fintic

Install instructions

Run these commands in the directory you want to put the app and press enter during the setup whenever it asks for confirmation

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/fin-tic/fintic --recursive

cd fintic
./setup.sh

Now to turn off the audio circuit open the config file with

sudo nano /boot/config.txt

look for the dtparam=audio option and turn it to off, the line should look like this. And disable bluetooth, change temp limit:

dtparam=audio=off
dtoverlay=disable-bt
temp_soft_limit=70

sudo nano /boot/config.txt

sudo nano /boot/cmdline.txt

isolcpus=3

enable ssh

cd /Volumes/boot
touch ssh

disable hdmi, add this line above exit 0

sudo nano /etc/rc.local
/usr/bin/tvservice -o

then reboot the pi with

sudo reboot

Set to run at startup

add the startup script to crotab. Open the crontab

crontab -e

add the line

@reboot <path to fintic>/startup.sh &

dont forget the ampersand!

also make sure that the paths in startup.sh are correct for your install location

Change the hostname

To change the hostname (URL used to access the server) first open config

sudo raspi-config

Then go to system options -> hostname and change it to e.g. fintic

You then connect to the server using the url fintic.local:1024

Run instructions

sudo -E python3 server.py

in browser go to url http://raspberrypi.local:1024

If it doesnt work because of a missing package try running setup.sh again, sometimes it fails to connect to the package repos

Notes

To conver bdf font to pil format do pilfont.py pillow v 5.4.1 works, but version 8.2.0 breaks.