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Enviro-monitor

Indoor/outdoor environmental monitor project for the Enviro+ environmental monitoring board. Uses OpenWeather api to get the current weather and show it on the display. Also, the display can be turned on/off by passing your finger near the light sensor to reduce energy consumption.

Python library and more steps to install can be found on pimoroni/enviroplus-python

Installing

Install and configure dependencies from GitHub:

  • git clone https://github.com/pimoroni/enviroplus-python
  • cd enviroplus-python
  • sudo ./install.sh && cd ..

Note Raspbian Lite users may first need to install git: sudo apt install git

  • git clone https://github.com/cesnietor/enviro-monitor.git
  • cd enviro-monitor

Add environment variables:

  • Make sure you have a valid APPID from OpenWeather on:

    curl https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?id=2172797&APPID=<UniqueUUID>&units=imperial

  • Define city id and APPID as environment variables:

    export OPENWEATHERMAP_CITY_ID=<YourCityID>
export OPENWEATHERMAP_APPID=<UniqueUUID>

  • Change time_zone and city_name timezone and city for python timezone on enviro-monitor.py

Running

python3 enviro-monitory.py

If you want to run it as a background process and your are using ssh on your raspberry pi make sure the process is re-parented by init.

setsid python3 enviro-monitor.py < /dev/zero &> error.log &

If yout want to run it when the pi boots refer to rc.local