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Find a step by step guide on how to set up your laptop in the Raspberry Pi as your host page.
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Download Raspberry Pi Imager software from this link and install on your Windows or Mac OS.
Launch the Raspberry Pi Imager, and click on “CHOOSE OS” button.
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From the main menu, choose “Raspberry Pi OS (other)”.
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From the list of available OSs, choose the option of “Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit)”.
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Next, select your external storage device by clicking on “CHOOSE STORAGE”.
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Then click on “WRITE” button. Click on “YES” in the pop-up dialogue to start the process.
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Once the process is finished, user is prompted to remove the storage device.
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Put the external storage device in the Raspberry Pi and boot it up. Follow the instructions to setup the Raspberry Pi. Once the setup process is done, launch a terminal window and type in the following command to verify the architecture:
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uname -m
>> aarch64 |
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Modify the bulk transfer rate configuration file as follows:
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sudo nano /etc/rc.local |
Add this at the end of the file right before 'exit 0':
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sudo sh -c 'echo 150 > /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/usbfs_memory_mb' |
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Save the file and reboot. Make sure of changes by running below in command prompt:
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cat /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/usbfs_memory_mb
>> 150 |
Install package by running the command in RPi terminal
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sudo apt install autoconf libtool libudev-dev gcc g++ make cmake unzip libxml2-dev |
Go to site: https://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/app/sdk/licenseagreement_d/en-US.html
Download the SDK by the name:
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Extract the contents of the zip in a folder. I have extracted the contents in 'SDK' directory in '/home/bb-pi/'.
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In the terminal type in the following commands:
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cd SDK
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
cmake --build . |
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Once the application builds successfully, connect the camera to the RPi using a USB cable and launch the application by
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./RemoteCli |
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Download Miniforge using the below link:
https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/latest/download/Miniforge3-Linux-aarch64.sh
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Run below commands to install it:
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cd ~/Downloads
bash Miniforge3-Linux-aarch64.sh |
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Create conda env with python 3.9 using below command:
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conda create -n bbot python=3.9 |
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Install PyQt5 in raspberry pi using below commands:
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sudo apt-get install qtbase5-dev qtchooser
sudo apt-get install qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev-tools
sudo apt-get install qtdeclarative5-dev |
Install PyQt in conda environment:
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conda activate bbot
conda install -c conda-forge pyqt |
Install required packages:
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conda install pandas
conda install -c anaconda openpyxl
conda install -c conda-forge python-dotenv |