Automation

Thingino has features that make it easy to upgrade and configure the camera using only an SD card.

Binary images from an SD card

The Thingino bootloader can flash new firmware from an SD card during the boot process. Copy the new version of the firmware to the root directory of an SD card, rename the firmware file to autoupdate-full.bin, and reboot the camera with the card inserted. The image will be recognized on boot and flashed instead of the existing one. Upon successful flashing, a stop file named autoupdate-full.done will be created on the card to prevent cyclic reflashing. If you want to reflash another camera using the same card, remove this stop file first.

You can also update the bootloader only. The procedure remains the same, but rename the bootloader image to autoupdate-uboot.bin instead.

U-Boot enviroment from an SD card

Provisioning and updating the bootloader environment can be done using the uEnv.txt file in the root directory of an SD card. Create such a file in the following format:

parameter1=value
parameter2=multiword value
parameter3=

Insert the card and reboot the camera. New values will be imported into the bootloader environment, adding to or overwriting existing parameters in it.

Running scripts from an SD card

• run.sh
• runonce.sh