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IhadheardaboutGPIOpinsontheraspberrypianddecidedtodosomethingwith
it.Andwiththeholidayscoming,wouldn'titbegreattobeabletoturnonandoff
yourlightdisplayfromtheweb!Thisisaprettysimpleprojectthatcreatesaweb
appforcontrollinglights.ItusestheRaspberryPifortheinternetconnectionanda
wirelessremotecontroltoturnonandoffthelights.Thetrickythingistoconnect
theRaspberryPiGPIOstoemulatepressingthebuttonsontheremotecontrol.

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IchoosetheWeb2Py(http://web2py.com)frameworkforitseaseofinstallationand
use.Installationisverysimple.Followtheinstructions(repeatedhere)at
http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/13#Onestepproductiondeployment
(http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/13#Onestepproductiondeployment)
ConnectyourRPItotheinternet.LogontoyourRPIandenterthefollowingatthe
commandline:
wgethttp://web2py.googlecode.com/hg/scripts/setupweb2pyubuntu.sh
chmod+xsetupweb2pyubuntu.sh
sudo./setupweb2pyubuntu.sh
Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.Thisstepwilltakeseveralminutesandyou

mayseesomeerrorsintheprocess,butitseemstoworkanyway.Themail
configurationisnotreallyimportant,youcanjustsetitasnoconfiguration.
Whenaskedaboutyourlocationandsuch,thevaluesaren'tcritical,doyourbest.
Themostimportantthingistoremembertheadminpasswordthatyou
selectduringtheinstallation
Oncetheinstallationiscompleteyoushouldbeabletoconnecttoweb2pyserver
fromyourcomputer.Inyourcomputer'sbrowserentertheaddresstoyour
RaspberryPi.Itisveryimportantthatyouusedhttpswhenconnectingtothe
web2pyserver.YourURLwilllooksomethinglike:
https://192.168.2.179/orhttps://rasberrypi

Youmayseeasecuritywarninginyourbrowser.That'sOK,youcansafely
ignorethiswarning.Ifeverythingworkedcorrectly,youshouldnowseethe
welcomepageforWeb2Py.

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sdfsdfsdfsdfsdfaaaaz(/member/sdfsdfsdfsdfsdfaaaaz/)

19daysago

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Ihavearemotecontrolerwherethebutton"pullsdown"themicrcontrollerlineto
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thegroundwhenitispressed(oppositetoyourcaseofpullsup).

HowcanIdothewiring?

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27daysago

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greatidea,canyouwireupthekettleandwashingmachineaswell?
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realjohnherlosky(/member/realjohnherlosky/) Snellingkorey
23daysago

don'tbesillySnellingkorey,thatwouldtakeatleast2
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RaspberrysandaStrawberry!

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3monthsago

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Inmycase,Installingweb2pyonaraspberryrunningraspbian,Ihadtomodifya
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lineonsetupweb2pyubuntu.sh

From:
sudoa2ensitedefault
To:
sudoa2ensitedefault.conf
Also,theauthtypesonthedefault.confwereonapache2.4format,whereasthe
setupscriptinstalledmeapache2.2soIhadtomakechangesaccordingto
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html#ru...
(http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html#runtime)

gago.babic.3(/member/gago.babic.3/) ManuelA3

26daysago

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iamrunningraspbian.canyousimplygiveus
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setupweb2pyubuntu.shbecauseiamhavingproblemsetupapache2.2
to2.4.pleaseuploadesomewhereoremailmemejlgago@gmail.com

xpark(/member/xpark/)

29daysago

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Canutellmeexactlyhowicanaccessthisserverfromanoutsidenetwork?
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1monthago

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IfIwantedtoupscalethistomorethanjustthreeswitches,howwouldIdothat?
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davidbarcomb(/member/davidbarcomb/)

2monthsago

Greatinstructable,detailedandwellexplained.Keepupthegoodwork
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lzkill(/member/lzkill/)

3monthsago

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Hipals!
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TheresistorusedonthisprojectaredependentontheRFcontroller?Whywere
thesepicked?

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3monthsago

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Howcouldisetthisuptorunlocally,thatisrunningtheprogramdirectlyonthepi
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withoutinternetacess?

aswinmp(/member/aswinmp/)

3monthsago

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MyprojectishomeautomationandCCTV.Afterdoingthecctvfunctionusingpi,
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wedidtheautomationpart.Uptostep7,everythingwentperfectly.Afterthat,I
cannotaccesspiusingsshorremotedesktop.AndIcannotaccesstheweb
page.
Whattodo?Pleasehelpme!

john.turley.568(/member/john.turley.568/)

4monthsago

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Ihadtroubleinstallingweb2pybutIthinkIgotitsolvedbyusingthisscriptinstead:
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web2py.googlecode.com/hg/scripts/setupweb2pynginxuwsgiubuntu.sh
(http://web2py.googlecode.com/hg/scripts/setupweb2pynginxuwsgiubuntu.sh)
andthenrunningthisatstartup:
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OliverL(/member/OliverL/)

5monthsago

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Hello!
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Ihavesslproblem:Hibakd:ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR.
IuseChromeandExplorer,theproblemisinboth.
Ihavenoidea:(

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5monthsago

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NiceJob!!
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Verydetailedguide.

GeorgeB1(/member/GeorgeB1/)

wheredoyoudownloadthehomelightspackage
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rohitgoudponnam(/member/rohitgoudponnam/)

Himatey,i'mfromAustraliaandineedthismodelforademo.canyoupleaselet
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meknowifitispossibleforyoutopostmeaworkingmodel(wholekit)andguide

metomakeitwork.Please,respondtothismessageonmyemail
"rohitgoudponnam@gmail.com"ismygmailid.
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adam.skorpik.9(/member/adam.skorpik.9/)

5monthsago

Hi.
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Wealreadydevelopedpieceofhardwareforhomecontrol.Therearerelays,
digitalinputs,1wire,EEPROM,010V.....

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checkindiegogoproject:
http://igg.me/at/unipi/x/8241961(http://igg.me/at/unipi/x/8241961)

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Samginoya(/member/Samginoya/)

5monthsago

hy,
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weniwritethisinpiterminal:
sudopython/home/www
data/web2py/applications/Home_Lights/modules/GPIOServer.py
itshowme:
python:can'topenfile'/home/www
data/web2py/applications/Home_Lights/modules/GPIOServer.py':
[Errno2]Nosuchfileordirectory

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6monthsago

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thatisatypo,delaythereis2seconds:P
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BennyTC(/member/BennyTC/)

Awesomeproject!
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Iintendtouseittocontroladoorbuzzer,soIadded5seconddelay.
Ihadtochangeswaptheoutputfrom"1"to"0",becauseIamusingabrandless
8relayboardwhichoperatesasActiveLOW(relaysareturnedonwhenoutputis
"0").
Inthehopeitisofhelptoanyone,thisiswhatIdid:
changedtheGPIOClient.pyfile'sline13tothis:
ON=chr(0)
andaddedthefollowinglinestotheGPIOServer.pyfile
line3:
importtime
line12:
SleepTimeL=2
line23:(thisisafterGPIO.output(pin,val))
time.sleep(SleepTimeL)

cartiman(/member/cartiman/)

Iusetheraspberrypifromchina(redcolor),whatcan?
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9monthsago

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Hi,
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weareinterestedindoingthehomelightingautomationwhichtakescareofthe
centrallightingsystem.so,couldyoupleasesuggesthowtoproceedwiththe
project.
emailid:nangunoorilaxmijoythi1@gmail.com
Regards.

losgat(/member/losgat/)

10monthsago

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Hihaveitallsetupandworkingasexpectedbutisthereanywaytochangethe
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outputforrelaysandnotsinglebuttonpressapplications(usingarelaythatneed
tobepoweredconstantly?

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10monthsago

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Traceback(mostrecentcalllast):
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File"/home/www
data/web2py/applications/Home_Lights/modules/GPIOServer.py",line29,in
<module>
serversock.bind(ADDR)
File"/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py",line224,inmeth
returngetattr(self._sock,name)(*args)
socket.error:[Errno99]Cannotassignrequestedaddress
root@raspberrypi:~/RPi.GPIO0.4.2a#
//WhatshouldIdowiththiserror??PleaseHelp..:)

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11monthsago

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coolintroduction!

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peecee78(/member/peecee78/)

12monthsago

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Heydoesanyonemanagedtoadoptthiswebinterfacetoworkwith8channel
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relay?

IwireditbutonrelayalligetisjustablinkofLEDitrytoeditthesettingssame
result...
Pleasehelp

sivaraaj(/member/sivaraaj/) peecee78

11monthsago

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ithinkinyourcasetheinputvoltageisnotenoughfortherelayboardso
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doublecheckyourinputvolt.

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11monthsago

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Sweeet!!Everythingworksexceptihavetobeathomeconnectedtomywififoritto
work.isthatsupposedtobethatway?

amrnablus(/member/amrnablus/)

11monthsago

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Ihaveaquestion.
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IfiwanttoautomatelightsorAC,shouldthisdevicebecontrollableviaaremote
controllerinthefirstplaceorit'spossibletodoitwithanyhardware.

icemeth(/member/icemeth/)

1yearago

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ihaveaprobleminsettinguptheweb2pysetup.whenitypesudo./setup
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web2pyubuntu.shithasanderroranditsayscannotfindfiledestinationthoughi

havedownloadedthesetupfile.andicantupdatemyraspiitalsohasanerror.is
itbecauseihaveadynamicinternetconnection??plsreplyineedyour
help..thanks

hughjeremy(/member/hughjeremy/)

1yearago

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WhenIconnectupthewires,itactsasifthebuttonisbeinghelddown,andsoit
can'tdefinewhichbuttonisbeingpressedwhenmultiplebuttonsareconnected.
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LongstoryshortnomatterifIturnthemonoroff,itdoesn'tmakeadifference!
Helpwouldbesoappreciated!
Thanks,
Hugh

ChronosWolf(/member/ChronosWolf/)

1yearago

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Awesometutorialandproject!Can'twaittofullytryitout.I'mhavingoneissue
though.Idon'thavealloftheproperhardwareyet(Ihaveeverythingbutthe
(/member/ChronosWolf/)

remoteoutletsandacutribboncable).ButmyproblemisonceItrytostartthe
GPIOServer.py,itindefinitelysays"waitingforconnection...".IsthisbecauseI
havenothingconnectedtotheGPIOpins?Iwashopingtorunoutlaterandget
everythingelseIneed,butIfiguredIwouldseteverythingsoftwarerelatedupfirst.
I'mhopingthisistheissue,andnotthefactthatmypihatesme,haha.
Anyways,thanksinadvancefortheresponseand,again,awesomeinstructable.
Chronos

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1yearago

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sorrymanemailisa.nolan@pss.ie
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andyn500(/member/andyn500/)

HiIamveryinterestedinyourprojectitsbrilliant.Iamnewtocomputersandhave
verylittleunderstandingofelectronics.Isthereanychanceoffurtherinstructions
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forthisegPCBboardandwhatresistorsyouusedifpossible.furtherinstructions
diagramsetc.
Wouldbeveryhelpful

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1yearago

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hello,awesomeinstructionguideeverythingisworkingexceptforthepicturesfor
thebuttons.whenigotothewebpagetheynevershownup.imtalkingaboutthe
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sir,ineedyourhelp,cangivemealldetailaboutthisproject?
codeoranythingaboutthis..tqsir
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s_roll88@yahoo.com

1yearago

Hasanyonetrieddoingthiswithremotesthatarepoweredby3vbattery?You
couldpowertheremotewithPithen,right?
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Andnottoforgetthankingwillq44again!

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1yearago

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sir,,iamstudyingb.tech(computers)....iwanttodomyfinalprojecton
RASPBERRYPI..canyougivethedataandcodeabout"RaspberryPiGPIO
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homeautomation"...ifyougiveittomethenitwouldbehelpfultomyproject....
myemailidis:avinashcme@gmail.com

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Hi,thanksforthisverycomprehensivetutorial.Thisinstructablefitsnicelyintothe
kindofstuffIwanttodoasahobbyist.ItallworkswelluntillIpress"database
administration"UnderModel,Ithenget:InternalerrorTicketissued:
Home_Lights/192.168.1.2.20130608.064414.277666f198d442848792
601a9056bee4Theticketreads:type'exceptions.TypeError'>define_tables()
gotanunexpectedkeywordargument'signature47
auth.define_tables(username=False,signature=False)orclickingonothertabs
stuffasTraceback(mostrecentcalllast):File
"/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/gluon/restricted.py",line205,inrestrictedexec
ccodeinenvironmentFile
"/home/pi/web2py/applications/Home_Lights/models/db.py",line47,in
auth.define_tables(username=False,signature=False)TypeError:
define_tables()gotanunexpectedkeywordargument'signature'.tryingtogetto
:8000/Home_Lights/default/indexbringsupthesameproblem.Everyerror
messagehingesaroundunexpectedkeywordargument'signature'.Doyouthink
itmightbedotomyusingdifferentversionsofprogramsorsomethinglikethis.I
knowpythonistouchyaboutthis:root@raspberrypi:~#pythonPython2.7.3
(default,Jan132013,11:20:46)[GCC4.6.3]onlinux2under
fish://root@raspberrypi/etc/thereare3pythonfolders,python2.7,python3,
python3.2Pitty,causethishappenstobeexactlywhatIwaslookingfor,and
nowherecanIfindsuchathoroughtutorial.Iwishyoucanmakeasuggestionto
makemegoon.ThanksforsharinginanycaseYvan

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1yearago

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willq44oranyonehasanypointeronhowtochangethebehaviorofthebuttonsto
turnthemintoarelay"lick>ON,clickagain>OFF"insteadofhavingthemsend
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apulsetosimulatethepushofthebuttonontheremoteasitwasneededinthis
project(bueller...bueller...D)?Thanks!

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