How do I edit the main Heatermeter display page


 
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Gerard H

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I would like to remove the blue overlay on the main heatermeter page but I can't figure out what to edit when I SSH into the Pi. I can edit the elements from Chrome on my local computer to remove them but of course when I refresh the blue comes back. I've attached two screen shots of how it looks normal and how it looks after I edit it in Chrome.

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Just look in the source for the style definition "div.content" and delete the line. Then a little below that in the HTML, there's a part that says "style="background: rgba(76,135,199,0.5)"". Just remove that style. If there's anything else that's still blue, just look for "background" anywhere in the file and remove any that aren't #000.
 
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Im a bit of a noob with HTML. How do i open that file? In text editor or word? Do i put the IP address first? Just looking for a bit more granular instructions on how to get the file opened for editing. I'm good from there.
 
1) download putty, it is a free telnet/ssh client
2) run putty, enter the ip of the heatermeter and click on open.
3) you'll probably get a message about encryption and trusting the target, this is normal, click ok
4) log in with your username and password
5) type vi /usr/lib/lua/luci/view/linkmeter/index.htm
6) here's where is is a little tough for windows users, vi is an old editor and the commands to make changes are well, different. Here is a guide http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/UnixAndC/Editors/ViIntro.html
7) use cursor keys to navigate to where you want to edit
8) hit the insert key, you should now see I in the lower left
9) make the changes you want
10) hit esc
11) type ZZ (those will be capital letters)
 
Gerard H said:
I would like to remove the blue overlay on the main heatermeter page but I can't figure out what to edit when I SSH into the Pi. I can edit the elements from Chrome on my local computer to remove them but of course when I refresh the blue comes back. I've attached two screen shots of how it looks normal and how it looks after I edit it in Chrome.

UKpvtCi.png


244Sesc.png
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Are you willing to share your index.htm ? I can't seem to find the blower speed font color, neither the color overlay on the probes.
 
Thanks RJ. The guide should help, but not necessarily easy. I dont know if it's easier to copy Gerard H's htm if he shares, or make the changes. But I'll give it a try.

Do you know, can you edit the word 'Current' in the HTM file or is that embedded somewhere else in the code?

Matt
 
Gerard H said:
Does this work ? http://db.tt/JprMYNNP
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Yes, download works, placing it on my rpi now :)

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Nope, first of all, there are ^M's in the file (you edited it in dos formatting) which gives an error and the file can't be parsed.
When I fix that, it seems I'm missing stuff in the htm page, the 'flames' cut off @ probes bar and lineup of text is incorrect (pit setpoint).

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Argh, it seems that the 'compatibility' mode of IE screws things up. retesting...

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Works now :) I'm a happy man.
Only problem is that with the current file (from your dropbox) you need something like dos2unix to convert the file to get parsed.
 
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You can probably remove and reinstall the linkmeter version 2 package
Code: 
opkg remove linkmeter
opkg install http://capnbry.net/linkmeter/release/2/packages/linkmeter_2_brcm47xx.ipk
 
Bryan Mayland said:
You can probably remove and reinstall the linkmeter version 2 package
Code: 
opkg remove linkmeter
opkg install http://capnbry.net/linkmeter/release/2/packages/linkmeter_2_brcm47xx.ipk
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It removed and downloads tries to install and I get:


Downloading http://capnbry.net/linkmeter/release/2/packages/linkmeter_2_brcm47xx.ipk.
Installing linkmeter (2) to root...
Collected errors:
* satisfy_dependencies_for: Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for linkmeter:
* avrdude *
* opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package linkmeter.
 
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