Convers[t]ation
Project NextWave
Fields of View
MediaLAB Amsterdam

README

Authors

• Bauke Bakker
• Daksh Varshneya
• Marissa Memelink
• Yashvanth Kondi

What is it?

This repository contains the code/software backend for the 'Convers[t]ation' reporting panel prototype, made as part of the Women's Safety Project, a joint effort by MediaLAB Amsterdam, Fields of View and IIIT Bangalore. Comissioned by Cisco Systems.

Project Description

Full Project Description can be found at: http://medialab.hva.nl/blog/project/womens-safety-india/

Usage

The files present in this directory correspond to the physical prototype. They are to be run on the Raspberry Pi that powers the actual panel.

Most of the dependencies for this program can be built by executing the 'dependencies' script in the softProto/ folder. In addition to the script, the RPi.GPIO Python Module can be installed as follows:

sudo apt-get install python-rpi.gpio

Execution (on the Raspberry Pi, configured according to the schematics, as seen in schematics _ hardware.pdf):

sudo python rasproto.py <report output folder>

(execution has to be done as root in order to access the GPIO ports).

For the Soft Prototype, the following steps are to be followed:

1. Download and extract the entire package.

2. Copy the softProto folder to the appropriate directory.

3. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), navigate to the softProto folder, and type the following commands:

    chmod a+x dependencies
    chmod a+x runProto
    sudo su
    #  Installation of the dependencies requires administrator priviledges.
    ./dependencies
    #  That should build all the required dependencies for the prototype, so exit now.
    exit
   

4. To run the prototype:

    ./runProto
   

This should ideally get the prototype running. Not being our primary product, its not very robust, and in case pressing the 'Stop' button doesn't kill the panel, the only sureshot way of stopping it is closing the terminal (Alt+tab if required). But it is unlikely that such a situation would arise. To run the prototype again, open up another Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), then type:

cd softProto
./runProto