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How to Set Up a New Goldfinger for VBS

This article details how to use a usb drive to add an image to a new, un-imaged Goldfinger.

    Boot Mash

    Install Procedure

    Boot into the USB

    1. Make sure nothing is plugged in other than the power cable and the usb drive being used to image the Goldfinger.

    2. On the boot-up screen, once the Asus logo appears, press the delete key until you get into the Bios screen.

    3. In the BIOS screen, use the arrow keys to navigate over to the Advanced tab.  In the Advanced screen, arrow down to APM configuration and change the restore ac power loss  from S5 State to SO State (On older models follow: Bios - advanced - ACPI Settings - restore ac power loss - power on)

    4. Advanced - IT8782 super IO config - restore ac power loss by IO - power on

    5. On Save and Exit, Hit the down arrow until you reach “Boot Override” list. Select the USB with the image which will be labelled as “UEFI: [usb name here], Partition 1”. Hit enter.

    The device will then restart and should automatically boot to the image off the USB drive.

    Setup the Lubuntu OS

    1. Choose “Install Lubuntu” from the boot menu that comes up.

    2. Select English as the Language and click <Continue>.

    3. Leave the default keyboard options set to English(US) and click <Continue>.

    4. If it prompts you to try and connect to Wireless keep it as “I Don’t want to connect to a wi-fi network right now” then click <Continue>.

    5. Leave the updates screen set to Normal Installation and everything else should be either Greyed out or unchecked. If you have the ability to check/uncheck “Download updates while installing VBS”, then you have an internet connection going to the device and you will need to go back and ensure that its unplugged and start from the beginning again. Otherwise just leave it as Normal Installation and click <Continue>.

    6. Select “Erase disk and install VBS” if it isn’t already selected then click <Install Now>.

    7. When the box asking to “Write the changes to disks?” pops up click <Continue>.

    8. Click on Auckland/New Zealand on the Map or just type Auckland into the text box and click <Continue>.

    9. Fill out the following fields accordingly:

    • Your name: vbs.

    • Your computers name: (this will auto-populate don’t do anything here).

    • Pick a username: vbs.

    • Choose a password: sparkhouse.

    • Confirm your password: sparkhouse.

    • Make sure that the radio button for “Log in automatically” is selected and then click <Continue>.

    10. After leaving it for about 10 minutes to install, a pop up box will appear asking you to restart. Click “Restart Now”and the device will reboot.

    Remove the USB containing the image before it finishes booting.

    Setup as a VBS

    1. After booting, an “Information available” box will appear, click <X Close>.

    2. At the bottom of the screen on the program bar there will be a “[Software Updater]” bar, click on it to bring it up and click the “X” in the top right corner using the mouse. You have to use the mouse to do this and not keyboard shortcuts because it doesn’t retain the closing out any other way and could pop up later on during when the VBS actually runs.

    3. From the Menu button at the bottom left corner open it and go to System Tools -> LXTerminal or use the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Alt+T).

    4. In the LXTerminal window that pops up type: sudo sh extras/finish_install.sh. Hit Enter and it will prompt for the password, go ahead and type the password you set earlier “sparkhouse” and hit enter.

    5. Then let the terminal do its thing scrolling the text till you get back to the default prompt of vbs@vbs-NUC:~$.

    6. Run the following command to set the IP address and then reboot the device:

      • sudo setipaddress 172.19.104.xxx (Where xxx is a unique number between 1-250)

      • sudo setwriteprotect

      • sudo setTouchOff

      • sudo reboot

    1. Right Click on the desktop and select “Desktop Preferences”. Go to the “Desktop Icons” tab and make sure all three options are de-selected, click <X Close>.

    2. Go down to the menu in the bottom left again and go to Preferences -> Software and Updates. Then go to the Updates tab and deselect all updates, it will prompt you for the password. Then select the drop-down option under “Automatically Check for updates” and set it to “Never”. Then click <X Close>, You may get a pop-up box letting you know “The information about available software is out-of-date” just click the <X Close> button in the bottom corner.

    3. Go down to the bottom left to the Menu button again then go to Preferences-> Power Manager and go to the “Display” Tab. Set the slider button at the top to “Off” and then move the slider on the “Blank after” setting all the way to the left until it reads “Never” and click <Close>.

    You can Manually reboot here if for some reason it isn’t accepting the reboot command.

    Plug the ethernet cable back in.

    The VBS is done at this point and ready to ship out.

    Available Scripts

    After the install has been completed the keyboard and mouse inputs will likely be disabled and so all subsequent commands will need to be executed through an SSH connection from the game server PC.

    All maintenance scripts reside in /usr/local/bin and hence can be executed without including the whole path. Other scripts in this directory are used by the system and are not used interactively by an engineer.

    All commands operate in both protected mode and write enabled mode so must use ‘sudo’ in front of them and must be rebooted after to take affect.

    The sequence would be:

    1. sudo command <argument>

    2. sudo reboot

    You maybe be prompted for the password of “sparkhouse” in this process.

    Commands

    1. setbrowser <chrome | firefox>

      • Allows selection of the browser to use. Default is MPV for non-websocket.

    2. setcheckserverip <newIPaddress>

      • To set an IP address for the Check Server other than the standard 172.19.99.100 (i.e. game manager).

    3.  setgameserverip <newIPaddress>

      • Sets the IP address for the game server it looks for. Useful for shows and demonstrations as well as development when the game server may be on a non-standard IP address. Default 172.19.99.100.

    4. setipaddress  <newIPaddress>

      • Sets the IP address of the VBS for both websocket and file based operations. Default is 172.19.104.100.

    5. setgameserverport <newPort>

      • Sets the port for the game server it looks for. Default is 13000.

    6. setmpvport <newPort>

      • Sets the port for the MPV player socket. Default is 13001.

    7. setvolume <volume>

      • takes a value from 0-100 (i.e. a percentage) from min to max volume. Default is 100%.

    8. setwriteenable

      • Enable write to the hard-drive (the opposite of setwriteprotect). Used when major changes to the filesystem are required on a VBS.

    9. setwriteprotect

      • Disable write to the hard-drive (the opposite of setwriteenable). Used to set the harddrive into write protected mode to protect the system from powerfails etc.

    10. setTouchOff

      • Disables the touchscreen. Requires a reboot to activate.

    11. setTouchOn

      • Enables the touchscreen. Requires a reboot to activate.

    12. fix long boot/boot error- If for some reason it does not boot and you get (UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY RUN fsck MANUALLY):

       

    Run these commands:

    • fsck /dev/sda2

    • Yes to everything until you get back to (initramfs)

    • Type reboot - hit enter

    Protected mode

    When the mini-PC is in write enable mode, the automatic display of the browser is disabled, a VNC server is started for remote screen access and the display is in landscape mode. When protected, the display is in portrait mode and normal VBS functions carried out.