Pi JARDIN

Simple automated irrigating system for your Pi

This software needs some cheap hardware (Pi, Arduino, relay board, spkinklers), and is built on top of free software (mostly Python 3.x)

Requirements

A Raspberry Pi (tested on a 2 B+)
Any micro SD card
An Arduino Nano board (ATmega328)
Relay board

Installation

OS Installation

Download 'Raspbian Jessie Lite' from official website and burn SD card.

Boot

$ sudo raspi-config

Adjust keyboard
Activate SSH server

Then :

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Wifi Installation

$ sudo vi /etc/wp /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

country=FR
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
network={
ssid="<my wifi SSID>"
psk="<my password>"
}

And then :

$ sudo reboot

Dependencies installation

Reach http://arduino.cc and install latest Arduino IDE (1.8.x today)

From Arduino IDE, add/install "CmdMessenger" library.

Then :

PAS ENCORE AU POINT 

cd ~/Downloads/arduino-1.8.3/libraries
ln -s ~/Arduino/libraries/CmdMessenger .

Software installation

Connect to your Pi via SSH, using user pi :

ssh pi@<myipaddress>

Stock password is raspberry. We strongly advice to change it and install and ssh key for login.

Get the latest Pi Jardin

$ cd ~
$ sudo apt-get install git
$ git clone https://github.com/odeckmyn/pijardin.git

Run installer

$ cd pijardin
$ make install

This will install all dependencies

Finalize

$ source _venv3/bin/activate

Updating my Pi Jardin

$ cd
$ cd pijardin
$ source _venv/bin/activate
$ make update