PiCoolFAN4
In order to make the HW RTC installed follow the below procedure step by step.
1. Ensure to run below line
sudo apt-get -y install i2c-tools
2. Edit by running the following line
sudo nano /etc/modules
and check, make sure to have the following items in the file and add what is missing:
i2c-bcm2708
i2c-dev
rtc-ds1307
3. Edit by running the following line
sudo nano /boot/config.txt
4. and add the following to this file:
enable_uart=1
dtoverlay=i2c-rtc,ds1307
5. Edit by running the following line
sudo nano /etc/rc.local
6. and add the following line before "exit 0"
sleep 4; hwclock -s &
7. Reboot system by
sudo reboot
8. Remove the fake-hwclock which interferes with the RTC hwclock
sudo apt-get -y remove fake-hwclock
sudo update-rc.d -f fake-hwclock remove
9. Run
sudo nano /lib/udev/hwclock-set
10. and comment out these three lines:
Designed by
www.pimodules.com
Firmware Code 0x14
manufactured in co-operation with
Print Date 10.11.2019
www.thepihut.com
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