Difference between revisions of "AXIOM Beta Firmware Version 2.0"

Revision as of 12:25, 31 March 2019

1 Prepare Micro SD Card

Get a new Micro SD card (4GB is enough, bigger is fine as well, but the partitions are not yet automatically resized when a bigger SD card is detected)
Acquire the latest automatically built firmware image from: https://github.com/apertus-open-source-cinema/axiom-beta-firmware/releases
download, install and start Etcher: https://www.balena.io/etcher/
Flash the acquired image to a new Micro SD card with Etcher (we highly recommend not overwriting the Micro SD card you currently use in your AXIOM Beta)
After flashing put the Micro SD card into the AXIOM Beta Microzed SD card slot and power up the Beta

2 Notes

This new firmware is still in development so expect issues and bugs.

This is the list of current issues/bugs: https://github.com/apertus-open-source-cinema/axiom-beta-firmware/issues

If you find a new bug or have ideas for improvement please add it as github issue (please first check it has not been reported yet).

default user is now “operator” with pw: “axiom”
sudo is required to change system/camera settings (like running the various scripts)
all camera related programs and scripts are now prefixed with axiom- (for example to run set_gain.sh use run axiom-set_gain.sh)
kick_manual.sh was renamed to start.sh
Image build log is located in each image under: /var/build.log
devicetree source can be found at /boot/devicetree.dts. To recompile it after any changes use dtc -O dtb -o /boot/devicetree.dtb /boot/devicetree.dts
to interrupt the autoboot from u-boot send Ctrl-C over serial quickly after a boot / reboot (try holding it down)
axiom-file-check.sh does an integrity check of /usr, /etc and /opt
binaries are linked in: /usr/axiom/bin
scripts are linked in: /usr/axiom/script
/opt/axiom-firmware contains scripts and binaries
every beta currently has the same MAC address - a random one should be generated on the first boot, but this is not implemented yet.

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 This is the list of current issues/bugs: https://github.com/apertus-open-source-cinema/axiom-beta-firmware/issues
-If you find a new bug please add it as github issue (please first check it has not been reported yet).
+If you find a new bug or have ideas for improvement please add it as github issue (please first check it has not been reported yet).
 * default user is now “operator” with pw: “axiom”
-* sudo is required to change system/camera settings as no password
+* sudo is required to change system/camera settings (like running the various scripts)
-* Image build log is located in each image under: /var/build.log
+* all camera related programs and scripts are now prefixed with <code>axiom-</code> (for example to run <code>set_gain.sh</code> use run <code>axiom-set_gain.sh</code>)
-* devicetree is in: /boot/devicetree.dts
+* <code>kick_manual.sh</code> was renamed to <code>start.sh</code>
-* axiom-file-check.sh does an integrity check of /usr, /etc and /opt
+* Image build log is located in each image under: <code>/var/build.log</code>
-* binaries are linked in: /usr/axiom/bin
+* devicetree source can be found at <code>/boot/devicetree.dts</code>. To recompile it after any changes use <code>dtc -O dtb -o /boot/devicetree.dtb /boot/devicetree.dts</code>
-* scripts are linked in: /usr/axiom/script
+* to interrupt the autoboot from u-boot send <code>Ctrl-C</code> over serial quickly after a boot / reboot (try holding it down)
-* /opt/axiom-firmware contains scripts and binaries
+* <code>axiom-file-check.sh</code> does an integrity check of /usr, /etc and /opt
-* every beta currently has the same MAC address - a random one should be generated on the first boot.
+* binaries are linked in: <code>/usr/axiom/bin</code>
+* scripts are linked in: <code>/usr/axiom/script</code>
+* <code>/opt/axiom-firmware</code> contains scripts and binaries
+* every beta currently has the same MAC address - a random one should be generated on the first boot, but this is not implemented yet.