My Raspberry Pi 2 project

[lcslouis]

Hello Everyone,

I have gotten myself a RPi 2, a 64GB MMC, an entec pro Mk 2.

What I am planning is to have dual purpose image running on xubuntu

Purpose 1. runs QLC+ as normal as if I was ruuning if from my laptop

Purpose 2. runs OLA so I can run lights via my IPAD using luminaire

I am going to start by downloading the sources of QLC+ to compile them for xubuntu

What changes do I need to make or do get this working?

[lcslouis]

I have gotten it working I didn't have any code to edit.

The next thing to get working is ola

keep end mind for my purpose ola has to be independent of qlc+

[janosvitok]

louis,

perhaps you can configure your pi to always start olad on boot (/etc/init.d or similar), and you'll stop it manually when you need QLC+.

-OR-

make olad manage your DMX device, and configure QLC+ to use ola plugin as output.

-OR-

make olad manage your DMX device, and configure QLC+ to output artnet to local olad.

splitting things in two processes give you more points of failure, but also allows the processing to run on more cores.

[lcslouis]

I was thinking on the lines of option 3.

I am also planning on adding a UPS to the pi

http://www.modmypi.com/raspberry-pi/bre ... s/ups-pico

[lcslouis]

Well I have gotten everything working.

I had to switch the os to raspbian because GPIO didn't work properly with xbuntu.

I use GPIO for a switch that will safely shutdown the pi. when using ola only in a headless config.

Ola is running QLC+ connects via artnet.

But I have everything working I'll get the UPS today. So I'll post on it later.

Other than that my next step is to get a enclosure to hold everything to make setup easier for mobile gigs.

I'm thinking about making it TV vesa mount compatible so that I can mount it to the back of a tv screen or monitor.