Installation

1. Click this link to download the installer
2. Open terminal
3. Ensure that you have connected your raspberry PI on the network, you can then check the IP address assigned to the device
   command: ifconfig -a | grep 192.168
   => Router IP configuration have common starting IP of 192.168
4. Copy the downloaded file but make sure you know the IP assigned to the device
   command: scp automation_v3.zip pi@192.168.1.109:/home/pi
   => enter the password
5. Connect to your raspberry device
   command: ssh pi@192.168.1.109
   => enter the password
6. Extract the installer zip file
   command: unzip -P password automation_v3.zip -d /home/pi/installation
   => To request for password, I have included contact information below.
7. Navigate to installation folder
   command: cd /home/pi/installation/scripts
8. Login as root:
   command: sudo su
   => ensure that you are in scripts folder
9. Execute the script file
   command: bash starter.sh
   => It will check for existing java on your machine and previous installation
   => It should display “Installation complete” once the process is complete
10. Navigate to desktop directory of the user you specified and locate the folder automation
    command: cd /home/pi/desktop/automation
    => Once you are in directory, notice that there are two files namely: configuration.txt and masterlist.txt, those are the files that you can edit to schedule timer on relay board.
    => Follow this pattern for masterlist configuration. RELAY_POSITION=TIME:TIME-TIME
    => Default mode for configuration.txt is HOURLY but you can change it to MINUTES
    => Check the file /docs/conversion.pdf for proper time input