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presently a raspberry pi 4 running stock Raspbian 12 which is maybe not quite fast enough for Jitsi unfortunately. Its purpose is to serve as a wall TV intercom for outside participation | |||
it used to be an orange fanless PC running linux mint 20 but that disappeared... | |||
the big HITACHI TV on the east wall in sudoroom | |||
[[File:telescreen1.jpg|400px|thumb|right|BigTV]] | |||
The TV was originally bolted to the wall in late 2015, connected to an early raspberry pi, logged into IRC chat! | |||
In 2022 it got a new computer and improved scripts to make it work. Join the sudo-discuss list for more information! | |||
this node package serves a local webapp that connects to a Jitsi server, while watching the number of participants in order to keep the monitor turned on when people are in the room: | |||
https://github.com/sudoroom/jitsi-telepresence-portal/blob/main/src/App.jsx | |||
commands in ~/bin include screen-on which unblanks the screensaver. screen-q queries the present settings. | commands in ~/bin include screen-on which unblanks the screensaver. screen-q queries the present settings. | ||
there is a cron job keeping the dpms timeout (hardware screensaver) set to 300 seconds | there is a cron job keeping the dpms timeout (hardware screensaver) set to 300 seconds | ||
not working right now: when [[sudobot]] (in irc) sees you type !say it will cause this computer to speak | not working right now: when [[sudobot]] (in irc) sees you, type !say something and it will cause this computer to speak | ||