Setup

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General Setup Instructions for MrAudrey:

I've tried to keep the setup steps and requirements to a minimum so you can have a fully functional MrAudrey Image loaded and setup for your specific site very quickly and reasonably easily.

Set your local IP address information:
(note default setting is DHCP, and if you have DHCP on your network skip this step):

    Press the ActionPalette button and select AudreyOptions, then Internet Settings.
    Select the Advanced Information button/tab at the top of the page.
    Change your local IP address, NetMask gateway ... settings to appropriate values for your location

NOTE: In V03 images use the MrAudrey Settings page to change the MisterHouse server setting
Also see New entries in the 'Other Settings of Interest' section on this page

The following section describes how to modify startup files that affect the opreation of the Audrey
Use Care, In most of these edits, you could mess up, and need to re-flash your unit. These are main system files,
and will change the way the system starts/behaves

The method for the editing any of the files all follow the basic ones in the Change the IP/Host Address section

Change the IP/Host Address Setting of your MisterHouse Server (The manual way):

    Rotate the Channel Knob to the 'Photon Session' this should get you to a blank Photon session with the menu bar showing

alternately use the <paste><enter> and select 'Photon Session' from the pop-up menu

    Press the "+Photon" button in the lower left corner

    Select "File Explorer"
        Using the left pane tap on the right arrow button next to the folder.
        Select (tap) on the 'config' folder
In the right pane scroll down to the "MH_HostAddress" file and select it (highlighted)

        Select the menu item (at the top) File, then the selection 'Open With'
        Type 'ped' in the dialog box followed by an <enter>

    Now edit the file filling in the full URL to your MisterHouse server. This may need to be numeric.
        ex . http://misterhouseserver.mydomain:8080
        or http://192.168.0.5:8080
                (note numeric almost always works, if you have problems with the name address try the numeric value)

Close the file, be sure to save it !

The filmstrip functions should now be active for MisterHouse !

All the following are OPTIONAL
and not necessary for basic (ok Misterhouse enhanced) operation
unless you decide otherwise

Startup Options

about 4 seconds after the startup finishes, the filmstrip will pop-up and go to the MrHouse main page.

To modify this behavior :

Edit the /kojak/startchannel.sh script, scroll down to the last few lines
There are lots of comments in this file, for further information on the fireKey utility see this site or the Reference Page
Please be careful about the top of this file, as it took quite some time to get it just right, the delay is intentional !
You can add a delay by adding a sleep x (x=seconds) just before the fireKey line

If you want to disable the filmstrip from starting completely

Edit the /kojak/boot.sh script
remark out the startchanel line at the bottom of the file ( use a # at the beginning of the line )

To change ( auto turn on ) the ACID program (caller-Id ) see the Audrey on ACID page

Automatic Mounting of Network Shares

Edit the /kojak/boot.sh script, scroll down to the last few lines

Around line 33 ("fs-nfs2 -a gnu:/home/audrey /mnt") controls where you have a common network share
(nfs in this case, but could be a win, nfs or other mount type {refer to QNX documentation for available types})

The 2 fs-cifs (windows) shares are to allow the mp3 jukebox and the Picture Frame applications to access data from somewhere else besides the audrys internal (and limited) memory. These could be just as easily nfs shares.

The Photon menu's control panel can be used to force these back in case they don't automatically connect at startup. Though you may need to edit the script that they fire off (especially for nfs shares) see below.

Supplimental Share tools,
Manual Mounting of Shares (Photon menu, control panel, Netowrk Shares )

For NFS2 mounts you need to edit the shelf config and add your mount line to the command that is already there
(or add to windowshares.sh)

For Windows Shares, you need to edit the /kojak/windowshares.sh script. This can help if you need to connect shares that noy not be available at startup.

Disable automatic time setting

Locate the /config/startup-main and startup-warm files

comment out line 22 ( by using a # ) 'APP,NOWAIT,FOREVER,setitime' for the internet time (this will timeout)
and/or (I disable line 23 so she will always start even if the time server is down)
comment out line 23 'APP,NOWAIT,FOREVER,Time' for the Manual time entry

Other Setting of interest:

Located in the /config directory (same location/instructions as MH_HostAddress above)

SYSTEM_ScreenSaveSecs Screen saver time, set to 0 to disable
this is accessable from the Photon Control panel Blank0 (disable), Blank600 (10 minutes)

TimeserverX URL of time servers the system uses to set it's clock
(I change one to sync to a local timeserver I run internally)

MH_ClockPath* path to the misterhouse fullscreen clock, Put in in case we get another

MH_RoomPath* path to the misterhouse Buttons group you want to set for a specific room (group)
This can be accessed through the MrAudrey Settings Screen

MH_PackageSrcURL*
the full URL to the Package managers default location
This can be changed if you wish to change the default repository

* New settings for V03

Button Identification:

Press the filmstrip knob, this will show you the button assignments.
(this is now the Images automatic startup default, so just push the knob )
Be a bit patient, as this may take serveral seconds, as there are several support apps loading on the first access.

NOTE: the knob should work in both directions, as well as refresh (push). It has been reported, and I've experienced problems with the knobs. In my case it was due to cold solder joints on the motherboard for the selectior, I suspect that I may not be alone.

Filmstrip Channels Identification/Manipulation:

Rotate the filmstrip knob, till the MrAudrey Settings Graphic is in the center box.

This open the in-system Channel assignments page. On the bottom you will see the currently assigned channles.

If you wish, you can reassign any of the channels to whatever location on the filmstrip you want.

NOTE: channel01 is the startup default

Simply select the Channel name in the box on the left of the screen, then select the channel you want it on the right. When you're done press the '<--Assign this Here -->' button in the center.

A brief page change will occur, stating it's linking the channel to the channel number. When it returns its changed, the Icons on the bottom will reflect your current assignments, and the filmstrip will be reset (all graphics get refreshed, and the position goes to the MrAudrey channel if you press the channel knob)

SYSTEM_ScreenSaveSecs	Screen saver time, set to 0 to disable this is accessable from the Photon Control panel Blank0 (disable), Blank600 (10 minutes)
TimeserverX	URL of time servers the system uses to set it's clock (I change one to sync to a local timeserver I run internally)
MH_ClockPath*	path to the misterhouse fullscreen clock, Put in in case we get another
MH_RoomPath*	path to the misterhouse Buttons group you want to set for a specific room (group) This can be accessed through the MrAudrey Settings Screen
MH_PackageSrcURL*	the full URL to the Package managers default location This can be changed if you wish to change the default repository