Below are instructions on how to configure a wifi adapter on the Raspberry Pi.
O/S – Raspbian Jessie Lite
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LR 90 Knee Switch (dash lights-hazard-interior light)
Fed up of a dodgy interior light / dash light switch I have decided to separate these 2 functions.
One switch will run the standard Land Rover 90 interior light and another switch will run dash lights. The switch that’s currently in place is a Britpart switch that basically failed the 3rd time it was used – both would come on at one time, dash lights toggle would stop working, both would then stops working, after opening the switch up a couple of times to resolve the issues, I just cant be bothered to fix it anymore or pay the £30 for a genuine switch.
With the original 3 position switch connection block cut off its simply a case of providing the switches with the relevant positive, negative and dash light feed before connecting the original dash light output and interior output wires to the switch’s.
The switch to run the dash lights isn’t going to be illuminated as it will be left ON, I just didn’t want to loose the function of turning the dash lights off independently – I see it as one of those cool little things like the Saab half dash illumination feature.
Whilst I was there I decided to replace the broken plastic fascia with a new one, I picked up a brushed stainless switch holder – I wasn’t looking for a brushed one, £2 at a jumble.
Raspberry Pi Enable Cron
By default, Cron is disabled meaning anything entered into ‘crontab’ wont be run.
To enable this function, follow the steps below:
Once logged into the Pi use the below command to open up the ‘rsyslog.conf’ file in the Nano editor
cd/etc sudo nano rsyslog.conf
Once the rsyslog is loaded into nano, navigate to the below section and un-comment the ‘cron’ option
# # First some standard log files. Log by facility. # auth,authpriv.* /var/log/auth.log *.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog cron.* /var/log/cron.log daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log kern.* -/var/log/kern.log lpr.* -/var/log/lpr.log mail.* -/var/log/mail.log user.* -/var/log/user.log
Save the document by pressing CTRL + O and then CTRL+X close the editor.
Reboot the Raspberry Pi:
sudo reboot
Raspberry Pi Real Time Clock (RTC)
How to setup a Real Time Clock on a Raspberry Pi B v1.1
If you didn’t know, the Raspberry Pi doesn’t hold the time very well, this is because there is no on board Real Time Clock.
To keep the devices time accurate we need to add a module that holds the time whenever the RPi has no power running to it and then updates the RPi with the time saved on the battery powered module when the full power is restored and the system starts running again.
LR 90 Interior lights
Its upgrade time!
Lighting in the rear of the Landy is pretty bad, we have the one passenger compartment light to illuminate the interior.
