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- | The Stairwell displays are run from the Ubuntu machine, ''auscope-screens'' at 131.217.62.142. User ''auscope'', password the usual. | + | ===Raspberry Pi Video Display=== |
- | Please power down the stairwell monitors using the switches under the main desk labelled Screen 1, Screen 2, after hours to save power. Please power them up at 8-9am weekdays if you are in the control room. The display computers (Raspberry Pi's) are shutdown automatically at 4:55pm each day. | + | The Stairwell displays are run by four Raspberry Pi mini computers. Communication to the Pis is from the Ubuntu machine, ''auscope-screens'' at 131.217.62.142. User ''auscope'', password the usual. |
- | The switch labeled Screen 4 also powers the Raspberry Pi's. | + | Please power down the stairwell monitors using the switches under the main desk labelled Screen 1, Screen 2, after hours to save power. Please power them up at 8-9am weekdays if you are in the control room. The Raspberry Pi's are shutdown automatically at 4:55pm each day by a cron job on ''auscope-screens''. |
- | There are instructions for controlling the displays on the Desktop of auscope-screens. You can ssh or vnc the Raspberry Pi's after first logging into the auscope-screens machine. The Pi's are on a subnet, quarantined from the uni network, routed through auscope-screens. The Pi's can display video, pdf's, slide shows in pdf format, and can access web pages and resources. | + | The power switch labeled Screen 4 also powers the Raspberry Pi's. |
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+ | There are instructions for controlling the displays on the Desktop of ''auscope-screens''. You can ssh or vnc the Raspberry Pi's after first logging into the ''auscope-screens'' machine. The Pi's are on a subnet, quarantined from the uni network, routed through auscope-screens. The Pi's can display video, pdf's, slide shows in pdf format, and can access web pages and resources. | ||
==Instructions== | ==Instructions== | ||
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A cron job on ''auscope-screens'' will shut the pi down at 4:55 pm daily (shutdownpi.sh). | A cron job on ''auscope-screens'' will shut the pi down at 4:55 pm daily (shutdownpi.sh). | ||
- | If communication is lost, power cycle with power switch [4] under desk. | + | If communication is lost, power cycle Pi's with power switch [4] under desk. |
On boot the pi should start looping through randomly selected movies. | On boot the pi should start looping through randomly selected movies. | ||
(play.sh called in /etc/rc.local on pi) | (play.sh called in /etc/rc.local on pi) | ||
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vncviewer pi3 | vncviewer pi3 | ||
</code> | </code> | ||
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+ | ==Network== | ||
For remote access first ssh into auscope@131.217.62.142, then ssh the pi | For remote access first ssh into auscope@131.217.62.142, then ssh the pi | ||
- | More detail in pi_network.txt on ''auscope-screens'' Desktop. | + | Outside internet access for the pi's is achieved by forwarding all packets through the ''auscope-screens' machine. |
+ | It appears to the outside world that all traffic emanates from 131.217.62.142 | ||
+ | More detail on the networking of the screen computers is in pi_network.txt on the ''auscope-screens'' Desktop. | ||
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+ | ==Software== | ||
useful software on pi: | useful software on pi: | ||
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epiphany (web browser) | epiphany (web browser) | ||
- | ### turn off screen blanking on pis with line in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf under [SeatDefaults] | + | Turn off screen blanking on pis with this line in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf under |
+ | <code> | ||
+ | [SeatDefaults] | ||
xserver-command=X -s 0 dpms | xserver-command=X -s 0 dpms | ||
+ | </code> | ||
- | ### start x programs on startup in /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart | + | Start x programs on startup in /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart |
- | ### epiphany-browser full screen, F11 | + | Epiphany-browser full screen, F11 |