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AnthonyUK
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by AnthonyUK » Fri Sep 30, 2016 10:01 am
beerbeerbeer wrote:Cheers guys. I already use an stc1000 and a kingspan box. This is just a fun project. I think the catering fridge as suggested by aleman may be the eventual answer. Or two smaller FVs!!
I picked up a tall Beko larder fridge on Ebay for £30ish.
It's been running continuosly for 5 years now.
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beerbeerbeer
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by beerbeerbeer » Sun Oct 02, 2016 2:41 pm
Looks good! Regarding the brewpi interface... i can access it via the ip address, but not by typing
http://brewpi into a browser (as suggested in the instructions on the wiki). Anyone know what step ive missed? Id also like to get my old android phone working as the display...
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rpt
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by rpt » Sun Oct 02, 2016 5:02 pm
You need a way to resolve the domain name to an IP address. I've no idea how the brewpi wiki suggest setting it up. It won't just magically work. This is what a DNS server does.
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alexlark
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by alexlark » Sun Oct 02, 2016 5:26 pm
Probably have to add it to your hosts file but I would just bookmark the IP and access it via the bookmark.
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beerbeerbeer
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by beerbeerbeer » Sun Oct 02, 2016 7:36 pm
Cheers both. I think ill stick with the ip address. Got the phone displaying the lcd text too. It was easier than it seemed at first (following the instructions thrown up by a google search)
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Andy
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by Andy » Sun Oct 02, 2016 8:19 pm
rpt wrote:You need a way to resolve the domain name to an IP address. I've no idea how the brewpi wiki suggest setting it up. It won't just magically work. This is what a DNS server does.
They are probably setting up a MDNS server on the BrewPi (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_DNS ) which should cut in and resolve the hostname before hitting the external, internet DNS servers. I've got a Pi with another couple of applications that implement MDNS and it does work, *but* it doesn't work with a lot of phone browsers e.g. chrome on android. Chrome on a PC works fine however.
Dan!
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Matt in Birdham
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by Matt in Birdham » Mon Oct 03, 2016 9:24 am
Your RPi should be running zeroconf/Bonjour, which will announce the device on the network. However for this to be useful on a PC you need to either have iTunes installed or go and install
Bonjour print services from apple. Then you can access your Pi like
http://raspberrypi.local. Or else just assign a static IP in your Pi (easy enough - make sure it is not in your router's DHCP range), which is what I do.
