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Instructions for the XU4 implementation of the Cloud Sky Classifier

The following instructions will guide you on using the Cloud Sky Classifier module with an Odroid XU4.

Download and Install Linux Image on the XU4

  • xu4 Image : The latest images can be found here

Download and install Etcher

  • Download link can be found here:
  • unzip and run(on Ubuntu)

Mount the Ubuntu Image on to the SD Card

  • Plug in the USD SD card reader
  • Open Etcher
  • Select the downloaded XU4 Image
  • Cheose the relavent SD Card Reader
  • Flash the image

Install screen on the Linux Desktop and set up a UART

  • On the linux command line type sudo apt install screen
  • connect the UART to the Desktop and type in ls -l /dev/ttyUSB* : The presented line will state which address the USB is connected
  • Open Screen for the UART:
    screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200 Make sure you have the right address from the previous command. On this example the given address is /dev/ttyUSB0.

Boot up the XU4 with the Linux Image

  • Connect the UART to the XU4
  • Have the Boot selector switch on the SD Card
  • power up the XU4
  • login with these Credentilas: User Name : odroid PW : odroid

Update the current Ubuntu OS

  • on the command window of the XU4 type sudo do-release-upgrade. This may take a few hours
  • These commands will update the current ubuntu version:
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get upgrade
    sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Create a new sudo User

On the command window type the following commands and ener data as par instructed:

  • Create user: sudo adduser teamlary
  • Provide sudo priviledges to the user: sudo usermod -aG sudo teamlary
  • Once the user is created, switch to the newly created user su - teamlary
  • Check for attained priveledges: sudo whoami
    The output should be root

Deleting Users

sudo su - userdel odroid userdel -r odroid

Installing dependancies on the XU4

  • The following link provides instructions on installing the necessary dependancies.

Getting a backup done

  • check for connected devices df -h
  • Do the Back Up sudo dd if=/dev/sdXX of=~/sd-card-copy.img. Make sure to replace XX with the appropriate symbols. Example: sudo dd if=/dev/sde of=/media/teamlary/Team_Lary_1/gitGubRepos/data/images/GISNode/GISNode.img

SSH into the XU4

Installing nmap

run the following commands on the Linux Command Line sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nmap

get files from Xu4

scp -r teamlary@10.202.42.205:/home/teamlary/gitHubRepos/data/webCamSnaps ~/

Install PyDrive

sudo pip3 install PyDrive

Set UTC Time Zone

Follow instructions given on this link