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Locking Down Phase One (1)

A project log for PiFold

PiZero+CustomAccessPoint+CaptivePortal+AudioStreaming+PiFM+Voip in a wallet. Cash, Cache and Content. (optional Solar Charger)

tomwsmftomwsmf 02/19/2016 at 00:220 Comments

Use over the last few days has been stable. Some chnges have been put in place for shake down. Here are the particulars.

Software

I have made a few tweaks to the landing page and to the configs. In the next day or so I will lock them in and post up the changes in the instructions as well as the new landing page to reflect Mumble services and some odds and ends.

I will also post up a list of devices and apps I use as both client and admin.

PiFM is still being a royal pain. One solution I tried did weird time stretching of the sounds, other simply will not play nice on the pizero. Having one sound source being used to feed the audio stream and the fm broadcast is a big point for me. On the large stationary Anyfesto rig I use for my home net I had to use an external FM transmitter as PiFM failed totally on Pi 2's. Obviously with the PiFold that is not going to be an option. So the testing continues to find a solution that I can get working with this setup.

Hardware

I played around with different switch options to turn the thing on and off. I have not had the time to work up a solution that does a proper shutdown and poweroff, so I am still sshing in to do a sync before flipping the switch..

Rethinking placement in the wallet. I have tried using the setup in a nice leather wallet I have and yeah, I am not cutting a usb charge hol in that. What I did was orientate the charge port up so the cable can be slipped in at night. Works.

The thought came to me that maybe I need to secure the charge unit and pizero to a thin but sturdy backplane and have a velcro solution to secure that into the wallet. The goal would be to have a stable solution that you could move around when you need.

Another thought, a request actually, was to have a solution that would also allow it to be installed in a purse/handbag/backpack. Sure, the more the merrier. Reuse reuse reuse.

When I get some time this weekend I will be posting up outcomes to those thoughts.

If anyone has input on anything post em up in the next day or so and I will try to get them included

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