Genmon Box and Setup Pictures

[cmanion1983]

Hey all, figured I'd post a few photos of my setup. Came out really well, thanks for all the help from you guys!

[skipfire]

Where does the serial wire exit the generator enclosure? My case is so tight I did not see a weather tight way of bringing the wire out.

[cmanion1983]

I brought mine out right through the natural gas pipe exit point and the zip tied it up the electrical conduit.

[hokie21]

POE powered. Nice!

[ravedoglv]

I noticed you have an LED indicator on the outside. What is it reflecting and what did you do in software to light it up? Would you share the process? Thanks!

[jgyates]

There are two add on programs that will blink the LED

https://github.com/jgyates/genmon/wiki/1----Software-Overview#gengpioledblinkpy-optional

https://github.com/jgyates/genmon/wiki/1----Software-Overview#gengpiopy-optional

Both can be enabled on the Add On page. I am guessing he is using the first one as this is the one that supports one led. the second one supports multiple LEDs.

[cmanion1983]

I noticed you have an LED indicator on the outside. What is it reflecting and what did you do in software to light it up? Would you share the process? Thanks!

Mine doesn't blink, I just wanted to be able to look out in the garage and see if it was on. I believe I used a 10k ohm resistor and a standard LED bulb. Then, I connected it to the 3.3v pin, or you can connect to the 5v pin if you want it brighter.

[ravedoglv]

Thank you both!

[ravedoglv]

Question:on gengpioledblink.py it says to issue the command

python gengpioledblink.py

Is that a one time command or if not, how does the system know to run the command at startup? Or does activating it on the add on page do all that for me?

[jgyates]

just enable it on the add on page. This is all you need to do. The other info is if you want to run it outside of the loader.

[jgyates]

I updated the wiki to make this more clear for each add on program.

[ravedoglv]

Thanks again!

[sarahmva]

Fairly small box. Lab hat to connect a temperature sensor and using a prolific USB to RS232. Unfortunately, the 12V to USB Power device did not deliver enough power to keep the Raspi running.

[Clarke219]

Nice looking job. Could you tell me where your enclosure label came from? It differs from the one here.
Thank you.