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WiPi and Pi Face

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Former Member over 12 years ago

HI,

 

Not sure if this is the right forum but could not see how to ask a quesion when I searched for WiPi.

 

I bought a RPi from Element14 and a PiFace too. The SD card came preloaded with Wheezy but nothing on the PiFace. So I downloaded the OS from Manchester Uni site http://pi.cs.man.ac.uk/download/rpi_raspbian_piface_4gb_sandisk.img

 

I installed into the RPi and it worked fine - got the emulator up and running etc. Problem is the Wifi enabl Config seems to have disappeared. element14 sent the WiPi with the kit I ordered and when I read the instructions (RTFM) it says it needs Debian6.0 "Squeeze" to work and to install this on the SD card from elinux or element14's site. To be honest I do not know what version of Squeeze (if any) is on the OS from the Manchester Uni site.

 

I thought about copying the PiFcae Folder from the OS SD card from Macnhester Uni to the SD Card that came from Element 14 but am not clera how to do that! I created a directory under the ROOT and copied all the PiFace folders and files into it but then when I looked on my Win7 machine at the SD card I cannot see any of this info at all. So I assume I can only see this wehn looking from within a Linux Terminal. The only Linux I have is on the Pi and so it is not possile to copy from one SD card to another unless I hook up a USB hard drive - but to be honest I am not that familar with Linux and have no idea how to format it for Linus etc. Please excuse my ignorance.

 

Can you let me know how an can get the WiPi working with the OS that I downloaded from manchester uni  site? Is it possible?

 

Thanks,

Mike

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    Former Member over 12 years ago in reply to mcb1

    I don't think you created any confusion Mark, it's mostly that there's more to this particular issue than is obvious at first look.

    I certainly learned a lot while looking at it, so happy to share!

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