I added the following commands and it seems to have worked.
I log in as root on the system via Putty.
I followed the instructions to the letter and in step one I used āsudo apt-get remove ruby* --purgeā and this obviously uninstalled the current version of Ruby.
I am not a Linux expert though.
We just recently completely switched the way the controller and raspberry pi stuff is installed and updated. In short, we now have a repository named āFarmBot OSā which, as it sounds, is a complete operating system that includes the controller and a little app that allows you to connect the pi to your home wifi network and your farmbot web app account really easily. Just follow the install instructions here: https://github.com/FarmBot/farmbot_os#first-time-installation
This system also features over-the-air updates so you can install the latest controller and firmware by clicking a button in the web appās device tab
big thanks for your help, after 4 hours iāve succes to connect to my farmbot
but i had more difficults to create the sd card because when i put into the raspberry pi i attempt to see a desktop on my screen and when you configure one time your pi with the WiFi, itās impossible to change the informations and the single solution was format sd card and reload the os
@roryaronson so I followed the easy instructions and itās still not working out for me. After writing the image to the SD card and and puting it in the pi, I get a black screen with lines of code, and the last line says: random: nonblocking pool is not initialized
any idea what went wrong? Iām using version 2.0.3 if that makes a difference.
You shouldnāt need to have a screen, keyboard, or mouse plugged into the Pi to install the OS. Simply put the SD card into the pi, plug the pi in to power, and then use your phone or laptop to connect to the farmbot configurator to complete setup. You do not need to go through a traditional OS install process.
Oh, and we are working on a way to āfactory resetā the device from the web app. But for now, if it does not connect to wifi or a web app account successfully then it will simply restart the wifi configurator app so you can edit the settings.
first I would like to thank the coding team for sharing Farmbot OS to the community. I am using it since version 2.0.0 was released. I managed to config and control the farmbot, but my connection always died after a few commands.
When I try to config with the farmbotconfig WLAN, It seems there is no SSID found, since there are always 3 ātest SSIDsā shown (test_ssid, meeeep). Multiple wireless connections are in range and stable, but not shown in config page.
Is anybody else struggling with connecting?
Also recently I always had to boot the bot a second time to get the āfarmbotconfigā SSID shown. But seems like it got fixed, since 2.0.3 itās not an issue for me anymore.