For Beginners - Piaware Feeder-id Mechanism
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PIAWARE SD CARD IMAGE |
RASPBIAN IMAGE WITH PIAWARE PACKSGE INSTALL |
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/boot/piaware-config.txt |
This is first step. At reboot of Pi or restart of piaware, the piaware reads feeder-id from this file, and writes it to file /var/cache/piaware/feeder_id. In this file, the feeder-id is entered by: (1) Editing the file OR (2) Command sudo piaware-config feeder-id xxx
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This file is not available in package install on Raspbian. | |
/etc/piaware.conf |
This file does not participate in feeder-id chain in SD card image. Even if this file is edited by user and feeder-id is added, it has no effect. |
This is first step. At reboot of Pi or restart of piaware, the piaware reads feeder-id from this file, and writes it to file /var/cache/piaware/feeder_id. In this file, the feeder-id is entered by: (1) Editing the file OR (2) Command sudo piaware-config feeder-id xxx
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/var/cache/piaware/feeder_id |
This is last step. If piaware does not find a feeder-id in file /boot/piaware-config.txt, it reads & uses the feeder-id in this cache file to login to FA server. If no feeder-id is available here also, piaware obtains a brand new feeder-id from FA servers, and writes it in this cache file. A new station with this new feeder-id can be claimed from FA claims page. . |
This is last step. If piaware does not find a feeder-id in file /etc/piaware.conf, it reads & uses the feeder-id in this cache file to login to FA server. If no feeder-id is available here also, piaware obtains a brand new feeder-id from FA servers, and writes it in this cache file. A new station with this new feeder-id can be claimed from FA claims page. . |