# Sense-Hat with Raspberry PI has no connection
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sense-hat-with-raspberry-pi-has-no-connection/77110
**Category:** General
**Created:** [31 March 2023 09:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sense-hat-with-raspberry-pi-has-no-connection/77110 "2023-03-31T09:47:42Z")
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### Author:  [@webtour](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/webtour)
#### Post date: [31 March 2023 09:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sense-hat-with-raspberry-pi-has-no-connection/77110/1 "2023-03-31T09:47:42Z")
Hi,
I will use the node-red-node-pi-sense-hat (0.1.4) on a Raspberry Pi 3 with Busters,
Node-RED v3.0.2 and
Node.js v14.21.3.
python -V
python 2.7.16
python3 -V
python 3.7.3
But I get the error "no connection".
If found pe-requisites
```auto
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sense-hat
sudo pip-3.2 install pillow
```
But the last command sudo pip-3.2 install pillow does not work. (Command not found)
Is it possible to work with node-red-node-pi-sense-hat on this configuration?
Best regards
Holger
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [31 March 2023 10:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sense-hat-with-raspberry-pi-has-no-connection/77110/2 "2023-03-31T10:04:06Z")
Do you have `pip` installed?
See [How to install pip on the Raspberry Pi - Pi My Life Up](https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-pip/)
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### Author:  [@webtour](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/webtour)
#### Post date: [31 March 2023 10:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sense-hat-with-raspberry-pi-has-no-connection/77110/3 "2023-03-31T10:24:32Z")
pip --version
pip 18.1 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip (python 2.7)
Is there also a pip-3.2 module/package?
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [31 March 2023 11:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sense-hat-with-raspberry-pi-has-no-connection/77110/4 "2023-03-31T11:32:14Z")
Yes there is a pip3 and a python3 try
sudo apt install python3-pip
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### Author:  [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)
#### Post date: [31 March 2023 12:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sense-hat-with-raspberry-pi-has-no-connection/77110/5 "2023-03-31T12:01:09Z")
> [@zenofmud](#):
>
> es there is a pip3 and a python3 try
>
> sudo apt install python3-pip
Yes but that's not what @webtour is trying to run.
I guess s/he is following the instructions from [https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-node-pi-sense-hat](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-node-pi-sense-hat)
```auto
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sense-hat
sudo pip-3.2 install pillow
```
```auto
sudo pip-3.2 install pillow
sudo: pip-3.2: command not found
```
FWIW there is an issue on the AstroPi github site relating to this error. It says "manual pillow install was only necessary in Wheezy".
The OP is using Buster, 2 versions ahead of Wheezy, but 1 behind the current: Bullseye.
It might be worth installing the latest RpiOS on a spare SD card and see if you can get the sense hat working with that.
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [31 March 2023 12:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sense-hat-with-raspberry-pi-has-no-connection/77110/6 "2023-03-31T12:19:23Z")
Or they could install pip3 which is what the error says is missing. It would not take much time to try that first…
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### Author:  [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)
#### Post date: [31 March 2023 12:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sense-hat-with-raspberry-pi-has-no-connection/77110/7 "2023-03-31T12:33:32Z")
> [@zenofmud](#):
>
> what the error says is missing
On my Raspberry Pi (Bullseye) pip3 is installed yet pip-3.2 does not exist.
Maybe at some time there was a command **pip-3.2** or a link pip-3.2 -\> pip3 but not in Buster and not in Bullseye.
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### Author:  [@webtour](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/webtour)
#### Post date: [31 March 2023 13:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sense-hat-with-raspberry-pi-has-no-connection/77110/8 "2023-03-31T13:08:06Z")
I install a fresh Bullseye image on an second SD-card and install Node-red 3.0.2 with Node.js 16.19.1 and node-red-node-pi-sense-hat (0.1.4).
This works fine and connect the Sense-Hat.
But the Pre-requisites command "sudo pip-3.2 install pillow" does not work and may not missed any where.
Thanks to all!
Best Regards
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [31 March 2023 13:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sense-hat-with-raspberry-pi-has-no-connection/77110/9 "2023-03-31T13:27:24Z")
> [@webtour](#):
>
> sudo pip-3.2 install pillow
Just got a chance to check and yup, you are right. It looks like the node instructions need an update with that line removed.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [14 April 2023 13:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sense-hat-with-raspberry-pi-has-no-connection/77110/10 "2023-04-14T13:27:35Z")
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