SPi-Box
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Manual
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Code and Config
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Download SpiBox Image
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Re-installing the SPi-Box scripts on your Raspberry Pi
Note: These steps are only necessary if you have not got a pre-loaded SPi-Box microSD card from SB Components or if you need to reformat your microSD card for any reason.
Pre-requisites and assumptions
- You have a clean install of Raspbian (visit https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/)
- Your Pi is plugged in, powered on and connected to a monitor, keyboard and mouse, your network
- You have downloaded and unzipped the spibox.zip file so that the following directories appear:
/home/pi/spibox
/home/pi/spibox/capture
/home/pi/spibox/capture/archive
- You have copied the x2 .Desktop files to /home/pi/Desktop
- You are using the default user: pi / raspberry
- You know how to open command windows and edit files using nano
Enable the camera and SSH
Open up a LXTerminal session and enter:
sudo raspi-config
Use the arrow keys to move down to "5 Enable Camera" and press Enter/Return and select <enable>
Back on the main config page use the arrow keys to move down to "8 Advanced Options" and press Enter/Return
Use the arrow keys to scroll down to "A4 SSH" and press Enter/Return and select <enable>
Install required packages
Open up a LXTerminal session and type:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ssmtp
sudo apt-get install mpack
sudo apt-get update
Configure your mail account
At a command prompt enter:
sudo nano /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
Change the lines:
mailhub=[your smtp server or smtp.gmail.com:587 if using a gmail account]
FromLineOverride=YES
AuthUser=[yourEmail@address]
AuthPass=[your email address password]
UseSTARTTLS=YES
Close the file, saving your changes.
Turn off the camera's LED
At a command prompt type:
sudo nano /boot/config.txt
And add the following line to the file:
disable_camera_led=1
Close the file saving your change.
Change the "From name" that will appear on emails
At a command prompt enter:
sudo nano /etc/passwd
Edit the line beginning "root" to be:
root:x:0:0:SPIBOX:/root:/bin/bash
Close the file saving your change.
Schedule the spiboxmessenger script to run in the background on startup
At a command prompt enter:
crontab -e
Add the following line to the end of the file:
@reboot sudo python /home/pi/spibox/spiboxmessenger.py &
Close the file, saving your change.
For additional information regarding running the SPi-Box scripts please refer to the manual.
