Setup Actsim on ai cast

The setup method varies depending on the target OS version of the app you are creating.

Creating an app for Actcast OS 1 and Actcast OS 2

We use the following environments to set up.
- ai cast
- PC ( OS )
  - Windows 11 Pro
- Cable to connect PC and ai cast
  - Anker PowerLine+ USB-C & USB-A 3.0 cable
- Software ( Please refer to the respective URLs for installation instructions for each software. )
  - rpiboot
    - Click here for Windows users
    - Click here for Linux / macOS users
  - Raspberry Pi Imager
Start rpiboot on PC.
Set the switch on the side of the ai cast to BOOT.
Connect the ai cast to the PC with a cable.
Connect the power cable to the ai cast and switch it on.
Make sure that the eMMC on the ai cast is recognized.
- If it is not recognized, please change the USB cable connecting the PC and ai cast to a recommended one, or try using a Type-A to Type-A cable.
Download and unzip the ActDK on a PC according to the method described in Actcast Documents : Download ActDK.
Start the Raspberry Pi Imager on the PC.
Format the eMMC with Raspberry Pi Imager. Select Operating System > Erase, select the target storage for ai cast, and press Write.
Select actsim-raspberrypi.img included in the ActDK directory extracted above from OS > Use Custom Image with Raspberry Pi Imager, select the target storage for ai cast, and press Write. Confirm that writing completes without any errors.
If you use Wi-Fi, please set it from EDIT SETTINGS.

Other options are set as follows:
- hostname: raspberrypi
- username: pi
- password: raspberry
- Enable SSH: enabled (select ‘Use password authentication’)
Disconnect the cables and power cable connecting the PC and the ai cast.
Release the switch on the side of the ai cast from BOOT.
Connect the power cable to the ai cast and switch it on.
SSH to the ai cast.
- As described in the Actcast Documents : Accessing to Actsim, The image is set to the same username, password, and hostname (pi, raspberry, raspberrypi) as Raspbian provided by the official Raspberry Pi website.
- If you are developing on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), you may not be able to resolve the host name from Linux on WSL. In this case, you can run Resolve-DnsName <hostname> in PowerShell to check the IP address and specify the IP address directly for SSH connection.
To activate the camera, run the following on ai cast to update the software.
```
$ sudo apt update ; sudo apt full-upgrade
```
Run raspi-config to enable the camera interface.
```
$ sudo raspi-config
```

Add dt-blob.bin by running the following.

$ sudo wget https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/cmio/dt-blob-cam1.bin -O /boot/dt-blob.bin

reboot the ai cast.
```
$ sudo reboot
```

Run the following command to install the Hailo driver.

$ sudo apt install git
$ sudo apt install raspberrypi-kernel-headers
$ git clone https://github.com/hailo-ai/hailort-drivers.git
$ cd hailort-drivers
$ git checkout v4.10.0
$ cd linux/pcie
$ sed -i "s/raspi/$(hostname)/g" Kbuild
$ make all
$ sudo make install
$ sudo modprobe hailo_pci
$ cd ../../
$ ./download_firmware.sh
$ sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/hailo
$ sudo mv hailo8_fw.4.10.0.bin /lib/firmware/hailo/hailo8_fw.bin
$ sudo cp ./linux/pcie/51-hailo-udev.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/

reboot the ai cast.
Wait for a while and SSH to the ai cast. If you can confirm that /dev/hailo0 has been created, installation is complete.
```
$ ls /dev/hailo0
/dev/hailo0
```

Creating an app for Actcast OS 3

We use the following environments to set up.
- ai cast
- PC ( OS )
  - Windows 11 Pro
- Cable to connect PC and ai cast
  - Anker PowerLine+ USB-C & USB-A 3.0 cable
- Software ( Please refer to the respective URLs for installation instructions for each software. )
  - rpiboot
    - Click here for Windows users
    - Click here for Linux / macOS users
  - Raspberry Pi Imager
Start rpiboot on PC.
Set the switch on the side of the ai cast to BOOT.
Connect the ai cast to the PC with a cable.
Connect the power cable to the ai cast and switch it on.
Make sure that the eMMC on the ai cast is recognized.
- If it is not recognized, please change the USB cable connecting the PC and ai cast to a recommended one, or try using a Type-A to Type-A cable.
Download and unzip the ActDK on a PC according to the method described in Actcast Documents : Download ActDK.
Start the Raspberry Pi Imager on the PC.
Format the eMMC with Raspberry Pi Imager. Select Operating System > Erase, select the target storage for ai cast, and press Write.
Select actsim-raspberrypi-bullseye.img included in the ActDK directory extracted above from OS > Use Custom Image with Raspberry Pi Imager, select the target storage for ai cast, and press Write. Confirm that writing completes without any errors.
If you use Wi-Fi, please set it from EDIT SETTINGS.

Other options are set as follows:
- hostname: raspberrypi
- username: pi
- password: raspberry
- Enable SSH: enabled (select ‘Use password authentication’)
Disconnect the cables and power cable connecting the PC and the ai cast.
Release the switch on the side of the ai cast from BOOT.
Connect the power cable to the ai cast and switch it on.

next: Running the sample code for ai cast

Last updated on 2025/03/09