Nokeval FTR970B Reader

This is a utility which reads the measurements of a wireless thermometer Measurinator.com service. This works with Nokeval FTR970B and compatible devices.

It can be run as a daemon and an example launchd configuration file is included.

How to use

Easy install for Debian/Raspbian 9 (Stretch)

Open apt-get file in editor:

vim /etc/apt/sources.list.d/measurinator.list

Add:

deb [trusted=yes] http://koti.kapsi.fi/hkroger/debs/stretch ./

Save & run:

apt update
apt-get install nokeval-reader

Edit configs:

cd /opt/nokeval_reader
cp config.yaml.example config.yaml
vim config.yaml

Add key where it says <key here> and client id where it says <client id here>.

And start the service

systemctl start nokeval_reader

Easy install for Debian/Raspbian 8 (Jessie)

Jessie is not supported anymore. Please migrate to stretch!

Open apt-get file in editor:

vim /etc/apt/sources.list.d/temperaturinator.list

Add:

deb http://koti.kapsi.fi/hkroger/debs/jessie ./

Save & run:

apt-get update
apt-get install nokeval-reader

Edit configs:

cd /opt/nokeval_reader
cp config.yaml.example config.yaml
vim config.yaml

Add key where it says <key here> and client id where it says <client id here>.

And start the service

systemctl start nokeval_reader

Manual installation

Install requirements

Ruby 1.9 or newer is required. I recommend installing RVM from https://rvm.io/. After installing RVM and for example ruby 2.0, install needed gems:

gem install bundler
bundle install

Check the configuration

Check the configuration and update as needed:

cp config.yaml.example config.yaml
vim config.yaml

Example of rest storage configuration with fail over urls:

serial:
    device: "/dev/tty.usbserial-NA140098"
    baud: 9600
    bits: 8
    stopbits: 1
database:
    type: rest_storage
    key: <some uuid>
    client_id: <another uuid>
buffer_file: "/opt/nokeval-reader/buffer.sqlite3"

It is important to update at least the serial device to point to the actual device that you have.

Run

./reader.rb

Run as daemon in OS X

Copy daemon config and update paths and username settings:

cp com.nokeval.temperature_reader.plist.example /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.nokeval.temperature_reader.plist
vim /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.nokeval.temperature_reader.plist

Load and start the daemon. It is important to use sudo otherwise the daemon will be registered to your user account and will run only when you are logged in:

sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.nokeval.temperature_reader.plist

That's it!

Disclaimer

I am not in anyway affiliated with Nokeval Oy.