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operations:big_screens [2016/08/01 00:27] Warren Hankey |
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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. | + | 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. |
- | 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. | + | 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''. |
The switch labeled Screen 4 also powers the Raspberry Pi's. | The switch labeled Screen 4 also powers the Raspberry Pi's. | ||
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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 |