Wiki/Services/Geth.d/Hub.md

Geth hubs are the most prototypical unit. They are basic control and data providers to the Geth gestalt.

Typical Install

Installation:

• [https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ Download the latest image.] Category:Raspberry Pi
• Buy a Raspberry Pi, microUSB 5V/4A power supply, and micro SD card 8GB or more in capacity.
• Attach the SD card to some Linux system.
• dd bs=4M if=raspbian.img of=/dev/
• Mount the /dev/sda2 partition to /mnt and /dev/sda1 partition to /mnt/boot
• "scp /usr/local/src/ConfigPackages /mnt/usr/local/src/"
• "chroot /mnt"
• "cd /usr/local/src/ConfigPackages/Geth"
• "make rpi-base"

Remotes

• Purchase an [https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7BF2K18332 IR shield] and attach it to your GPIO pins.
• "make remote" from /usr/local/src/ConfigPackages/Geth on the Pi.
• [http://ozzmaker.com/how-to-control-the-gpio-on-a-raspberry-pi-with-an-ir-remote/ Set up LIRC to read and write from the shield.] This [https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/50873/lirc-wont-transmit-irsend-hardware-does-not-support-sending article] may have more troubleshooting help.
• Use [http://www.lirc.org/html/irrecord.html irrecord] to capture the sequences from the current remote.
  • At a minimum, capture power, input, enter, mute, volume up and volume down from your TV.
  • DVD players and such devices may need more captures.
  • Roombas only need launch, dock, and spot-clean commands. [https://sourceforge.net/p/lirc-remotes/code/ci/master/tree/remotes/irobot/Roomba.lircd.conf These are already captured].
• Use irsend to test sending commands.
• Set up the proper SSH keys and ~/.ssh/config options to allow the hass user to SSH to the Pi without a password.

The following snippet added to your configuration.yaml to allow remote-like activity.

switch:
 - platform: command_line
   switches:
       mainpower:
           command_on: "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -q pi@geth-host-1 irsend SEND_ONCE NS-RC4NA-14 KEY_POWER"
           command_state: 'ping -c 1 mainchromecast.aninix.net | grep -c "1 received"'
           command_off: "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -q pi@geth-host-1 irsend SEND_ONCE NS-RC4NA-14 KEY_POWER"
cover:
    - platform: command_line
      covers:
        mainvolume:
          command_open: "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -q pi@geth-host-1 irsend SEND_ONCE NS-RC4NA-14 KEY_VOLUMEUP"
          command_stop: "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -q pi@geth-host-1 irsend SEND_ONCE NS-RC4NA-14 KEY_MUTE"
          command_close: "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -q pi@geth-host-1 irsend SEND_ONCE NS-RC4NA-14 KEY_VOLUMEDOWN"
          #icon: mdi:volume-medium
        maininput:
          command_open: "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -q pi@geth-host-1 irsend SEND_ONCE NS-RC4NA-14 KEY_CONFIG"
          command_stop: "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -q pi@geth-host-1 irsend SEND_ONCE NS-RC4NA-14 KEY_ENTER"
          command_close: "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -q pi@geth-host-1 irsend SEND_ONCE NS-RC4NA-14 KEY_CONFIG"
          #icon: mdi:animation

Cameras

A package, motion, provided by Raspbian allows use of [https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/camera-module-v2/ cameras], which are more secure than oft-compromised off-the-shelf IP cameras.