wd9dui wrote:
Very good on the Pi, I have enough going on, I don't want to get into another micro processor project. I think the youtube video is so cool, think the neighbors would drive you out of town! ....
I do not want people to have a misunderstanding that the Raspberry Pi requires any computer/micro-processor knowledge to use above basic PC browser knowledge. In fact, people that only know how to surf the internet using a PC browser could easily use the Raspberry Pi with their geiger counter. The custom NETC software allows access in the units geiger features through any PC and standard web browser all using the same wifi network that the Raspberry Pi is connect to.
The siren/
ALERT option you hear on the video using the Raspberry Pi is an option and it can be disabled by the user. I have it disabled on my outside unit for the very reason you mentioned, my neighbors. Although there is also an alert level users can select as an option which will simply speak to you saying that the
WARNING level has been reached and then what the current CPM it recorded was. This WARNING option is what I have setup on my outside geiger counter to alert the kids when to come inside. Like the ALERT option the ALERT option are local station only levels, they have nothing to do with the RADCON levels over the NETC network. Your data is used for the NETC RADCON levels but the user has no control over those.
Again, the WARNING and ALERT levels are both different. The ALERT level has the siren and only goes off after the user set level is reached. It goes off a 10-minute average. The WARNING level does not have a siren, it only speaks that the alert level has been reached and what the current CPM it recorded. The WARNING level is not averaged, it is per minute so if 32 CPM is the user set level and it is reached for 1 minute... you hear the Raspberry Pi speak the warning and the current CPM.
..hey