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Set up a Raspberry Pi to load a web dashboard
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#!/usr/bin bash | |
PI_DASH_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart" | |
PI_DASH_BOOT_FILE="/home/pi/dashboard_boot.sh" | |
sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y # Update the Pi | |
sudo apt-get install chromium # Get Chromium | |
sudo apt-get install x11-xserver-utils # Get x11 server utils | |
sudo apt-get install unclutter # Unclutter hides the mouse | |
sudo echo '@xset s off' >> $PI_DASH_CONFIG_FILE # Turn off screensaver | |
sudo echo '@xset -dpms' >> $PI_DASH_CONFIG_FILE # Turn off power saving | |
sudo echo '@xset s noblank' >> $PI_DASH_CONFIG_FILE # Disable screen blanking | |
sudo echo $PI_DASH_BOOT_FILE >> $PI_DASH_CONFIG_FILE # run script to load dashboard | |
echo '#!/usr/bin bash' > $PI_DASH_BOOT_FILE | |
echo 'chromium-browser --kiosk --new-window http://mydashboard.mysite.com/' >> $PI_DASH_BOOT_FILE | |
echo "Modify $PI_DASH_BOOT_FILE to change which webpage to load at boot" |
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