1) Flash Debian image to card via Win32DiskImager (2015-05-05-raspbian-wheezy.img) 2) connect to 192.168.0.21 port 22 If using DHCP, sometimes the RPi will be on the DHCP IP address. If not it may be on 192.168.0.21. If not, use a network sniffer like Fing (Android) to locate the RPi. 3) change to DHCP sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces change 'iface * inet manual' to 'iface * inet dhcp 4) basic configuration sudo raspi-config * 1 Expand Filesystem * 4 International options - Change locale disable en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8 enable en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 default locale en_US.UTF-8 - restart - Change time zone (US / Pacific-new) - Change keyboard layout (??? broken ???) sudo reboot 5) Install needed utilities/update system sudo apt-get install gdebi-core sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install rpi-update sudo rpi-update *** skip *** 6) Set up SSL certificates sudo apt-get install mono-complete (breaks HG) sudo apt-get dist-upgrade sudo mozroots --import --ask-remove --machine sudo certmgr -ssl smtps://smtp.mail.yahoo.com:465 sudo certmgr -ssl smtps://smtp.gmail.com:465 *** end skip *** 7) Install HG sudo wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/homegenie/files/homegenie-beta_1.1.r500_all.deb sudo gdebi homegenie-beta_1.1.r500_all.deb *** OPTIONAL *** sudo nano /usr/local/bin/homegenie/startup.sh change: sudo $MONO HomeGenie.exe >/dev/null 2>&1 to: sudo $MONO HomeGenie.exe >/usr/local/bin/homegenie/log/mono.log 2>/dev/null Log on to HG via web browser restore HG backup 8) file sharing (samba) http://raspberrywebserver.com/serveradmin/share-your-raspberry-pis-files-and-folders-across-a-network.html sudo apt-get install samba samba-common-bin sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf 9) map log directory to file server sudo mkdir /mnt/log sudo mount -t cifs -o guest //RAID-STATION/Array1/Misc/HomeAutomation/HomeGenie/log /mnt/log *** NOT WORKING *** sudo nano /etc/fstab //RAID-STATION/Array1/Misc/HomeAutomation/HomeGenie/log /usr/local/bin/homegenie/log cifs guest 0 0 ln -s /usr/local/bin/homegenie/log ~/. 10) APCUPS sudo apt-get install apcupsd sudo nano /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf UPSNAME UPS1 UPSCABLE usb UPSTYPE usb DEVICE 11) backup utility (RPI-CLONE) 12) MQTT software (Mosquitto)