Sunday (102) - Rain this afternoon but it was nice enough this morning for me to wash 1200 miles of grime off the Prius. It really does get filthy traveling behind this coach. I think rain is in the forecast for at least the first half of the week. Should I have expected anything different from Oregon?
Since we are able to receive packages at this RV park for free, I have microprocessors, temperature sensors, buck converters, relays, etc. coming from Amazon. Now that things are starting to get back to normal, the delivery times are less than a week for these “non-essential” items. I’m sure Bridget is getting tired of all of the YouTube videos on home automation.
Monday (103) - Another “blue sky” morning but rain is in the forecast for the afternoon again. One neighbor is pulling out today with his class A towing his ¾ ton work truck. He’s been here working and is now heading for the Colorado River for a few days of vacation before heading to his next job.
I had originally put the Raspberry Pi 3 that was running Home Assistant in the space behind the front TV. The assumption was that I never really to access it. The assumption was kind of wrong. There are several ways to initially configure one of the Wemos D1 Mini microprocessor boards but one of the easiest ways is to plug into the Pi via USB. This way you can assign WiFi info as well as static IP addresses. Once the boards are on WiFi, they can be configured over the air (OTA). So I could’ve just run a micro USB cable out of the cabinet but I simply just moved it over to the media cabinet which has the Apple TV and the audio amplifier for the TV.
One other addition to the RV was finally setting up the Bluetooth to FM modulator so I can listen to podcasts from my phone over the in-dash stereo while we are traveling. I’ve had the FM modulator for months but never got around to trying it out in this RV. I used it in the truck during our previous trips. The actual setup of the in-dash stereo is odd. The rear speakers are above the bed all the way in the rear of the RV.
Our in-dash and video system audio both broadcast to 5 speakers in the living area, and then there are two more speakers in the bedroom that have a separate on-off switch. Interesting that the only rear speakers would be so far back. But you never know...
ReplyDeleteThe video system has 5 speakers plus a subwoofer but the in-dash stereo has four more speakers.
DeleteI use the term video system loosely as it was non-functional when we picked up the coach as the previous owner replaced the TVs. I salvaged it be adding an optical audio cable from the TV to the amplifier. We got 5-channel audio back.
Rain and Oregon go hand in hand, but one would think in Pendleton you’d have a little more sun than rain. Glad you’re getting settled in.
ReplyDeleteYou’re right. Rain and Oregon go together. I thought this corner was drier. But there is a flood warning for the river.
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