Raspberry Pi Weather Station Dashboard

This project will provide you with a graphical dashboard of the current weather observation based on the Raspberry Pi Weather Station data.

You can see a live version of the master branch at n5jlc.duckdns.org/dashboard.

Contributing

Contributions to this project can be made by using the program and providing feedback or by assisting in the programming and submitting pull requests. In either case, please read the contributing page for instructions.

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Installation

Install prerequisites

1. Install the Apache2 package with the following command:

   sudo apt-get install apache2 -y

2. Install PHP5 and the PHP module for Apache

   sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 -y

3. Install the MySQL DLL's for PHP5

   sudo apt-get install php5-mysql -y

Get the dashboard code

1. Navigate to the web folder:

   cd /var/www/html

2. Download the files to a folder named dashboard:

   sudo git clone https://github.com/JoshuaCarroll/Raspberry-Pi-Weather-Station-Dashboard.git dashboard

3. Return to the dashboard site root.

   cd dashboard

You should now be in /var/www/html/dashboard

Set up and connect

1. Update the the php script with the MySQL password that you chose when installing the database.

   sudo nano database.php

   Update the database connection variables to the values for your environment.

   Press Ctrl O then Enter to save and Ctrl X to quit nano.

2. Run the setup script to setup additional preferences.

   ./setup.sh

3. Find the weather station's ip address:

   ifconfig

   The IP address will be on the second line just after inet addr:. Enter this IP address into a browser followed by /dashboard. For example:

   http://192.168.0.X/dashboard

Set up external API's (optional)

Configuration of supported external APIs is included in the setup script, but if you would like to see the details, they are included in the respective links below:

• Weather Underground: See README-API-WeatherUnderground.md.

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Installing updates

New features and bug-fixes will be added to this repository as needed. If you want to update your copy with the latest changes, follow these steps.

1. Navigate to the dashboard folder:

   cd /var/www/html/dashboard

2. Backup your database settings file:

   sudo cp database.php ../

3. Update your code with the latest changes:

   sudo git pull

4. Restore your database settings file:

   sudo mv ../database.php ./

5. Update the stored procedure in your database:

   sudo mysql -u root -p weather < SETUP.sql

6. Run the setup script to update database objects and setup additional preferences:

   ./setup.sh