MoistureSensingSprinkler

Steps to setup for Pi

1. Setup NPM and web server + Mongodb.
   1. Install node sudo apt-get install nodejs
   2. Install express sudo npm install -g express
   3. Install global generator sudo npm install -g express-generator
   4. Install requests for python sudo apt-get install python-requests
   5. Clone repo git clone https://github.com/joshbaird/MoistureSensingSprinkler.git
   6. Change directory to clone repo cd MoistureSensingSprinkler
   7. Change directory to nodemoistureserver project folder cd nodemoistureserver
   8. Install and start MongoDB duide for pi and a shortcut script to do this
   9. install dependencies npm install
   10. Create data directory mkdir data
   11. Start web server to test npm start
   12. Browse to: http://localhost:3000
2. Enable I2C on the pi.
   1. remove i2c from blacklist sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf
   2. comment out the blacklist i2c-bcm2708 line to #blacklist i2c-bcm2708
   3. Enable kernel i2C module sudo nano /etc/modules and add i2c-dev to the end
   4. install additional packages, sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install i2c-tools, sudo apt-get install python-smbus
   5. add pi user to i2c group sudo adduser pi i2c
   6. change baud to 1000-3000, start low and work up. sudo modprobe i2c_bcm2708 baudrate=1000
   7. reboot pi...
   8. test with command i2cdetect -y 0, if that does not work try i2cdetect -y 1