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Deploying on a Raspberry Pi

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Paul C. Zimmerman edited this page Apr 30, 2024 · 25 revisions

Why Raspberry Pi?

Raspberry Pi single board computers are popular and inexpensive, and make an excellent platform for running ShootPoints-Web in the field.

Which Models are Supported?

ShootPoints-Web has been used on Raspberry Pi 2 Model B computers on excavations in Iraq. Because of its good balance of small size, reasonable speed, low power consumption, full-sized USB port, and built-in Wi-Fi, I prefer deploying on the Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+, but it will run equally well on any currently-produced model.

Install Rasbian

  1. Download and install the Raspberry Pi Imager app.
  2. Launch Raspberry Pi Imager, and choose the appropriate device. Choose Device
  3. Click the “Choose OS’ button and then “Raspberry Pi OS (other).” Choose OS
  4. Select the appropriate Lite version of the Raspberry Pi OS. (For a Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ this is “Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy, 64-bit) Lite.”) Choose RPi OS Lite
  5. Choose the storage medium (i.e., the microSD card that you will install in the Raspberry Pi). Choose Storage Medium
  6. You will use OS customisation, so click the “Edit Settings” button. Edit OS customisation settings
  7. Under the OS Customisation “General” tab set the hostname, username, and password all to “shoot points.”

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