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HowToBornVersion

Authors: Anonymous

It will try to explain howto convert an oldie pc with Linux on Fumenbot!

Introduction

First we need to build an electronic device (relays controller) to plug at the parallel port. There are many designs around the web, I gonna public one myself in a near future. Next we need a pc with Linux and a parallel port working.

Details

BASE
```
sudo apt-get update
```

WEBCAM

sudo apt-get install motion
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

ls -al /dev/video0 
  crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 feb 26 14:26 /dev/video0

sudo vi /etc/motion/motion.conf 
  # norm 0
  norm 2
  # webcam_localhost on
  webcam_localhost off

sudo /etc/init.d/motion restart

PERL

sudo cpan -i CGI::Ajax
Are you ready for manual configuration? [yes] no

sudo cpan -i Config::Crontab

sudo cpan -i Device::ParallelPort
sudo cpan -i Device::ParallelPort::drv::parport

PARALEL

sudo usermod -G lp www-data

sudo modprobe ppdev

sudo su -
echo ppdev >> /etc/modules
exit

WEBSERVER

sudo apt-get install lighttpd

sudo lighttpd-enable-mod cgi

sudo vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf 
  index-file.names           = ( "index.pl", "index.php", "index.html",

sudo vi /etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled/10-cgi.conf 
  # $HTTP["url"] =~ "^/cgi-bin/" {
  # cgi.assign = ( "" => "" )
  # }
  cgi.assign      = (
    ".pl"  => "/usr/bin/perl",
  )

sudo /etc/init.d/lighttpd force-reload

sudo tail -f  /var/log/lighttpd/error.log

INSTALL

cd /var/www
svn checkout http://fumenbot.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ .

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