Sean Meighan

Hardware => Falcon Pi Player => Topic started by: nzlongfellow on January 29, 2015, 11:01:11 PM

Title: FPP _ Newbee
Post by: nzlongfellow on January 29, 2015, 11:01:11 PM
Been trying to get up to speed on the FPP.
So I just buy a Rasberry Pi B+
Download the SW from SourceForge.net and away I go.....

Can I please be directed to the best documentation on using it for blinky stuff.
Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: FPP _ Newbee
Post by: sean on January 29, 2015, 11:20:56 PM
Go to falconcheistmas.com look under pi player. You do not need to go to sourceforge, just download one zip file and unzip it onto your ad card. First follow steps on formatting using sdformatter


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Title: Re: FPP _ Newbee
Post by: nzlongfellow on February 07, 2015, 10:59:22 PM
Hi, Done the following
Formatted SD card.
Loaded falcon Christmas FPP files.

Get this far.........
Title: Re: FPP _ Newbee
Post by: sean on February 08, 2015, 12:14:31 AM
you never need to log in to the fpp to have it work. login is
pi/raspberry

if you watch the bootup look for the ip address that is going to be assigned. in my machine it is 10.0.0.4. After it boots, i type 10.0.0.4 into my chrome browser, the fpp web page comes up
Title: Re: FPP _ Newbee
Post by: nzlongfellow on February 08, 2015, 01:05:50 AM
Quote from: sean on February 08, 2015, 12:14:31 AM
you never need to log in to the fpp to have it work. login is
pi/raspberry

if you watch the bootup look for the ip address that is going to be assigned. in my machine it is 10.0.0.4. After it boots, i type 10.0.0.4 into my chrome browser, the fpp web page comes up

Thanks will try again...
Title: Re: FPP _ Newbee
Post by: nzlongfellow on February 08, 2015, 01:20:15 AM
Quote from: nzlongfellow on February 08, 2015, 01:05:50 AM
Quote from: sean on February 08, 2015, 12:14:31 AM
you never need to log in to the fpp to have it work. login is
pi/raspberry

if you watch the bootup look for the ip address that is going to be assigned. in my machine it is 10.0.0.4. After it boots, i type 10.0.0.4 into my chrome browser, the fpp web page comes up

Thanks will try again...

Success - thanks. Just had my IP addresses wrong on PC. Cheers
Title: Re: FPP _ Newbee
Post by: CaptainMurdoch on February 08, 2015, 09:01:54 PM
We need to add a boot message to tell users to hit the Pi with a web browser.  We also want to add it to the screensaver image as well.
Title: Re: FPP _ Newbee
Post by: Gilrock on February 09, 2015, 06:50:17 AM
The Pi will announce the IP address out the audio port during boot.  I have a little speaker I got from my son that was a one cubic inch cube and it's perfect for connecting into the Pi for this purpose.