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Hey! On an unrelated note I just noticed your name and thought I'd pop by to thank you. You released the Gr8W8UpD8M8, and I used that as a base for me to set up
by foldor 11y ago
Hey! On an unrelated note I just noticed your name and thought I'd pop by to thank you. You released the Gr8W8UpD8M8, and I used that as a base for me to set up my own version of it. I still use it daily, so thanks for that! My code is available on GitHub as well[1], forked from your own. I never did get around to making it simple enough for other people to start using it out of the box, but I came pretty close. Just thought I'd say thanks for making your project open source!
[1]https://github.com/Ryan-Myers/Wiiboard-Net https://github.com/Ryan-Myers/Wiiboard-Net
- StavrosK 11y agoThank you for your contribution, I'm glad you like it! Unfortunately the pairing failed for me months ago, and I haven't managed to get it to pair again. I'll look at your code, maybe it'll help me get it working again!
- foldor 11y agoAwesome, let me know if you don't get it working again. For me, the key was finding that xwiibind script[1]. It also took em a while to find a way to get it to programmatically run the script as soon as the device connects, and I ended up with a method that has a hard dependency on Bluez 4.99. [1]https://github.com/Ryan-Myers/Wiiboard-Net/blob/master/xwiibind.sh https://github.com/Ryan-Myers/Wiiboard-Net/blob/master/xwiib...
- StavrosK 11y agoWill do, I had to search for a long time for the arcane bluez commands as well. Does your balance board auto-pair now, so you can connect by just pressing the front button (rather than the red one under the battery cover)?
- foldor 11y agoYup, my board works by just hitting the front button to pair, which then kicks off the script that logs my weight, and automatically shuts down when it's done. I even left in that little blink you added that signifies it's ready to be stepped on :)
- StavrosK 11y agoAw, that's how I used to have it :( You can even see the graph of how much I love food over time!: http://www.stavros.io/misc/weight/ http://www.stavros.io/misc/weight/