old-tfm/controller/README.md

Tfm Controller - little thingy that reads sensors, runs motors and communicates with the cloud

Installation

1. Go to every subdirectory in drivers directory and follow instructions about installation of drivers
2. edit controller/config/init.py and set your controller ID to unique number
3. configure cron to run controller.py every 15 minutes as a superuser:

crontab -e -u root
#enter these lines
*/5 * * * * cd /home/pi/projects/tfm/controller && sh activity.sh
*/30 * * * * /usr/bin/python /home/pi/projects/tfm/controller/network_check.py
*/1 * * * *  /usr/bin/python /home/pi/projects/tfm/controller/camera_capture.py                  

4. add following lines at the end of /etc/rc.local before "exit 0"

python /home/pi/projects/tfm/controller/lockdown.py
python /home/pi/projects/tfm/controller/dweet.py

5. create directory

mkdir -p /mnt/zoblakdata

6. add following line to /etc/fstab for ramdisk

tmpfs   /mnt/zoblakdata        tmpfs   nodev,nosuid,size=100M          0  0

7. install packages

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libav-tools

8. set timezone

sudo cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Sarajevo /etc/localtime
sudo ntpd -gq

9. to set 3g mode

sudo apt-get install usb-modeswitch ppp

cd
mkdir umtskeeper
cd umtskeeper
wget "http://mintakaconciencia.net/squares/umtskeeper/src/umtskeeper.tar.gz"
tar -xzvf umtskeeper.tar.gz
chmod +x sakis3g umtskeeper

#add following line at the end of /etc/rc.local before "exit 0" (USBMODEM='12d1:1506' is a VARIABLE visible by issuing the command: lsusb):
sudo /home/pi/umtskeeper/umtskeeper --sakisoperators "USBINTERFACE='0' OTHER='USBMODEM' USBMODEM='12d1:1506' SIM_PIN='0000' APN='CUSTOM_APN' CUSTOM_APN='active.bhmobile.ba' APN_USER='0' APN_PASS='0'" --sakisswitches "--sudo --console" --devicename 'Huawei' --log --silent --monthstart 1 --nat 'no' --sakismaxfails 20 --httpserver &>> /home/pi/umtskeeper/error.log