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SD card setup for Orange PI PC Armbian in Windows

2016-07-05 admin

As already described in the previous article

for the Armbian distribution we have to prepare an sd micro card.It is advisable to use a micro SD class 10 to gain better performances. As first step we proceed to the Armbian image download from Armbian web site

Download Armbian Orange PI PC

We choose for example the Debian Jessie Desktop Image

We expand the content using a compression software, as 7-zip, obtaining one file having .raw extension.

In windows operating system we can trasfer this image to the micro sd card by using a specific sotware. We used Win32 Disk Imager, available from the following link

Win32 Disk Imager

After the Win32 Disk Imager installazion we are able to write the micro sd card, i.e E disk in our case. We choose as input the image expanded in the step above

Press Write to transfer the image on the sd card.

WARNING: This operation wipes all data on the micro sd card.

After a while we have the micro sd card ready to be used in the Orange PI PC board.

Configuration, Software

Remote control configuration for Openelec in Orange PI PC

2016-07-01 admin

In this page we describe how to setup a remote control to control Kodi on our Openelec distribution on Orange PI PC board. We connect an USB keyboard, an ethernet cable and an HDMI cable to the Orange PI PC to manage the system, connect to the network and connect to the TV respectively.

First we have to check the IP Address assigned to Openelec by the network router; we access in System->System Info

In Summary we can read the Ip address (eg:192.168.1.125)

Now we are able to logon in ssh in Openelec. In Windows systems we have to download and execute putty, available at the following address

Putty

In Linux ed Osx systems we use a shell command and execute (where IP_OPENELEC is eg.:192.168.1.125)

ssh root@IP_OPENELEC

1	ssh root@IP_OPENELEC

The logon password is:openelec

In windows we configure Putty using the Orange Pi PC IP address obtained above, check SSH; after saving with a name to this connection we connect with the Open button

To connect into the Openelec system we have to use the following values:

password:openelec

Now we are able to setup our remote control

Execute the following commands

killall lircd
irrecord /storage/.config/lircd.conf

1 2	killall lircd irrecord /storage/.config/lircd.conf

Follow the instrucions on the screen. In particular push all the buttons; in the second part of the configuration we have to map the remote controlo buttons with the operating system codes (eg: KEY_OK, KEY_PLAY, KEY_RED, etc). We have the main codes in the file

/usr/share/kodi/system/Lircmap.xml

1	/usr/share/kodi/system/Lircmap.xml

In the remote.xml file

/usr/share/kodi/system/keymaps/remote.xml

1	/usr/share/kodi/system/keymaps/remote.xml

we have the mapping among Kodi actions and the operating system events .

The command

irrecord -l

1	irrecord -l

shows all the events available in our system.

At the end of the procedure we reboot the system with the command

reboot

reboot

Now we can control Openelec with our remote control.

Here is the lircd.conf generated by the procedure described above

lircd.conf

If you need to relaunch the procedure, remove the lircd.conf file and execute again the above commands.

You are able to access the configuration directory using also the windows samba protocol

Configuration, Software

First start of Openelec on Orange PI PC

2016-06-24 admin

After the micro sd setup, we insert it into the Orange PI PC slot; we connect the board to the TV using an HDMI cable, then we connect to the board an USB keyboard, an USB mouse, an ethernet cable linked to a router and turn on the device.

At the startup Openelec extends the micro sd available space and at the next start we have

Choose Next to proceed to the next screen in which eventually modify the hostname

With Next we are able now to view the IP address assigned to the board

At the next screen the system presents the available network services

Enable the SSH service

At the next step we have the final screen

And finally we access the Openelec interface

Installation, Software

SD card setup for Orange PI PC Openelec in OSX

2016-06-17 admin

First operation to do in order to use Openelec on Orange PI PC is the micro sd preparation.

It is advisable to use a micro SD class 10 to gain better performances.

As first step we proceed to the Openelec image download from the link specified in Orange PI PC forum

Openelec Images

paying attention to choose the opipc version.

We choose the latest image in .gz format. After the file download in a directory, we open a shell command window in this directory and unzip the content

gunzip -d imagename.img.gz

1	gunzip -d imagename.img.gz

Then we plug the micro sd card and find this device

diskutil list

1	diskutil list

In our case we have the following output

#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *7.9 GB     disk2
1:                 DOS_FAT_32 NEW VOLUME              7.9 GB     disk2s1

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: FDisk_partition_scheme *7.9 GB disk2

1: DOS_FAT_32 NEW VOLUME 7.9 GB disk2s1

We proceed to the device unmout; in our case the command is

diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2

1	diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2

WARNING: Be sure that the device is the micro sd card and not the internal disk. The next operation imply the complete rewriting of the device with the loss of all data on it.

We can now write the image into the micro sd card, using the correct device, that in our case is /dev/disk2

sudo dd if=./imagename.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

1	sudo dd if=./imagename.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

WARNING: This operation wipes all data on the micro sd card.

After a while we have the micro sd card ready to be used in the Orange PI PC board.

Installation, Software

SD card setup for Orange PI PC Openelec in Linux

2016-06-16 admin

First operation to do in order to use Openelec on Orange PI PC is the micro sd preparation.

It is advisable to use a micro SD class 10 to gain better performances.

As first step we proceed to the Openelec image download from the link specified in Orange PI PC forum

Openelec Images

paying attention to choose the opipc version.

We choose the latest image in .gz format. After the file download in a directory, we open a shell command window in this directory and unzip the content

gunzip -d imagename.img.gz

1	gunzip -d imagename.img.gz

Then we plug the micro sd card and check this device

sudo fdisk -l

1	sudo fdisk -l

In our case we have the following output

Disk /dev/sdb: 7,3 GiB, 7860125696 bytes, 15351808 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos

Disk /dev/sdb: 7,3 GiB, 7860125696 bytes, 15351808 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disklabel type: dos

We check if this device is umounted

df

In the case we have the device in the output response, as in our case

/dev/sdb2           27633       395     26583   2% /media/user/16b66669-8789-473e-8982-302dd958a2fe
/dev/sdb1          524008         0    524008   0% /media/user/E0A4-FDB1

1 2	/dev/sdb2 27633 395 26583 2% /media/user/16b66669-8789-473e-8982-302dd958a2fe /dev/sdb1 524008 0 524008 0% /media/user/E0A4-FDB1

we proceed to the unmount

umount /dev/sdb1
umount /dev/sdb2

1 2	umount /dev/sdb1 umount /dev/sdb2

WARNING: Be sure that the device is the micro sd card and not the internal disk. The next operation imply the complete rewriting of the device with the loss of all data on it.

We can now write the image into the micro sd card, using the correct device, that in our case is /dev/sdb

sudo dd if=./imagename.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

1	sudo dd if=./imagename.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

WARNING: This operation wipes all data on the micro sd card.

After a while we have the micro sd card ready to be used in the Orange PI PC board.

Installation, Software

SD card setup for Orange PI PC Openelec in Windows

2016-06-14 admin

First operation to do in order to use Openelec on Orange PI PC is the micro sd preparation.

It is advisable to use a micro SD class 10 to gain better performances.

As first step we proceed to the Openelec image download from the link specified in Orange PI PC forum

Openelec Images

paying attention to choose the opipc version.

We choose the latest image in .gz format. We expand the content using a compression software, as 7-zip, obtainig one file having .img extension.

In windows operating system we can trasfer this image to the micro sd card by using a specific sotware. We used Win32 Disk Imager, available from the following link

Win32 Disk Imager

After the Win32 Disk Imager installazion we are able to write the micro sd card, i.e E disk in our case. We choose as input the image expanded in the step above

ScritturaSchedaSDEN

Press Write to transfer the image on the sd card.

WARNING: This operation wipes all data on the micro sd card.

After a while we have the micro sd card ready to be used in the Orange PI PC board.

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Category Archives: Software

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Remote control configuration for Openelec in Orange PI PC

First start of Openelec on Orange PI PC

SD card setup for Orange PI PC Openelec in OSX

SD card setup for Orange PI PC Openelec in Linux

SD card setup for Orange PI PC Openelec in Windows

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