pivmugc provides web-based checkin functionality that was designed for a local chapter of the VMware User Group (VMUG). pivmugc is written in the Fat-Free Framework and was designed to be used on a Raspberry Pi. Although pivmugc can be used with any type of web server.
Start with a clean installation of Raspbian and issue the following commands:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tkrn/pivmugc/master/pivmugc_installer.sh
chmod +x pivmugc_installer.sh
sudo ./pivmugc_installer.sh
This method will run apt-get update and install cups, nginx, php, compile Dymo drivers, configure most necessary services and create RAM_DISK a portion of memory used for writing tmp files to for better performance on the Raspberry Pi.
Installation is simple. Download the latest master branch, extract the files and move the files into the web directory. Here is an example for a default NGINX web server. The paths will vary for lighttpd or Apache installations.
cd /tmp
unzip master.zip
cd pivmugc-master/
sudo cp -rf * /usr/local/nginx/html/
sudo chown www-data:www-data /usr/local/nginx/html/ -R
For a manual installation of the RAM_DISK:
sudo mkdir /var/tmp
sudo echo 'tmpfs /var/tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid,size=96M 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
sudo mount -a
Upon the Dymo driver installation, the printer must be added to the CUPS daemon and set as the default printer for the system for use by the pivmugc application.
Browse to the CUPS web interface for configuration:
Click on "Add Printer"
Click on the printer under "Local Printers"
Press "Continue"
Press "Add Printer"
Change the "Media Size" to "99014 Name Badge Label"
Change the "Output Resolution" to the highest possible.
Change "Print Density" to "Dark"
Change "Print Quality" to "Barcodes and Graphics"
Press "Set Default Options"
Click on the Printer name
Under the "Administration" drop down, click on "Set As Server Default"
The following pages will allow to perform the following functions by URL.
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/ - Default landing page.
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/checkin - Allows checkin of preregistered guests.
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/register - Allows for walk-in guests to register.
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/reprint - Reprint name tags for those who are already checked in.
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/admin - Administration functions for pivmugc. Import/export data.
Default Administration Credentials: admin/pivmugc
A file that stores global variables.
Do not change unless needed and you know what you're doing.
Define the logo that is printed on the name tag label. The file must be located in the ui/images folder in the directory structure. The image will automatically be resized but it is recommended to keep the logo less than 200px by 200px.
RAM_DISK is likely one of the most import components to increase the speed of the Raspberry Pi. On unix-based systems, /tmp is a location on the filesystem that resides on hard drive. Due to the Raspberry Pi nature,/tmp is on an SDcard by default. Because of this, the SDcard introduces increased response times. To help performance during use temporary files creation, the system will write to temporary filesytem that is carved out of RAM for better response times. This is automatically created in the installation script or see the manual installation for RAM_DISK creation above.
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