Chicago) Meeting-ID: 930 8156 8807 Kenncode: 150528 Ortseinwahl suchen: |
Re: Raspberry Pi Pico
I foresee retail therapy....
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Rusty Haddock wrote: This is the longest I've seen the Pico's available at the Dallas |
Raspberry Pi Pico
This is the longest I've seen the Pico's available at the Dallas MicroCenter since they first released.? Still list at 25+ in stock @ $3.99. BTW, it's fairly easy to raise the clock frequency to 250MHz and it doesn't appear to heat up significantly!? They will go much higher but not without some problems, depending on what parts you are wanting to use (GPIO, I?C, SPI, USB, Flash). Check out these articles: Naturally, you're doing this at your own risk! :) Then again, crimney!? They're only $4 a piece. :) Have fun! ??????? -Rusty- -- ? ?_____ |\/ ? o \? ?o ? ? ? ? ??Rusty Haddock? <=>? AE5AE? | ? (? -<? O o ? ? ?Settled down in oh-so-fancy Plano. |/\__V__/? ? ? ?Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people! |
FORTRAN vs LISP
I stand corrected and J was correct.? My slysdexic memory swapped some bits. Released just a year after Fortran, is the second oldest high-level programming language still in widespread use today. Lisp was developed by John McCarthy, a legendary computer scientist, who is considered one of the founders of the
discipline of artificial intelligence (McCarthy co-authored the document
that coined the term ¡°artificial intelligence.¡±) FORTRAN was released in 1957 and LISP in 1958, per ? -- ? ?_____ |\/ ? o \? ?o ? ? ? ? ??Rusty Haddock? <=>? AE5AE? | ? (? -<? O o ? ? ?Settled down in oh-so-fancy Plano. |/\__V__/? ? ? ?Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people! |
Heads up: Heads up: Zoom meeting invitation - Dallas Raspberry Pi Usergroup Meeting 5/2021
May already, storm season is upon us. Assuming power stays up:
Topic: Dallas Raspberry Pi Usergroup Meeting 5/2021 Time: May 1, 2021 10:00 Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 931 6860 0019 Passcode: 976878 One tap mobile +13462487799,,93168600019#,,,,*976878# US (Houston) +16699006833,,93168600019#,,,,*976878# US (San Jose) Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) Meeting ID: 931 6860 0019 Passcode: 976878 Find your local number: |