I know this topic was posted a couple years ago, but did you happen to find a solution?

@BLavery Thank you for putting this together! Definitely saved me some time. I've got your example scripts up and working on my B+ and 2B. After poking around a little I quickly found I can't transmit an integer greater than 2^8. Is there a reason why I'm being limited to sending a 8 bit data packet...

After looking at my previous post I notice in the code section a break in what I posted, which I understand to be a no-no. In notepad, the line is one continuous line, unbroken. I did not hit enter, only the space bar to append the ip=169.254.3.14. I copied the line into this very box I am typing in...

Set your Raspberry Pi up with ip=169.254.3.14 on the end of cmdline.txt it MUST be different from the automagically assign address on your laptop. 169.254.3.14 is easy to find. Boot the Raspberry Pi with it wired to your laptop. Try a PuTTY session to 169.154.3.14 If that doesn't work you'll need t...

169.254.17.121 is in the self-assigned range. It means your Pi couldn't get an ip from the DHCP server (your router). Undo your change you made and try to get an ip from the router in it's usual range. Most of the times that's 10.X.X.X or 192.168.X.X. As I said, I do not have access to a router and...

Hello, I am having an issue trying to SSH into my RPi B+ model through direct ethernet cable from my windows 8.1 machine. What I have done so far: 8GB micro SD into adapter into PC. Download latest Raspbian image Use Win32 Disk Imager to write the Raspbian image to the card. Eject and remove card, p...