Raspberry Pi Camera Client

Raspberry Pi camera client for Codalata RASP.

Install options

Use the normal install if you want to start the camera manually.

Use the service install if you want the camera to start automatically when the Raspberry Pi boots.

Step-by-step manual install

git clone https://github.com/xjasz/rasp_cam.git
cd rasp_cam
./install.sh "YOUR_DEVICE_KEY"
./run.sh

Add service later after manual install

./install.sh --service

One-line installs

manual:

git clone https://github.com/xjasz/rasp_cam.git && cd rasp_cam && bash ./install.sh "YOUR_DEVICE_KEY" && bash ./run.sh

service:

git clone https://github.com/xjasz/rasp_cam.git && cd rasp_cam && bash ./install.sh "YOUR_DEVICE_KEY" --service

Service commands

sudo systemctl status codalata-rasp-cam
journalctl -u codalata-rasp-cam -f
sudo systemctl restart codalata-rasp-cam
sudo systemctl stop codalata-rasp-cam
./uninstall_service.sh

Repo files

cam_main.py
requirements.txt
install.sh
install_service.sh
uninstall_service.sh
run.sh
scripts/
  stop_existing.sh
helpers/
  __init__.py
  colormod.py
  main_logger.py
  rasp_servo.py

Device key

The installer creates a local .env file:

RASP_DEVICE_KEY=YOUR_DEVICE_KEY

Dependencies

The installer installs the Raspberry Pi camera/OpenCV packages through apt and app-specific Python packages through pip:

python3-picamera2
python3-opencv
python3-numpy
requests
adafruit-circuitpython-servokit