Re^2: Continuous or timed?

precisely why I recommended picking up a $3 microcontroller for the project instead

I do get that and it makes a lot of sense.
However, I see this also as an opportunity to get a better understanding of Linux, plus I want to be able to remotely update the times for closing and opening without having to visit. For future reference, would a microcontroller be able to call out to a web server and retrieve an updated settings file?

Just from setting up the RPi my knowledge has improved so, on one level this project is a success already 😊

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Re^3: Continuous or timed? by stevieb (Canon) on Dec 11, 2020 at 21:19 UTC
"For future reference, would a microcontroller be able to call out to a web server and retrieve an updated settings file?" 100% yes. In fact, in my indoor grow automation system, I have a microcontroller for each grow tent, and all of them reach out to a central system over HTTPS and retrieve their configuration from there (with a fallback default config if the server can't be reached). I don't pull a file however, the system returns back a JSON string which I parse as the config.	[reply]

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Re^3: Continuous or timed?
by stevieb (Canon) on Dec 11, 2020 at 21:19 UTC

"For future reference, would a microcontroller be able to call out to a web server and retrieve an updated settings file?"

100% yes. In fact, in my indoor grow automation system, I have a microcontroller for each grow tent, and all of them reach out to a central system over HTTPS and retrieve their configuration from there (with a fallback default config if the server can't be reached). I don't pull a file however, the system returns back a JSON string which I parse as the config.

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