Pi Finder

Description

This is a little helper to find your Raspberry Pi in a DHCP network.

Installation

You need to run all these commands on your Rasberry Pi.

1. Run the installer

$ wget http://bit.ly/pi-finder_installer -O - | sudo bash

Run this command only if the first failed!

If you haven't wget installed, try the curl command:

$ curl -fsSL http://bit.ly/pi-finder_installer | sudo bash

2. Configure

Open the configuration file config.js...

$ sudo nano $(npm config get prefix)/lib/node_modules/pi-finder/config.js
# The real path could be /usr/lib/node_modules/pi-finder/config.js or /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pi-finder/config.js

...and change the name from My Awesome Pi to a name you'll recognise.

module.exports = {
	// ...
	name: "Manuel's Pi",
	// ...
}

3. Start Pi Finder

Add the pi finder to the start up

$ sudo service pi-finder start

4. Reboot (optional)

To test the configuration, restart your Pi and check the Pi Finder!

$ sudo reboot

Usage Linux

Start Pi Finder

$ sudo service pi-finder start

Stop Pi Finder

$ sudo service pi-finder stop

Restart Pi Finder

$ sudo service pi-finder restart

Status of the Pi Finder

$ sudo service pi-finder status

Usage OS X

Start Pi Finder

$ sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/xyz.pi-finder.plist

Stop Pi Finder

$ sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/xyz.pi-finder.plist

Restart Pi Finder

$ sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/xyz.pi-finder.plist
$ sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/xyz.pi-finder.plist

Status of the Pi Finder

$ sudo launchctl list | grep xyz.pi-finder

If you see any output, the pi finder is running

If you are using an old Pi Finder installation on OS X

Start Pi Finder

$ sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/ch.strebl.pi-finder.plist

Stop Pi Finder

$ sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/ch.strebl.pi-finder.plist

Restart Pi Finder

$ sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/ch.strebl.pi-finder.plist
$ sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/ch.strebl.pi-finder.plist

Status of the Pi Finder

$ sudo launchctl list | grep ch.strebl.pi-finder

If you see any output, the pi finder is running