The Cheapest Control System Tutorial

Here are the steps to set up a Raspberry Pi for AV control…

• Order a Raspberry Pi Kit complete with NOOBS SD card.
• Connect keyboard, mouse, monitor and network.
• Connect Power.
• Install the Raspbian operating system from the NOOBS SD card.
• Open the Termnial program and update Raspbian with the following commands:
  • $ sudo apt-get update
  • $ sudo apt-get upgrade
• Install VNC.
• Install NPM. (Without NPM, the Node-Red palette manager is disabled.)
  • $ sudo apt-get install nodejs npm
• Upgrade Node Red with the following command (you may need to run this command twice):
  • $ pi update-nodejs-and-nodered
• Update node packages with the following command:
  • $ cd ~/.node-red
  • $ npm rebuild
• Enable Auto Start for Node-Red at reboot with the following command:
  • $ sudo systemctl enable nodered.service
• Install Node Red
  • Go to the Raspian menu -> Programming -> Node Red
• Browse to node red flow editor:
  • http://ipAddressOfThePi:1880
• Install the Node-Red dashboard:
  • Go to the hamburger menu in the top right corner of the node red flow editor -> Manage Pallette
  • Click on Install tab
  • Search for dashboard
  • Find node-red-dashboard and click Install -> OK
• For maximum reliability, set the SD Card to Read-Only as shown here.