RaspberryPiPDU

Creating a camera solution for PDU

Update device

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade -y

Enable legacy camera support

Needed for ribbon camera

sudo raspi-config

Dependencies to install

sudo pip install pirecorder

sudo pip install "picamera[array]"

sudo apt-get install libhdf5-dev libhdf5-serial-dev libatlas-base-dev libatlas3-base libjasper-dev python3-pyqt5 -y

sudo pip install opencv-contrib-python==4.5.3.56

sudo apt-get install python3-opencv

sudo pip install imutils

Start python script at boot

Create a directory called record in the root directory
Download python script in the record directory, i.e. record.py
Open terminal, go to record directory

cd record

Create launcher shell

nano launcher.sh

This will launch an editor. Type in the following script

#!/bin/sh
# launcher.sh
# navigate to home directory, then to this directory, then execute python script, then back home

cd /
cd home/pdu/record
sudo python record.py
cd /

Make the launcher script executable

chmod 755 launcher.sh

Test it. This should run the Python code

sh launcher.sh

Navigate back to home directory

cd

Create a logs directory

mkdir logs

Add to Crontab. Type in

sudo crontab -e

Enter the line

@reboot sh /home/pdu/record/launcher.sh >/home/pdu/logs/cronlog 2>&1

Reboot to check

sudo reboot

If it doesn't work, check the log file

cd logs

cat cronlog

Access files on Mac

View files or execute scripts

Open terminal on Mac

ssh pdu@dogmoves.local

They will ask for a password.

Copy files to Mac

scp pdu@dogmoves:/home/pdu/record/2022-11-23-10:36/NV_7.mp4 /users/nidhi/Desktop

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