Raspberry Pi

Connect your your Raspberry Pi to the internet before beginning.

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Version Requirements

Requires gateblu-forever v3.3.2 or higher!

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Raspbian

These instructions are for Raspbian running on Raspberry Pi A/B/B+/2

Install Node and Dependencies

Shell

wget https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v5.x/node-v5.11.1-linux-armv6l.tar.gz && \
tar -xvf node-v5.11.1-linux-armv6l.tar.gz  && \
cd node-v5.11.1-linux-armv6l && \
sudo cp -R * /usr/local/ && \
sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes libusb-1.0-0-dev && \

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libusb-1.0-0.dev

libusb-1.0-0.dev package is optional, but you will probably need it for most devices connected to the Raspberry Pi

Install Gateblu Service

Shell

sudo npm install -g gateblu-forever && \
sudo curl -o /etc/init.d/gateblu-service https://raw.githubusercontent.com/octoblu/gateblu-forever/master/.installer/raspbian/init.d/gateblu-service  && \
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/gateblu-service && \
sudo update-rc.d gateblu-service defaults

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meshblu.json and /boot

If you place a meshblu.json file in your /boot partition and it is newer than what is found in ~/gateblu-service/meshblu.json, it will be copied to ~/gateblu-service/meshblu.json when the service starts.

Start / Stop Gateblu

Shell

sudo service gateblu-service start
sudo service gateblu-service stop

Blink1

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udev permission

Due to udev permissions issues, you need to follow this step to allow the pi user to have write access to the blink1.

Shell

sudo curl -o /etc/udev/rules.d/51-blink1.rules https://raw.githubusercontent.com/todbot/blink1/master/linux/51-blink1.rules  && \
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

Bluetooth Permissions

Running without root/sudo

Run the following command:

Shell

sudo setcap cap_net_raw+eip $(eval readlink -f `which node`)

This grants the node binary cap_net_raw privileges, so it can start/stop BLE advertising.

Note: The above command requires setcap to be installed, it can be installed using the following:

• apt: sudo apt-get install libcap2-bin
• yum: su -c \'yum install libcap2-bin\'

Source: Noble NPM Module

File Locations

You can find a debug log at /home/pi/gateblu-service/gateblu.log

meshblu.json file is located at /home/pi/gateblu-service/meshblu.json