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--- linux:pandaboard_and_zoneminder [2017/08/09 13:18] – created cipibad
+++ linux:pandaboard_and_zoneminder [2017/08/23 05:10] (current) – cipibad
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-  - get an old PandaBoard
+====== PandaBoard and ZoneMinder ======
+  - get a PandaBoard
   - install Ubuntu Server on it according to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/Server/Install/OMAP4
+    - download image from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/ubuntu-12.04-preinstalled-server-armhf+omap4.img.gz
+    - prepare the card with ''gunzip -c ubuntu-12.04-preinstalled-server-armhf+omap4.img.gz | sudo dd bs=1M of=/dev/mmcblk0'' or similar (take care to use the correct device, or you may delete your own data)
     - connect the board to Internet according to your configuration
-  - update/upgrade Ubuntu (''apt-get update, apt-get upgrade, apt-get dist-upgrade, do-release-upgrade'')
+  - update/upgrade Ubuntu (''do-release-upgrade - twice or until you get to current LTS version, apt-get update, apt-get upgrade, apt-get dist-upgrade'')
+  - rename on card/1st partition ''preEnv.txt'' and ''uEnv.txt'' files as all needed args are in boot.scr file (probably just updating the files also works)
+  - remove openssh and install dropbear
+  - BACKUP CARD
+  - add USB HDD
+    - install jfsutils package ''apt install jfsutils''
+    - format and mount external USB HDD as JFS/noatime (''/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbhdd jfs rw,noatime 0 1'')
+    - change I/O scheduler to
+    - be careful to have enough power on USB, otherwise you may get random freeze
+  - forward a well know open port (8888) or other one from your Internet router to pandaboard ssh port (22)
+  - enable a simple free dynamic dns account (for example https://freedns.afraid.org/, adding ''wget'' script in pandaboard's cron scripts to execute each 5 minutes)
+  - BACKUP YOUR CARD
+  - install ZoneMinder
+    - Enable Isaac Connor's PPA: ''sudo add-apt-repository ppa:iconnor/zoneminder; sudo apt-get update''
+    - Install ZoneMinder following: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Ubuntu_Server_16.04_64-bit_with_Zoneminder_1.30.4_the_easy_way and http://zoneminder.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installationguide/ubuntu.html#easy-way-ubuntu-16-04
+    - Use MariaDB as is faster
+    - Follow http://zoneminder.readthedocs.io/en/stable/userguide/gettingstarted.html to create database
+    - Add the 3 cameras in mondetect mode
+    - Move DB files and ZoneMinder to HDD
+  - Recompile packages hoping optimization
+    - ffmpeg
+    - libjpeg-turbo
+    - recompile VFPv3, NEON, Cortex-A9,
+    - https://askubuntu.com/questions/81870/how-to-download-modify-build-and-install-a-debian-source-package
+ - Tunen zoneminder (to be checked)
+    - change ffmpeg with remote/libjpeg?
+    - Tune /dev/shm either to increase or move to HDD
+    - Add 1G SWAP on HDD
+  -