flir-thermal-recording

What you'll need

• Raspberry Pi (tested on model 3 B+, but any RPi with an Ethernet port should work) with an SD card
• IP thermal camera (tested on the FLIR FC-690 S)
• Batteries or other power supply
• DS3231 (optional)

Setup

1. Begin by installing an OS on the Raspberry Pi

   You'll need minimally VLC. The easiest way to do so is by using balenaEtcher and Raspbian with desktop and recommended software.

2. Boot the Raspberry Pi a first time to initialize the kernel correctly

3. Turn off the Raspberry Pi and mount the SD card on your computer

4. Add a folder on the Desktop to store the videos

    sudo mkdir <where-sd-card-was-mounted>/rootfs/home/pi/Desktop/enregistrements
   

5. Copy the file enregistrement.sh to the sd card, in home/pi/Documents

    sudo cp <where-you-saved-the-script>/enregistrement.sh <where-sd-card-was-mounted>/rootfs/home/pi/Documents
   

6. Give the right permission to the file (making it readable, writable and executable)

    sudo chmod -R 777 <where-sd-card-was-mounted>/rootfs/home/pi/Documents/enregistrement.sh
   

7. Modify .bashrc to execute the script imediatly after boot

    sudo gedit <where-sd-card-was-mounted>/rootfs/home/pi/.bashrc
   

   and add at the end of the file the following line:

    /bin/bash /home/pi/Documents/enregistrement.sh
   

8. (Optional) You can also add a RTC (Real Time Clock) module such as DS3231

   Boot your Pi with the connected RTC

    sudo nano /etc/modules
   

   Add this line at the end of the file

    rtc-ds3231
   

   Once you saved the file, modify also the /boot/config.txt

    sudo nano /boot/config.txt
   

   By adding this line at the end of the file

    dtoverlay=i2c-rtc,ds3231
   

   Remove the fake-hwclock

    sudo apt-get -y remove fake-hwclock
    sudo update-rc.d -f fake-hwclock remove
   

   Finaly, edit the /lib/udev/hwclock-set file

    sudo nano /lib/udev/hwclock-set
   

   And comment the following lines:

    if [ -e /run/systemd/system ] ; then
        exit 0
    fi
   

   You can then reboot your system for changes to take effect

    reboot
   

Usage

TODO