Quite strange. When I first read this article I immediately went out to buy two 16GB SD-card. But then the first disappointment, when Etcher told me it was too small. So I run out again and got a 32GB SD-Card before the shop closed. So luckily I could install it. Then the first boot up, set keyboard to German etc. But then the next disappointment, I could not get to show the video from the Raspi-Cam. I checked logs I found that node-js produces a segmentation fault.
pi@raspberrypi:/usr/bin $ node --version
Segmentation fault
Anybody an idea how to fix?
Maybe it has something to do with my Raspberry pi 2 Model B V 1.1 ?
I also had to use a 32GB sd card as some of the others have stated. When trying in Etcher to flash the 16GB card it said I did not have enough space. 15.8 something GB available. I found the reason that some of us were getting smaller space available. You were using the Sandisk Pixtor card which apparently has 16.03GB available. I had a Sandisk Ultra 16GB card and it shows a only having 15.8x GB available thus the error. Different types of SD cards of the same size actually have different available actual space.
Hope you will be doing other tutorials like this. Maybe on how to add additional devices to the homebridge. Thanks
Tried flashing with Win32DiskImager on a 32gb SD and it failed to boot. Downloaded etcher for windows and worked OK. First setup failed to connect to wifi. Country code was not set correctly. Re-flashed and on first boot ran "sudo apt-get update" then "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade". This could probably be corrected running "sudo raspi-config". Works as promised on my pi-3. Would like to rotate the camera angle default to 90°. Any suggestions? Must be simple a simple solution since there are no conversations on camera rotate. Thank you for the tutorial.
I bought a Raspberry Pi 3, inserted the SD Card and everything runs fine. So obviously the Raspberry Pi 2 V1.1 doesn't work with the image provided ...
Quite strange. When I first read this article I immediately went out to buy two 16GB SD-card. But then the first disappointment, when Etcher told me it was too small. So I run out again and got a 32GB SD-Card before the shop closed. So luckily I could install it. Then the first boot up, set keyboard to German etc. But then the next disappointment, I could not get to show the video from the Raspi-Cam. I checked logs I found that node-js produces a segmentation fault.
pi@raspberrypi:/usr/bin $ node --version
Segmentation fault
Anybody an idea how to fix?
Maybe it has something to do with my Raspberry pi 2 Model B V 1.1 ?
Can someone please help with my issue? I followed all of the directions but, I could not get the homebridge to show up in the homekit. I found a command by pressing the arrow keys that appears to check the homebridge status but I do not understand the error. Please see the pic and help me if possible.
Would it be possible to plug in a USB stick to use as a storage medium, and set it to continuously record (and just overwrite old data as it becomes full?) I imagine a 64GB drive would give me about a day's worth of video at a decent 5Mbps bitrate, maybe two days if I halve the bitrate. Would love to know your thoughts. Thanks for a great guide!
Anyone know how to easily rotate or flip the video? I've got my camera over the front door hanging down like spiderman.
I found this, but I've executed and rebooted and it hasn't made a difference :
https://github.com/moritzmhmk/homebridge-camera-rpi/issues/4
So, I downloaded the dmg and loaded it onto a 32GB Micro SD card using Etcher per the instructions.
However, the problem regarding the use of this image on a Raspberry Pi Zero is because the pre-installed version of nodejs (architecture) is incompatible with the Zero; the pre-installed version of nodejs is meant for armv7 rather than armv6.
Please perform these steps at your own risk; I cannot guarantee that my experience will be identical to yours.
Please note that the only step that I didn’t outline is that I performed a sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y prior to figuring out what the issue was.
The only thing I haven’t figured out, is how to modify the resolution and bitrate for rpi-camera.
Idea for a future project: For us apartment dwellers, competition for laundry room space is critical. It’s impossible to know if the washing machines and dryers are being used. The machines are at least 50-60 feet away (if one were to draw a straight line) in an apartment complex and not easy to get to. My thought was to set up some kind of Raspberry Pi device in each of the 2 different locations and have it send via radio signal a yes/no signal on each of the machines if they were being used at the time. Any thoughts? Is this completely unworkable?
Idea for a future project: For us apartment dwellers, competition for laundry room space is critical. It’s impossible to know if the washing machines and dryers are being used. The machines are at least 50-60 feet away (if one were to draw a straight line) in an apartment complex and not easy to get to. My thought was to set up some kind of Raspberry Pi device in each of the 2 different locations and have it send via radio signal a yes/no signal on each of the machines if they were being used at the time. Any thoughts? Is this completely unworkable?
It’s been done before. I think there instructions, too.
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I followed the instruction here to use Disk Utility to create an iso image.
https://www.heavymetalcoder.com/copy-raspberry-pi-to-new-sd-card/
The image came out exactly 15.93 instead of 16.03, so I was able to use Etcher to flash it.
Quite strange. When I first read this article I immediately went out to buy two 16GB SD-card. But then the first disappointment, when Etcher told me it was too small.
So I run out again and got a 32GB SD-Card before the shop closed. So luckily I could install it.
Then the first boot up, set keyboard to German etc.
But then the next disappointment, I could not get to show the video from the Raspi-Cam.
I checked logs I found that node-js produces a segmentation fault.
pi@raspberrypi:/usr/bin $ node --version
Segmentation fault
Anybody an idea how to fix?
Maybe it has something to do with my Raspberry pi 2 Model B V 1.1 ?
I also had to use a 32GB sd card as some of the others have stated. When trying in Etcher to flash the 16GB card it said I did not have enough space. 15.8 something GB available. I found the reason that some of us were getting smaller space available.
You were using the Sandisk Pixtor card which apparently has 16.03GB available. I had a Sandisk Ultra 16GB card and it shows a only having 15.8x GB available thus the error. Different types of SD cards of the same size actually have different available actual space.
Hope you will be doing other tutorials like this. Maybe on how to add additional devices to the homebridge.
Thanks
any idea how to add raspberry camera to homebridge (resberian) ?
I have already working homebridge system , just need to add camera .
thanks for help
I bought a Raspberry Pi 3, inserted the SD Card and everything runs fine.
So obviously the Raspberry Pi 2 V1.1 doesn't work with the image provided ...
Quite strange. When I first read this article I immediately went out to buy two 16GB SD-card. But then the first disappointment, when Etcher told me it was too small.
So I run out again and got a 32GB SD-Card before the shop closed. So luckily I could install it.
Then the first boot up, set keyboard to German etc.
But then the next disappointment, I could not get to show the video from the Raspi-Cam.
I checked logs I found that node-js produces a segmentation fault.
pi@raspberrypi:/usr/bin $ node --version
Segmentation fault
Anybody an idea how to fix?
Maybe it has something to do with my Raspberry pi 2 Model B V 1.1 ?
Raspberry Pi Model B : ARMv6
Raspberry Pi Model B 2 : ARMv7
Raspberry Pi Model B 2 ver 1.2 / Raspberry Pi Model B 3 / Raspberry Pi Model B 3+ : ARMv8
Raspberry Pi Zero / Raspberry Pi Zero W : ARMv6
Depending on which board you are trying to install on, you need a specific version of Node installed. Check out this link to my site that walks you though the steps to install.
Could you expand the guide to include getting the Nest plugin working? Or release a new image with it ready to go? Thanks!
So, I downloaded the dmg and loaded it onto a 32GB Micro SD card using Etcher per the instructions.
However, the problem regarding the use of this image on a Raspberry Pi Zero is because the pre-installed version of nodejs (architecture) is incompatible with the Zero; the pre-installed version of nodejs is meant for armv7 rather than armv6.
To get around this issue, perform the following:
• sudo apt-get remove -y nodejs
• cd ~
• wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/audstanley/NodeJs-Raspberry-Pi/master/Install-Node.sh, open the file in nano or vi, replace all instances of v10 with v8
• chmod +x Install-Node.sh
• sudo ./Installl-Node.sh (it will install nodejs v8.11.2)
• reboot
Please perform these steps at your own risk; I cannot guarantee that my experience will be identical to yours.
Please note that the only step that I didn’t outline is that I performed a sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y prior to figuring out what the issue was.
The only thing I haven’t figured out, is how to modify the resolution and bitrate for rpi-camera.
Lastly, thank you for posting this guide!!
• https://lifehacker.com/use-a-raspberry-pi-zero-to-notify-you-when-the-laundry-1791835119