Skipper's Mate

The BCU we recommend is a Raspberry Pi 3B. Like all Raspberry Pi models it consumes little power (about half an amp) but therefore has little to offer to peripherals. If you Google, you will find plenty of evidence that over-loading a poor little Pi can cause corruption to the SD card and, if you're...

0.9.2.2 - Bug Fix - pircheck failed to check that the Postgresql database was open before running, causing an exception. Fixed - pircheck will check and wait 5 mins.

Applies to all PIR devices - both those attached to TESS and those with individual Sensor Control Units.

18 Jan 2017

We don't force updates down your throat - nor do we sneak them onto your system when you're not looking. Applying updates is under your control though we do ask that you apply updates sequentially. Not all updates will affect your particular version - it depends on which features you've chosen - but...

Sorry we can't help with your broadband problems - there weren't any server outages yesterday and the server is on the Internet backbone with a large provider. However, we have decided to reinstate the "pre-prepared micro SD cards" - guaranteed to boot and sent by First Class post/Airmail - but stil...

If you don't get a confirmation email, please check Trash. If the confirmation hasn't turned up please try re-registering. If that doesn't permit you because the board has already noted your email address then please use the Contact Page on the web site - https://skippersmate.co.uk/skippersmate/cont...

Hi Cariad Good point. At the moment the system is set up to allow range and calibration for voltage and for temp/humid/dew point. However, at present, there is no feature to allow separate calibration/range for multiple sensors of a single type. Think perhaps we should have a Requested Features thre...

We are happy to answer your queries. However we would be grateful if you would check the KnowledgeBase which continues to be updated/added to and which, we hope, will answer the majority of questions. In addition, please don't post technical queries about the Open Source version here - there is a se...

Welcome ! We hope that you download the software and documentation and enjoy getting the system going. We do our best to keep the downloads as current as possible though, since we are writing lots of new code, there will always be some time lag. In particular, we are proud of our documentation - and...

The Skipper's Mate system is based around the Raspberry Pi and the hardware is specific to that. For that reason, if you purchase a kit from us we will have tested the makes and models to ensure that the equipment works with the Pi. And for that reason, we supply ALL the hardware for a given kit to ...

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