ifit-pedaler-server

A very simple server that serves an HTML page to control simulated pedaling on a connected iFit console. Inspired by William Thomas's https://github.com/williamt-ifit/ifitpedaler

Setup

• You will probably need to open port 80 on your raspberry pi. Simplest way to do that is via ufw:

sudo apt-get install ufw
sudo ufw allow 22 #so that you can still ssh into it
sudo ufw allow 80
sudo ufw enable
sudo reboot

• You will need 2 jumper wires to go from your raspberry Pi's selected BCM port + ground to the console. On a bike console, it seems like you will generally want to connect the jumper wires to the two leftmost pins (ground + pos can be in either combination, so you might have to try both).
• The best way to keep the server running at all times is to user supervisor. I included a supervisord.conf file to help you with that. The file assumes that you have cloned this repo to /home/pi/ifit-pedaler-server if you cloned it elsewhere, you can edit it accordingly. Copy the file to /etc/supervisor
• If you want to use the scanner in the Androi app, you need to enable your Pi's discovery on the local network - use Avahi for this. I included an configuration file, ifit.service. Copy this to /etc/avahi/services.
• I included a script, setup.sh, that should get you set up (supervisor+avahi), but I haven't tested it extensively:

sudo apt-get install supervisor
sudo cp supervisord.conf /etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf
sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon
sudo cp ifit.service /etc/avahi/services/ifit.service
sudo systemctl enable avahi-daemon.service
sudo supervisorctl update

Usage - web app

• Run sudo run.sh on your pi (if you don't want to run sudo, changing your port in run.sh should do it)
• On your dev machine, point your browser to your Pi's local IP, e.g. http://192.168.1.22
• Enter in the BCM pin number that your wire is connected to
• Enter in (approximate) RPMs
• Press "Pedal!" to start pedaling
• Press "Stop" to stop pedaling.
• If you close the page without pressing stop, the server will keep on "pedaling"

Usage - Android app

• Install "Pedal4Me" from the releases page
• Start the app
• Scan for your Pi's IP address (if you have Avahi enabled), or enter it in manually
• Enter in your BCM pin
• Select RPM
• Tap Start
• Feel free to adjust RPM while the pedaler running
• Tap Stop when done