drybox-core

The names for these dependencies may differ for other package managers and distributions. Please check the package sources on your system for more information.

You will also need an in-circuit programmer for Atmel AVR controllers like the USBasp. If you want to send commands and receive debug output you must make sure to have a serial interface available at /dev/ttyUSB0.

Build and Install

Run this next command in the project root directory to build and install the project:

make all

If there are any errors during the flashing process you should find more information in core.log in the bin/ directory. See the Makefile for different settings for your specific build environment.

To remove all build related auxiliary files you may run these commands:

make clean
make distclean

You can listen on the serial debug interface using the command below (if you have initialized the optional submodules as described in the 'Setting a New Target' section):

make listen

Alternatively you can spin up a web server on port 443 to interface with the device using the following command. Make sure to read section 'Webinterface Example' for more information.

make listen-web

Setting a New Target

The script below allows you to send serial commands (you may need to run git submodule update --init if the tools/ directory is empty):

./opt/tools/serial-send.py <command> <args ...>

Issue the SET command to update the target settings:

set <temperature> <dewpoint>

Settings are stored in EEPROM and are persistent until a new SET command is issued. Keywords are not case-sensitive. Both arguments may contain a decimal point followed by a sequence of digits.

Webinterface Example

There is an example Python web server utilizing websockets you can check out in opt/webgui. It should give you a basis for writing a custom network bridge and integrating the device into your home automation system.

You must generate a self-signed certificate before you run the server. The configuration script will take care of it:

./opt/webgui/configure

See the README file in the webgui/ directory for prerequisites and more information. Please be aware that development for the web server has paused until the core has reached version v1.0.