DIY INSTRUCTIONS - ORBIT PANEL XL
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REQUIRED PARTS:
- Orbit Panel Enclosure
- Print your own or purchase enclosure kit.
- Stream Deck XL Module
- Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
- Waveshare POE Hat
- Qty 3: M2.5 x 5mm Phillips Screws
- Micro SD Card
- Qty 8: #6-32 1" Countersunk Head Machine Screws
OPTIONAL PARTS:
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REQUIRED TOOLS:
- Needle-nose Pliers or 5mm Nut Driver
- Phillips Screwdriver
OPTIONAL TOOLS:
INSTRUCTIONS
Print Enclosure
- Download STL file
- Print Cover flat on front face
- Print Wall Plate on angle with back corner and edge of front plate
This allows printing without any supports.
You can also print the wall plate flat on its back, using supports for the overhanging plate. This may be easier for your printer to achieve, but will take more space, time, and filament.
Assemble Electronics
- Attach Qty 4- 9mm long 2.5mm standoffs to top of POE Hat.
- Remove Qty 4- 4mm long 2.5mm standoffs from the bottom of the POE hat and replace them with 2.5mm screws. (It is helpful to remove then replace 1 or 2 at a time, rather than removing all 4 and having to line everything up again to put the screws in)
- Use the 4mm standoffs you just removed to attach the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W to the top of the POE Hat.
Prepare the Cable
The Orbit Panel Mini does requires one of the following:
- Custom making your own custom Molex to USB cable
- Using a premade Orbit Link Mini Cable
Assemble Orbit Panel
- Line up the ports on the electronics assembly with ports in the Orbit Panel Wall Plate.
- Slide the assembled Pi and Hat into Orbit Panel Wall Plate.
- Use Qty 4- 2.5mm screws to attach electronics assembly to Orbit Panel Wall Plate
- Feed Molex connector side of the cable through opening, from rear of wall plate to front.
- Move the connector over and press it into place.
- Connect USB cable cable to USB port on back of Orbit Panel Wall Plate.
Flash Companion Satellite
- Download the latest version of Companion Satellite .img from BitFocus
- Use Pi Imager to write the .img to a Micro SD card
- Install Micro SD card in Orbit Panel
Install In Wall
- Connect POE network cable to RJ45 jack on back of Orbit Panel
- Install Orbit Panel Wall Plate in wall box with Qty 8: #6 - 1" screws
- Insert button module into Orbit Panel Wall Plate being careful to align the pins with the molex connector..
- Snap on Orbit Panel Cover. There is a right way up.