This document contains the steps for building OpenFJ / OpenSJ.

OpenFJ is intended for use in a vehicle (Toyota FJ Cruiser) for driving around Africa.

OpenSJ is the version for the ocean sailing vessel Sojourner.

This is a collection of hardware and software combined into an appliance to do the following:

• RaspAP - Routing and VPN access: one wifi SSID that routes traffic to a local wifi (hotel, marina, etc.) and activates a VPN.

• LTE Modem - Add a local 4G SIM card for internet access

• Airtunes - enable music streaming over airtunes to an amplifier

• GPS NMEA - capture GPS data with gpsd

• NTP - synchronize time over GPS

• kismet: wardriving/warsailing data collection with a secondary wifi antenna

• Camera capture

  • ALPR

  • People counter

  • Dashcam / Cabincam

• OBD-II interface: capturing FJ telemetry

• Accelerometer/gyroscope: capturing acceleration in three axis for

• Thermometer: measuring internal temperature and humidity (i.e. for cigar storage)

• 360° camera capture and IPFS integration

• Remote storage and backup support

  • USB drive

  • Flipper Zero

• Dynamic sailboat polar calculation for optimizing weather routing

• Sensor integration (bilge/water sensor)

Hardware

The base hardware configuration:

Open

Raspbian install

Install the latest version of 64-bit Raspbian and configure to work headless.

Do this without first connecting the additional WIFI adapters.

There are many ways to install raspbian, but the easiest is by using the Raspberry Pi imager:

Open

Customize settings to access headless.

Install the SD card in the Raspberry Pi, find the IP address, and connect via ssh.

2c:cf:67:75:

Afterwords, update:

Routing

Install RaspAP to enable routing across wifi networks. Crew members will connect to OpenFJ/OpenSJ, but RaspAP can be configured to route through any local wifi access point, Starlink, or LTE modem.

To utilize all of the network functions (like USB dongle support) RaspAP Insiders Edition is required. This requires becoming a patron for at least $10 per month of the RaspAP project.

To validate with the RaspAP repository on github, a ssh-key needs to be added on OpenFJ/OpenSJ to validate with github.

First, generate an ssh key with the GitHub email address:

Then copy the contents of .ssh/id_ed25519.pub and create a new ssh key on github.

Finally, create a Personal access token (classic) on github

Check the validity of the personal access token:

And install RaspAP using the easy installer (with insiders option enabled). During the installation, introduce the github username, and personal access token as the password:

The Quick installer will complete the steps in the manual installation for you.

After a reboot at the end of the installation, the wireless AP network will be configured as follows:

IP address: 10.3.141.1
Username: admin
Password: secret
DHCP range: 10.3.141.50 to 10.3.141.254
SSID: raspi-webgui
Password: ChangeMe

Your AP's basic settings and many advanced options are now ready to be modified by RaspAP.

Insider settings

Rerun the installer with the upgrade option for the insider settings

Basic Settings

After running the Quick installer or following the manual installation steps, RaspAP will start up a routed wireless access point (AP) with a default configuration. As part of this initial setup, the hostapd service broadcasts an AP with the following settings:

Interface: wlan0
SSID: raspi-webgui
Wireless Mode: 802.11n - 2.4GHz
Channel: 1
Security Type: WPA2
Encryption Type: CCMP
Passphrase: ChangeMe

Each of these settings may be changed on the Hotspot > Basic and Security tabs. Your changes will be applied and made visible on the broadcasted AP by choosingSave settings followed by Restart hotspot.

At this point, a dialog will appear to indicate the progress of the RaspAP service. This is a Linux systemd process that is responsible for starting up several network services in a specific order and timing.

WIFI Routing

With the USB dongle connected and AP active, use RaspAP's WiFi client interface to select and authenticate with your existing wireless router.

The current network configuration will display two default routes. This may be confirmed by checking the Routing table output on RaspAP's Networking interface. In the example below, wlan0 is the AP interface and has a default route (identified by the default label) and a metric value of 303:

Note that our USB adapter is on the wlan1 interface and has a higher metric value of 304. It also has a default route. Until we configure these metrics, our WiFi repeater does not know how to route packets from wlan1 (the client interface) to wlan0 (the AP interface) and vice versa. Clients connected to the AP will not have internet connectivity. Fortunately, this is easily fixed.

Metrics and default routes are used by dhcpcd, the DHCP daemon. Contrary to popular belief, RaspAP does not manipulate the IP routing table or set interface priorities without user input. The Linux kernel sets default metric values when the interface is brought up and will usually choose the network routes it decides is best. The DHCP daemon uses these metrics to prioritize interfaces, where lower values are given a higher priority.

To configure routing for our repeater, select wlan0 (the AP interface, in this example) from the DHCP Server settings interface. Be sure that the "Install a default route for this interface" option is disabled.

Scroll to the bottom and set a metric value of 305 for this interface, then choose Save settings:

This instructs the DHCP daemon to treat the wlan0 interface with a lower priority than the wlan1 interface. There's nothing magic about the value "305" in this example — the important thing is that the AP interface has a higher value, and thus a lower priorty, than the wlan1interface.

For the changes to take effect, choose Restart hotspot from the Hotspot interface.

Behind the scenes, RaspAP has configured the wlan0 interface in /etc/dhcpcd.conf like so:

This is reflected in the updated routing table, visible on the Networking interface. In the example below, the wlan0 interface hosting the AP no longer has a default route and shows a higher metric value (lower priority) than the wlan1 interface:

LTE modem

Connect the 4G LTE wifi dongle.

4G LTE WiFi Dongle,LTE WiFi Modem,Unlocked 4G Dongle - IMILINK

OpenFJ/OpenSJ static network configuration

SmartiPi Case setup

Now that the base operating system and networking have been configured, we can stuff the hardware into the SmartiPi case and utilize the touchscreen.

These instructions for putting the case together are an edited version of the assembly instructions found here. There will be leftover screws.

Step 1

Insert the female end of the Micro USB power splitter cable into the back cover as shown below.

Step 2

Use the two small black screws to secure the small plastic retaining part to the back cover. This will hold the power cable in the case.

Do not overtighten the screws!

Step 3

Assemble the metal base on the bottom of the plastic base. The metal base can only properly assemble onto the base one way. Please make sure all of the holes are aligned. Use the four silver screws to attach the metal base to the plastic base. Assemble the screws as shown in the photo. Then assemble the adhesive rubber feet in the locations show below.

Step 4

Assemble one of the white ribbon cables with the contacts facing up to the display connection on the display board. If using the fan, connect the red jumper lead that came with the display to the 5v connection on the display board GPIO pins and the black jumper lead to the ground pin. Remove the standoffs that attach the display board to the display and replace with the provided gold screws.

Step 5

Attach the display to the housing using the green screws as shown below. Feed the white ribbon cable through the slot in the center of the housing. Feed the fan power leads through the hole at the top.

Step 6

Assemble the port block part and the Raspberry Pi at the same time to the display housing. Use the standoffs that were removed in step 4 to hold the Raspberry pi in place.

Step 7

Connect the camera.

Step 8

Permanently cover the camera hole with the adhesive front panel.

Step 9

Assemble the display housing to the stand with the large black screws and nuts. DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN. Loosely attach the screws at this point.

Step 10

Attach the small rubber vibration mounts to the holes in the back cover as shown below. Push the small end of the mount through the back cover from the outside. Then pull it through the cover as shown.

Step 11

Then pull the rubbers mounts through the fan holes and pull the thin end of the mount until the
fan is mounted on the rubber mount as shown below. The fan should only be mounted in the way as shown below.

Step 12

Attach the power leads from the display to the red and black on the fan.

Step 13

Attach the power cables to the Pi and the display.

Step 14

Assemble the back cover to the display housing with the four black screws. The port blocking part should have tabs that fit inside the housing and cover.

Step 17

Adjust the angle of the display to suit you needs. Then tighten the pivot screws.
DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN. Tighten the screws just enough to hold the display in place.

Keyboard and Mouse

We need a keyboard and mouse to work with this device.

The Raspberry Pi touchscreen can work as a mouse, but not as a keyboard.

Airtunes

This tutorial  involves configuring the the open-source AirPlay receiver called Shairport Sync. Most of the contents found in this section were directly lifted from here.

This software allows the Raspberry Pi to act as an AirPlay receiver by implementing Apple’s proprietary protocols so that it can stream music, from the output audio jack to the auxiliary input of the FJ’s amplifier.

This setup will allow you to play music from any AirPlay-enabled device to your Raspberry Pi meaning you can use any iPhone and some Android products with a compatible app installed.

1. First. we need to install several different packages, run the following commands on your Raspberry Pi to install all of the packages that we need.

2. We will now clone the shairport-sync source to OpenFJ.

We can now build and install the Shairport software.

The autoreconf command setups the basic config file. The configure command further sets up the build system, telling it to utilize the ALSA audio backend, the Avahi network and set it to use OpenSSL for encryption.

3. With the configuration process now completed we can compile Shairport-sync and install it.

4. To enable the Shairport Sync software to start automatically at system startup:

5. There are several different things we can do to improve the sound quality. The first of these is to change update the RPI firmware to a newer version of the audio driver.

6. Once the firmware update has completed, modify the RPI /boot/config.txt on the SD Card, with the following new line to this file.

7. Insure the analog jack is the main audio out and not the HDMI output.
   We can utilize the following command in the Raspberry Pi’s terminal to do this.

8. Now modify the volume db Range that Shairport uses by changing the configuration file:

Find

Replace with

9. Finally, reboot OpenFJ:

To check the audio output:

And to adjust the output volume:

alsamixer

The pi uses a 4-Pole 3.5mm audio jack:

The sound quality of the on-board line-out jack on the raspberry pi is nominal.

GPS NMEA

Plug in the Garmin 296 GPS with a USB cable.

Does the RPI see the UPS?

Install gpsd

Deactivate gpsd

Start gpsd manually

Test (this may take several minutes to update, depending on GPS signal)

Edit the gpsd configuration file:

Enable the gpsd service

location

gpspipe -r

gpsbabel

foxtrotgps

gpsmon

Traccar

Traccar is the service for tracking the OpenFJ route, and providing a link for outside observers to follow.

Create the traccar directory

Download and unzip the server software for Linux ARM 64

Run the Traccar install/run procedure:

Start the Traccar server with systemctl:

Check the Traccar web portal:

http://10.3.141.1:8082

Email: admin
Password: admin

time

sudo apg-get install ntp

sudo vi /etc/ntpsec/ntp.conf

ntpq -p

FindMyCar

OBD-II - over bluetooth

Camera Module

ALPR

People counter

360?

Environmental sensors

SDL

pwnagotchi

kismet

From this tutorial,

Install the kismet packages:

Add a kismet group and add a user:

Device Support

Check for device support:

This iw command should produce a list similar to the one above. Look for the wireless device that you intend on putting into monitoring mode (phy#1).

Now determine if the device can support monitoring mode. From the output of the iw phy phy1 info command, look for a section titled Supported interface modes:, and look for * monitor within it.

If this is not present, then this wireless adapter will not work.

Configure wireless adapter

Edit the interfaces file, including allow-hotplug, and disable the wlan1 interface from automatically being assigned an IP address. Also, set up the monitor mode of the interface before it is brought up by the operating system.

We then proceed to delete the wlan1 interface as we do not require it for what we are doing.

Reboot OpenFJ, and check to see if mon1: appears under ifconfig

Configuring Kismet

Edit the kismet configuration file

Start Kismet

WIGLE

TPMS

915Mhz sensor

Mounting in the FJ