3.1.1. Event Parameters¶ ¶

On the confi­gu­ra­tion page (see Fig. 2.1), click on the Next Event Confi­gu­ra­tion link ❶.

The fol­lo­wing pa­ra­me­ters are then ad­jus­ta­bles:

Fig. 3.1 Change event pa­­ra­­me­­ters

event

The event name and would also becomes the name of the photo album in which subsequent photos will be stored.

desc

Description of the photo that will be added in the Ima­ge­Des­crip­tion EXIF field.

tags

Tags that will be added to the photos when uploaded to flickr.

exif_­comment

Comment that will be added to the photos as User­Comment EXIF field.

gal­le­ry

Should the PhotoMiroir create a local gallery that will be browsable via a web navigator.

html_­title

Title of the main gallery HTML page.

wa­ter­mark_­text

Text that will be displayed as a watermark at the bottom of each photos.

wa­ter­mark_­file

Image that will be displayed as a watermark on the bottom right of each photos. It should be a PNG file with transparency.

upload

Shall the photos be uploaded onto a remote computer (either flickr or an FTP server).

de­lay_u­pload

If set, the photos will be uploaded at once at 4am. If not, the upload is done as soon as the photo are fetched.

de­lete

When doing a delayed upload, shall the photo be removed from the camera?

de­le­te_­fast

Shall the photo be removed from the camera as soon as they are fetched on the PhotoMiroir?

sli­de­show

Shall an HTML slideshow be generated locally (see Sec­tion 4.4)?

re­duce

If set, the photo size is reduced to 2028×1365 as soon as they are collected from the camera.

Do not for­get to click on the OK but­­ton to va­­li­­date the changes.

3.1.2. Flickr Configuration¶ ¶

On the confi­gu­ra­tion page (see Fig. 2.1), click on the Fli­ckr ­Con­fi­gu­ra­tion link ❷.

The fol­lo­wing pa­ra­me­ters are then ad­jus­ta­bles:

Fig. 3.2 Change fli­­ckr pa­­ra­­me­­ters

fli­ckr_a­pi_­key

The API key of your flickr account. See https://www.flickr.com/services/api/misc.api_keys.html for more details on how to get the API key.

fli­ckr_­se­cret_­key

The secret key provided by Flickr which would allow the PhotoMiroir to post the photos.

pu­blic_­vi­sible

If set, the photo published to flickr are made visible to the public.

friend_­vi­sible

If set, the photo published to flickr are made visible to your friends.

Do not for­get to click on the OK but­­ton to va­­li­­date the changes.

3.1.3. FTP Configuration¶ ¶

On the confi­gu­ra­tion page (see Fig. 2.1), click on the FTP ­Con­fi­gu­ra­tion link ❸.

The fol­lo­wing pa­ra­me­ters are then ad­jus­ta­ble:

Fig. 3.3 Change ftp pa­­ra­­me­­ters

ftp_­host

FTP server address (for example : ftp.example.­com).

ftp_­port

FTP server port (usually 20).

ftp_u­ser

FTP login name.

ftp_­pass­word

FTP login password.

ftp_­dir

Remote FTP directory server in which the photos will be uploaded.

You can test that the in­pu­ted pa­ra­me­ters en­able a suc­cess­ful connexion by cli­cking on the test connexion but­­ton. ­­Do not for­­get to click on the OK but­­ton to va­­li­­date the changes.

3.1.4. Manual Photo Deletion¶ ¶

On the confi­gu­ra­tion page (see Fig. 2.1), click on the Ma­nual ­Pho­to De­le­tion link ❺.

You can then se­lect the pho­tos and pho­to gal­le­ry you want to re­move.

You can al­so force the de­le­tion of all pho­tos on the ca­me­ra.

3.1.5. Note on Parameter Expansion¶ ¶

Some string parameters may contain a special notation like {pa­ram_­na­me} which says that the text between the curly_braces (included) is replaced by the content of the parameter referenced.

For example if event is set to May Par­ty, and tags contains pho­to­mir­ror "{e­vent}", then upon invocation, tags will be replaced with: pho­to­mir­ror "May Par­ty".

Moreover, there is a special date implicit parameter that may be referenced. For example, if event is set to {da­te:%b %d %Y} Par­ty will expand on the 28 of February to: Feb 28 2018 Par­ty. See Sec­tion 5.1 for the available date formatting codes.

On­ly the fol­lo­wing pa­ra­me­ters are sub­ject to pa­ra­me­ter ex­pan­sion.

• event
• desc
• tags
• exif_­comment
• wa­ter­mark_­text

3.2.1. Add or Delete Users¶ ¶

By cli­cking on the user ad­min link on the top right cor­ner, you can ac­cess the user ma­na­ge­ment in­ter­face if you have suf­fi­cient pri­vi­le­ges:

Fig. 3.4 Ac­­cess to user ad­­min UI

3.2.2. System and Network Configuration¶ ¶

On the confi­gu­ra­tion page (see Fig. 2.1), click on the Sys­tem and ­Net­work Confi­gu­ra­tion link ❹.

The fol­lo­wing pa­ra­me­ters are then ad­jus­ta­bles:

Fig. 3.5 Change sys­­tem pa­­ra­­me­­ters

ssid

Name of the wifi network on which the photo albums are browsable if gal­le­ry is set (see Sec­tion 3.1.1).

wi­fi_­pass

Password for the aforementioned wifi network. Left blank to allow people to connect without password.

host_s­sid

Name of your local wifi network on which the PhotoMiroir may connect to the internet. This internet access would allow to update itself to the last firmware version and to upload photo to Flickr or FTP if configured to do so. It would also allows you to access the photos and the administration interface from your local network. See Sec­tion 2.2 for more on setting up the wifi access.

host_­wi­fi_­pass

Password of the aforementioned wifi network.

de­lay

The number of seconds for the PhotoMiroir to wait before trying to download photo from the camera.

ver­bose

Verbosity level, useful for debugging purposes only.

Do not for­get to click on the OK but­­ton to va­­li­­date the changes.