Lower default console resolution [1]
video=HDMI-A-1:1024x768@30
You can try other resolutions, not all of them work
Configure WIFI
Update apt
sudo apt update
Upgrade your packages
sudo apt full-upgrade
Adjust your system with raspi-config
Find your mac address
ip add
Access your pi with ssh
ssh campi5
(or use the ip number that “ip add” shows for wifi)
journal to permanent storage
Storage=persistent Compress=no SystemMaxUse=300M MaxFileSec=1month
sudo systemctl restart systemd-journald.service
Hardware Watchdog
RuntimeWatchdogSec=15s RebootWatchdogSec=10min
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
#!/bin/bash
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sudo bash /tmp/test.sh
Connect your first camera to first camera port
Test camera
rpicam-still
Install common tools
sudo apt install emacs mc
Install motionplus
sudo apt install autoconf automake autopoint build-essential pkgconf libtool libzip-dev libjpeg-dev git libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libavdevice-dev libopencv-dev libwebp-dev gettext libmicrohttpd-dev libmariadb-dev libcamera-dev libcamera-tools libcamera-v4l2 libasound2-dev libpulse-dev libfftw3-dev libpq-dev libsqlite3-dev debhelper dh-autoreconf mkdir ~/tmp cd ~/tmp wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Motion-Project/motion-packaging/master/buildplus.sh chmod +x buildplus.sh ./buildplus.sh memeruiz memeruiz@gmail.com
sudo dpkg -i bookworm_motionplus_0.2.0-git-20250201-2c7c209-1_arm64.deb
sudo adduser motion memeruiz
sudo mkdir /etc/motionplus sudo cp /var/lib/motionplus/motionplus-dist.conf /etc/motionplus/motionplus.conf sudo cp /var/lib/motionplus/camera1-dist.conf /etc/motionplus/camera1.conf sudo cp /var/lib/motionplus/camera2-dist.conf /etc/motionplus/camera2.conf
mkdir ~/movies sudo chmod g+x /home/memeruiz sudo chmod g+rwx /home/memeruiz/movies
Connect to Internet with SORACOM 4G and Kölbi [2][3][4]
sudo apt-get install udhcpc
curl -O https://soracom-files.s3.amazonaws.com/connect/setup_eg25.sh
chmod +x setup_eg25.sh sudo ./setup_eg25.sh
Disable WIFI default gw [5]
sudo nmcli connection modify VIRAZU1 ipv4.never-default yes
Using two cameras with motionplus
Motionplus doesn't support two raspberry pi cameras with one single process. Also, motionplus doesn't support two cameras using libcam. libcamerify has to be used for each motionplus process.
Two new systemd unit process files must be created
sudo systemctl stop motionplus.service sudo systemctl disable motionplus.service
sudo cp /lib/systemd/system/motionplus.service /etc/systemd/system/motionplus0.service sudo cp /lib/systemd/system/motionplus.service /etc/systemd/system/motionplus1.service
ExecStart=/usr/bin/libcamerify /usr/bin/motionplus -c /etc/motionplus/motionplus0.conf * For motionplus1.service:
ExecStart=/usr/bin/libcamerify /usr/bin/motionplus -c /etc/motionplus/motionplus1.conf
v4l2_device /dev/video0
or:
v4l2_device /dev/video8
according to the output from rpicam-hello –list-cameras output
i2c for aht10 and aht20
i2cdetect -y 1
It should show 0x38 or 0x39 depending on the aht10 configuration (0x38 or 0x39) or aht20 (0x38)
Use the integraded USART interface
Python code for reading temperature, humidity and solar battery state from AHT10, AHT20 and Renogy WND10
sshfs campi5:/home/memeruiz ~/mnt/pi
mkdir -p ~/mnt/pi/local/src/repos/www.memelabs.net/ cd ~/mnt/pi/local/src/repos/www.memelabs.net/ git clone git@www.memelabs.net:pi-security-camera-utils cd pi-security-camera-utils git submodule init git submodule update
sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-smbus pip3 install renogymodbus --break-system-packages
battery_aht20()
cd python_utils ./i2c_sensors_all.py
CT:25.8C|H:55.4% || SP: 0.0V|SP: 0.0A|B:12.7V|B:76.0%|LC: 0.1A|LP: 1.0W|Temp:28.0C
flask web server for remote survaillance
sudo apt-get install python3-flask sudo cp ~/local/src/repos/www.memelabs.net/pi-security-camera-utils/systemd/motionplus_wrapper.service /etc/systemd/system/ sudo systemctl start motionplus_wrapper.service sudo systemctl enable motionplus_wrapper.service
Disable buggus autofocus
Configure the wireguard VPN
sudo apt-get install wireguard
sudo mkdir /etc/wireguard sudo cp ~/local/src/repos/www.memelabs.net/pi-security-camera-utils/wireguard/pi/wg0.conf /etc/wireguard/ * Start and enable wireguard systemd service:
sudo systemctl start wg-quick@wg0 sudo systemctl enable wg-quick@wg0 This methods doesn't work for sharing with other wireguard clients
Configure the openvpn VPN
sudo apt-get install openvpn
cd ~/local/src/repos/www.memelabs.net/pi-security-camera-utils sudo cp -r openvpn /etc/
sudo systemctl start openvpn-client@camrem0 sudo systemctl enable openvpn-client@camrem0
Configure motion Telegram notification
on_movie_start /home/memeruiz/local/src/repos/www.memelabs.net/pi-security-camera-utils/motionpush/motionpush.sh
Configure motion video file upload
sudo apt-get install cadaver lsof
sudo cp /home/memeruiz/local/src/repos/www.memelabs.net/pi-security-camera-utils/cadaver/.netrc /home/memeruiz/
sudo cp /home/memeruiz/local/src/repos/www.memelabs.net/pi-security-camera-utils/systemd/nextcloudpushd.service /etc/systemd/system/ sudo systemctl start nextcloudpushd.service sudo systemctl enable nextcloudpushd.service
Configure network watchdog
sudo cp /home/memeruiz/local/src/repos/www.memelabs.net/pi-security-camera-utils/systemd/ping_watchdog.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl start ping_watchdog.service sudo systemctl enable ping_watchdog.service
Using GPIOs for IR lights, normal lights and Alarm/beeper
sudo cp /home/memeruiz/local/src/repos/www.memelabs.net/pi-security-camera-utils/scripts/systemd/lights_init.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl start lights_init.service sudo systemctl enable lights_init.service * copy the systemd unit file for infrared night light service:
sudo cp /home/memeruiz/local/src/repos/www.memelabs.net/pi-security-camera-utils/scripts/systemd/ir_light.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl start ir_light.service sudo systemctl enable ir_light.service
sudo cp /home/memeruiz/local/src/repos/www.memelabs.net/pi-security-camera-utils/scripts/systemd/alarm.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl start alarm.service sudo systemctl enable alarm.service
Sending and receiving SMSs
polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.Messaging"
&& subject.isInGroup("memeruiz") )
{
return polkit.Result.YES;
}
});
* Restart polkit:
sudo systemctl restart polkit.service
mmcli -L
mmcli -m 0 --messaging-list-sms
mmcli -s 0
mmcli -m 0 --messaging-create-sms="text='hellow world',number='+50683096020'" mmcli -s 3 --send
mmcli -m 0 --messaging-delete-sms=0
Shrink raspberry pi SD images
https://github.com/qrti/shrink
Calculate power consumption
https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=367244
https://github.com/jfikar/RPi5-power
https://github.com/librerpi/rpi-tools/blob/master/pi5_voltage.py