Camera in Map

If you wish to have the camera in the map area - this is easy to do (I watch the horses in the back with it).

This is based on the work from Everlanders (https://gist.github.com/Everlanders) and adapted to my specific needs - so very big thank you to Everlands and of course this project.

Prereq

Android Auto in Dev mode with 720p enabled
720 set in Cranshaft settings
Pi camera DISABLED in Crankshaft
X11 Enabled (EGL makes the map flicker every second)
SSH Access to the device
Reboot the machine once you are sure all the settings are as above
A press button connected to a GPIO (take a note of which one it is)

How to

SSH into the pi and log on. Unlock the system OS crankshaft system unlock Run the setup program sudo rasp-config enable the camera under the interfaces and save Test the camera by running this raspivid -t 0 -vf -h 480 -w 800 IF you have errors - resolve these errors prior to continuing

Adding the script Unlock the boot partition 'crankshaft boot unlock' browse into the correct folder 'cd /boot/crankshaft' create the file using this command 'sudo nano camera.py'

Paste the code from https://gist.github.com/Beebock/fe722044e5098906e406b14aa286dd84 (my fork of the main code) As you an see from the code, it is also able to control the brightness - this I have not documented / used, however you will just need to add a button to the GPIO as declared at the front of the script.

Add the script to the startup 'sudo nano startup.py'

Add this line import 'camera'

save and exit nano, reboot the pi.

If everything worked correctly, you should now be able to hit the button and see a picture. There are 3 settings you can circulate through.