Accessing allsky.local directly from Raspberry Pi

[tomsmeyer]

I have built my allsky to be mobile, with a battery to run the RPi-4. I can access the images using http://allsky.local.
This works, but I'm wondering if there is a way to set the Raspberry Pi so that it becomes it's own WiFi access point? My goal is to be able to take the Allsky out to remote areas and use the system via my phone accessing the webpage. This would work in a similar way to how the Seestar, Celestron Evolution, or the Vespera work today. I don't expect there to be an app, but instead attach my phone's WiFi to the Raspberry Pi's and view the allsky.local page from that connection.
Any help is appreciated.

[Flyfisherwiz]

Tom, Set your phone as a hotspot. (That way your phone acts like a router)
Stay connected to your home internet, and connected to your Raspberry Pi, logged into your Allsky system (allsky.local)
On the web user interface, click on the 'Configure Wifi' tab
If your phone hotspot is working, you should see it (whatever it is named) pop up.
Once it shows up, click the 'Add' button to add your Wifi (hotspot) to the system.
I successfully added my Allsy phone hotspot to my allsky system and have connected to my Pi Allsky that way.
To test, disable or turn off your home internet.

Peter - a.k.a. Flyfisherwiz

[bbillp]

The Astroberry software for the raspberry pi includes a hotspot , I’ve used it.   Load the astroberry image, setup just the hotspot then load Allsky …… it should work fine.Bill P. Sent from my iPadOn Mar 7, 2025, at 1:01 PM, tomsmeyer ***@***.***> wrote: I have built my allsky to be mobile, with a battery to run the RPi-4. I can access the images using http://allsky.local. This works, but I'm wondering if there is a way to set the Raspberry Pi so that it becomes it's own WiFi access point? My goal is to be able to take the Allsky out to remote areas and use the system via my phone accessing the webpage. This would work in a similar way to how the Seestar, Celestron Evolution, or the Vespera work today. I don't expect there to be an app, but instead attach my phone's WiFi to the Raspberry Pi's and view the allsky.local page from that connection. Any help is appreciated. —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[tomsmeyer]

Not sure who can help with this. Apparently Astroberry uses an older version of RPi OS. The allsky installation fails in the following way (see attached image)

Numpy is already installed, as is cython. No idea how to make this work. Any Astroberry experts out there?

[EricClaeys]

FYI, the next major release of Allsky, due in a couple months, will no longer support Buster, which is what the installation thinks you are running.

Is Astroberry an operating system, or a package that sits on top of Pi OS?
What's in /etc/os-release?

[tomsmeyer]

Astroberry sits on top of RPi OS. It's distributed as a drive image, so you don't get to choose your version of OS. It looks like it's current build it from 2021.

[EricClaeys]

I assume Astroberry uses Buster?

[tomsmeyer]

Correct. I also posed this question on the Astroberry sub.

[bbillp]

Astroberry is a package of KSTARS, PHD2 and INDI drivers that is loaded following the OS load.  The package hasn’t been supported in years while the single developer works on a new version for the Pi-4 and 5.   BP. Sent from my iPadOn Mar 9, 2025, at 5:19 AM, Eric Claeys ***@***.***> wrote: FYI, the next major release of Allsky, due in a couple months, will no longer support Buster, which is what the installation thinks you are running. Is Astroberry an operating system, or a package that sits on top of Pi OS? What's in /etc/os-release? —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[tomsmeyer]

All I'm looking for in Astroberry is the networking. Is there a way to load that software without the whole distribution, or would it fail on a modern OS as well?