Skipper's Mate

Hi WhiteHeat Thanks for posting here - this can help others. We no longer sell hardware - courtesy of the uncertainty of Brexit. But there are documents available from the web site which make it fairly easy to put things together yourself. We hope to put up some lists of the best bits to buy (althou...

It looks as though the Raspberry Pi3B+ needs some tweaking to run Raspbian Jessie (current ISO). Here are a couple of links : Boot problems https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=208596 Using Jessie on a PLUS https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/81725/raspbian-8-on-raspberry-p...

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Penny

so we apologise in advance if you have to wait longer than you should for an answer. We will do our very best to reply rapidly but if you don't get an answer then please check back later.

Penny

Dear Rass Sincere apologies for taking so long to reply. Went sailing ! No - it isn't entirely obvious - but I'm glad to say it is in the documentation !!!! Have you downloaded a copy of Skipper's Mate - What To Do With A Card/ISO from the Manuals page off the Contact menu ? I think that page 21 ans...

There is no requirement for a mobile phone on board - the Boat Control Unit notifies a central server which then sends email and/or SMS if there is an alarm. We're not fans of Li-ion battery charging unsupervised either :) BTW we shall shortly be releasing a new Sensor Control for a smoke alarm - wh...

Update 0.9.2.7 - Addition of humidity correction to allow for low readings from hardware

Some program and database enhancements to allow for some Temperature/Humidity/Dew Point Sensors reading low. This permits more than the current 10% plus/minus adjustment.

Recently produced some instructions to assist in testing a Sensor Unit using Bluetooth Connectivity. You will need : • a browser (Firefox or Chromium/Chrome recommended) • an SSH client – Linux & Mac users will have this built into their system – Windows users should install the excellent puTTY util...

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It does seem to be working well - not hard to do either ! But then girls learn to plait pony tails and horses' manes and stuff



Be interested to hear more reports on this.

Penny