RPi-Monitor: Version 2.5.1 is available

Note: A new version of RPi-Monitor is available: Version 2.6.

All the details about the latest version of Rpi-Monitor are in RPi-Monitor overview

The version 2.5.1 of RPi-Monitor has been released (replacing the version 2.5 due to issue #22).

If you don't know yet what RPI-Monitor do, have a look to RPi-Monitor Overview.

Photo from Flickr by todbot  cc-by-nc 

What's new in this version?
Some users have pushed their Raspberry Pi to its limits and found some side effect in RPi-Monitor. This version comes with improvement to fix such side effects. Thanks to allo the contributoirs which help me to improve RPi-Monitor.

Here is the changelog of version 2.5.1:

• Update rrd graph with unkown data if fetched information is not a valid number
• Fix issue #22 : empty.rrd file not properly generated

And changelog of version 2.5:

• Fix issue #16: (v2.4) Network Graph displaying Bytes/s not in bits/s (wrong Legend) (From deMattin)
• Update configuration to be compatible with NOOBS as proposed in issue #17 (From deMattin)
• Implement modification for small screen proposed in issue #18 (From deMattin)
• Change footer to better fit with small screens
• Implement pull request #20: Counting buffers and cache as available memory (From Harbulot)
• Add the possibility to set Min and Max values for rrd graphs in configuration file (issue #19 #21)

Add WiFi to Raspberry Pi and monitor it with RPi-Monitor

Note: A new version of RPi-Monitor is available.

For all details about RPi-Monitor refer to RPi-Monitor Documentation.

For internet connection, it could be interesting to add a WiFi connection to the Raspberry Pi.

Raspberry Pi with WiFi 802.11n dongle

This article is explaining how to configure WiFi  n a Raspberry Pi and how to monitor this new network interface with RPi-Monitor.

RPi-Monitor: Version 2.4 is available

Note: A new version of RPi-Monitor is available: Version 2.5.

All the details about the latest version of Rpi-Monitor are in RPi-Monitor overview

The version 2.4 of RPi-Monitor has been released.

If you don't know yet what RPI-Monitor do, have a look to RPi-Monitor Overview.

Photo from Flickr  by Le Yéti  cc-by-nc

What's new in this version?

Here is the changelog of version 2.4:

• Change shared memory management to fix issue #12 and define the shmkey in configuration file
• Added the possibility to define the default timeline to be display in statistics page
• Add -s (show) option to show configuration as loaded (useful for advanced customization)
• Added WiFi icon
 

RPi-Monitor: Version 2.3 is available

Note: A new version of RPi-Monitor is available: Version 2.4.

All the details about the latest version of Rpi-Monitor are in RPi-Monitor overview

The version 2.3 of RPi-Monitor has been released.

If you don't know yet what RPI-Monitor do, have a look to RPi-Monitor Overview.

Photo from Flickr  cc-by-nc-sa by reidab

What's new in this version?

This version mainly comes with bug fixes and few optimisation.

Here is the changelog of version 2.3:

• Add small improvement given by a feedback in RPi-Experiences blog
• Use javascript to resize correctly shellinabox iframe even in Firefox
• Fix issue #9: Wrong calculation of used memory
• Fix issue #11: adding friends link missing colon
 

A LCD display my RPi and RPi-Monitor

I saw on the internet that it is possible to use a LCD to display information from the Raspberry Pi. RPi-Monitor is gathering a lot of information and it could be interesting to have such an information available without a computer. So I decided to purchase a PCD8544 from dx.com.

Photo from Flickr  cc-by by arduinolabs

This post is describing how to acquire, connect and use such a component with he Raspberry Pi and gives an example showing how to connect it with RPi-Monitor.