Raspberry Pi¶

Before you will be able to run the RaspberryPi with the RekenRobot functions, you will have to install different packages. Below is mentioned which packages are needed, what they do and how to install them.

Connecting to the RaspberryPi using SSH (Windows)¶

Putty allows you to enter the command line of the RaspberryPi on you laptop. This allows you to open and run files on your RaspberryPi. Putty should be installed on your laptop and can be found on http://www.putty.org/ For the first connection between Putty and your RaspberryPi it is important to join the same network, either with wifi or cable. The connection is made by knowing the IP address of the RaspberryPi. This IP address can be found by connecting the RaspberryPi to an external screen. The IP address can be found by:

Open the terminal, give the command ifconfig and the IP address will be given for each connection.

Knowing the IP address a wireless connection between the RaspberryPi can be made, keep in mind that both devices have to be connected to the same network. Opening Putty will allow you to fill in a host name. Type in pi@(IP address) and click open. In the next terminal a password will be asked, this is rekenrobot. if the terminal responds with pi@Raspberrypi:~S the connection was successful and you will be able to give commands to the RaspberryPi.

connect to the RaspberryPi using SSH (other OS)¶

On linux and MacOS is ssh mostly installed by default and can be run via the command line.

connect to the Raspberry pi using VNC¶

For explanation and installation of the VNC software click on the link below.

VNC (Virtual Network Computing)

Setting up the RaspberryPi work enviroment¶

The Raspberry Pi that is part of this project should be already setup correctly. However it could be that stuff is broken or a new Pi is added to the project and you want to setup the Pi (again).

There are two option for this. A short and easy way and long (should be easy but can be difficult way).

Option 1 is to flash a pre-formated image to the SD-card with all programs and settings ready to go.

Option 2 is to follow the steps below and do a clean install of all software.