G+_Russ DiBennetto Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 KH-300. I am watching episode 300 about remotely access an Arduino. I have done this a while ago with an old Raspberry-Pi series 1 model B. I simply plugged the Arduino into one of the USB ports on the RPi and installed Putty (used to access the serial monitor on the Arduino) on the RPi. I already have VNC server running on the RPi so I can access the Arduino through the RPi via VNC from a PC or my Android phone running VNC client. Also being as my RPi has OpenVPN running on it. I can access both the RPi and the Arduino over a VPN on the Internet. This makes it a secure IoT device. Let me hear your thoughts and comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 We'll be going over a MUCH easier way to do it. (Cayenne) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Russ DiBennetto Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Thanks for your reply. I look forward to watching that episode. Since reading your reply I looked into Cayenne and it looks interesting. I have a couple of concerns: 1) Although now free to makers, that may change somewhere down the line (I'm guessing into a subscription model). 2) As Daren Kitchen says about VPN providers, "Your VPN is only as good as your provider"; hence, I have a security concern as anything can be hacked leaving the possibility of your IoT connected home could be hacked. 3) Although the product does look viable, there is no guarantee that the company will stay in business long term. At this time, although I can change my mind, I still prefer my RPi-2 running Ubuntu, w/OpenVPN, with an Arduino powered off the RPi and using putty or some other home-brewed serial software to access the Arduino. I can interface my Apache server on the RPi to access and post data from the Arduino. I do admit that the Cayenne option looks cleaner and faster and I may set it up on an old RPi that I use for experimentation. Finally, I have build one stand-alone Arduino based home automation project, a Humidistat that is connected to the humidifier on my HVAC system and powered by the furnace. It has been running for about 6 months flawlessly. That project is completely documented here: hackster.io - Hackster.io Let me know if you would like me to post it on the G+ site. Love Know How, keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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