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by beatsal
Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:14 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Password
Replies: 4
Views: 463

Password

I power on my pi and immediately get the start screen i.e. blue with 2 whitelines. If there is no activity for say 1/2 hour, it asks for a .password. The first line user's name already has pi in it. When I key in the password as Raspberry, I get an error; I tried Raspberrypi, Admin etc. no luck. I t...
by beatsal
Sat Dec 29, 2018 5:04 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: connection to pi
Replies: 8
Views: 663

Re: connection to pi

now works fine - thanks to the 3 respondents!
by beatsal
Sat Dec 29, 2018 4:59 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: connection to pi
Replies: 8
Views: 663

Re: connection to pi

Thanks, it connects now. For some reason pi (ip 192.168.2.16) does not show up on fing; other devices show up but not pi. I tried pinging from my smart phone and it does not work
by beatsal
Sat Dec 29, 2018 3:10 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: connection to pi
Replies: 8
Views: 663

Re: connection to pi

my router address is 192.168.0.1
by beatsal
Sat Dec 29, 2018 3:10 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: connection to pi
Replies: 8
Views: 663

Re: connection to pi

my router address is 192.168.0.1
by beatsal
Sat Dec 29, 2018 1:53 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: connection to pi
Replies: 8
Views: 663

connection to pi

I dropped out from pi for some time as I got another job. Now, I am trying again. pi works has address of 192.168.0.16 but I can't connect from my computer to it. It times out. Not sure where to start. VNC Server is loaded in pi and VNC viewer in my computer - thanks
by beatsal
Sun Nov 25, 2018 4:07 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Screen Size
Replies: 2
Views: 352

Screen Size

I have an Emerson Monitor with HDMI Input. When I connect my Dell computer with Windows 7, the full pic does not display on the monitor. The vertical and horiz edges get cropped. It works OK on my other monitor with no HDMI.
Any i
by beatsal
Sun Sep 09, 2018 1:36 am
Forum: Other projects
Topic: motor controller
Replies: 2
Views: 628

motor controller

Trying to use RPI to control a TurnTable motor which has 4 coils fed at 90 deg phase shift @ 24 VDC, 2A. Any ideas appreciated.
by beatsal
Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:57 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: smart phone
Replies: 3
Views: 495

Re: smart phone

Thanks.
Not sure where to start. You say there are apps in the app store for clients i.e. PI, smartphone. Some app names to start the process would be helpful.
by beatsal
Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:02 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: smart phone
Replies: 3
Views: 495

smart phone

since i had problems with my admin-pc controlling pi, want to use my smart phone instead. any way to xfer prog's from pc to smart phone?
by beatsal
Tue Feb 13, 2018 5:22 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: PI Strange behaviour
Replies: 6
Views: 924

Re: PI Strange behaviour

Thanks, will try it out. This is not at work but where I stay when away from home.
by beatsal
Tue Feb 13, 2018 2:11 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: PI Strange behaviour
Replies: 6
Views: 924

Re: PI Strange behaviour

Tried it - no luck! The PI does not appear in wireless client list. Did it with the inverted commas i.e. ssid="My network SSID" & similar for the password key
by beatsal
Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:30 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: PI Strange behaviour
Replies: 6
Views: 924

Re: PI Strange behaviour

Thanks.

Tried it from home with a monitor but when I typed "sudo--", got a screen with several options none of which was fix IP settings
by beatsal
Sun Feb 11, 2018 12:14 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: PI Strange behaviour
Replies: 6
Views: 924

PI Strange behaviour

My PI works fine at home. I stay away from home for the work week and there it does not work. The only difference is that @ home, there are 4 devices on the router. Away, there are about 8 - some connected some not. When I try PI there, it turns on with the red and green lights but does not show up ...
by beatsal
Tue Feb 06, 2018 10:41 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: vnc
Replies: 32
Views: 5500

Re: vnc

I connected PI directly to my router with ethernet cable; my computer is connected to my router by WIFI. I access my router using 192.168.0.1 and get: 192.168.0.5 14ABF06FCC84 14:AB:F0:6F:CC:86 Cable 2018-02-06 10:20:21.00 192.168.0.2 083E0CF5FB6A 08:3E:0C:F5:FB:6A Ethernet 2018-02-06 10:20:52.00 1...
by beatsal
Wed Jan 31, 2018 12:53 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: remote VNC
Replies: 2
Views: 551

Re: remote VNC

Thanks.
I am away from my PI (200 MILES), so this won't work. Before leaving home I set my PI on @ home with VNC enabled. Now from remote I try to access it from my laptop using VNC - can't. Before I could do it (though not always).
by beatsal
Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:41 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: remote VNC
Replies: 2
Views: 551

remote VNC

I hooked up my PI at home with VNC. Now away from home and tried to connect using WAN IP - no luck! It did work before but not consistently.
by beatsal
Sun Jan 28, 2018 2:46 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: vnc
Replies: 32
Views: 5500

Re: vnc

Thanks - especially to the last 2 posters for their patience. I did manage to use putty and get to RPi after reading your posts. So, it works now with the old RPi.
Only doubt I have is: I also used the NOOBS PI and d'loaded raspbian to it but it still did not work
by beatsal
Sun Jan 28, 2018 1:45 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: vnc
Replies: 32
Views: 5500

Re: vnc

sudo apt install realvnc* Job done. You can get realvnc-vnc-server to start at bootup and that means you can always connect to raspberrypi.local:5900 with a RealVNC client. Sounds good. Not sure how to do this i.e. how to get vnc-server to start at bootup. A step-by step instruction would be really...
by beatsal
Sun Jan 28, 2018 12:26 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: vnc
Replies: 32
Views: 5500

Re: vnc

Tried but got same error msg that host does not exist (posted 3 days earlier) Then you are probably trying to connect to the wrong device. I have only 1 device i.e. RPi connected to my router. I then tried with the new PI I got with the NOOBS installed but to my surprise could not find VNC on this....
by beatsal
Sat Jan 27, 2018 7:02 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: vnc
Replies: 32
Views: 5500

Re: vnc

I am using an SD card with NOOBS but in the host name of Putty, I put in pi@raspberrypi.local. This is because I don't know the IP address of my PI as it does not show up when I login to my router. My PI connects directly to the router with an E'net cable
by beatsal
Sat Jan 27, 2018 5:06 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: vnc
Replies: 32
Views: 5500

Re: vnc

You can't use NOOBS if you want to run headless. NOOBS is just an installer, it's not an OS. Follow my instructions above to create a Raspbian SD card with SSH enabled, and then you'll be able to turn on the VNC service as well. Tried but got same error msg that host does not exist (posted 3 days e...
by beatsal
Sat Jan 27, 2018 5:03 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: vnc
Replies: 32
Views: 5500

Re: vnc

Yes, running headless. VNC is enabled on my laptop but how to enable it on PI as it is running headless? 1. Remove the SD card and put it back into your (Windows) laptop. 2. Open notepad the go to save as and save the file with filename ssh or ssh.txt (You don't have to type anything into the file)...
by beatsal
Sat Jan 27, 2018 12:25 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: vnc
Replies: 32
Views: 5500

Re: vnc

Thanks. Trying it but I bought a new PI which has NOOBS, having trouble using it as am not as familiar with it as with Raspbian. Used to getting the splash screen with the road going nowhere. Now I get a red raspberry instead and don't know what to do with it! Also not sure how to load Fing on my Hu...
by beatsal
Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:46 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: vnc
Replies: 32
Views: 5500

Re: vnc

Tried but get error:
"cannot connect to raspberrypi.local. Host connection does not exist"
My PC is connected wirelessly to my router; my PI is Ethernet connected to my router

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