RaceCapture App

Next Gen version of the RaceCapture App.

Dependencies:

• Python 2.7.x
• Patched Kivy 1.9.x (https://github.com/autosportlabs/kivy/tree/asl_1.9.0_patched)
• Pyserial 2.6.x
• Pygame
• Included in package right now but ultimately shouldn't be:
  • Graph (via kivy-garden via python-pip)
  • NavigationDrawer (via kivy-garden)
  • ModernMenu (via kivy-garden)
  • asl_f4_loader (in dependencies folder)
  • ihexpy (manual install from https://github.com/Jeff-Ciesielski/ihexpy )

dev installation (OS X)

1. download patched 1.9.0 kivy from https://github.com/autosportlabs/kivy/tree/asl_1.9.0_patched
2. Install from source

• Instructions: http://kivy.org/docs/installation/installation-macosx.html

1. install virtualenv
2. create a virtual environment (perhaps in this directory): virtualenv _ve
3. activate the virtualenv: . _ve/bin/activate
4. install pip requirements: pip install -r requirements.txt (you may be required to upgrade your version of setuptools via the provided command)
5. install asl_f4_loader in dependencies folder: pip install asl_f4_loader-X.X.X.tar.gz
6. install pygame (http://www.pygame.org/download.shtml - use correct package for your OSX+Python version)

Simplified dev install (OS X)

1. download patched 1.9.0 kivy from https://github.com/autosportlabs/kivy/tree/asl_1.9.0_patched
2. Install from source

• make && sudo make install

1. install Kivy into Applications and run symlink script
2. install virtualenv
3. re-enable setup tools for Kivy virtualenv: sudo virtualenv /Applications/Kivy.app/Contents/Resources/venv/
4. install pip requirements: /Applications/Kivy.app/Contents/Resources/venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
5. run app: kivy main.py

running (OS X)

/Applications/Kivy.app/Contents/Resources/script main.py

Preparing to build installers (OSX)

1. Make sure all dependencies are installed inside Kivy's venv
2. cd /Applications/Kivy.app/Contents/Resources/venv/bin && source activate
3. cd /path/to/RaceCapture_App && pip install -r requirements.txt

Creating installer for current version (OSX)

1. cd install/osx
2. ./build-osx.sh

The script will create the .App file and .dmg for distribution.

installation (Win7)

1. Download Kivy (current is 1.9.0) - remember to get the py2.7 version
2. Follow Kivy install instructions- install to c:\Kivy-1.9.0
3. Rename kivy27 to kivy27_original (move it out of the way)
4. Pull down patched 1.9.0 from https://github.com/autosportlabs/kivy/tree/asl_1.9.0_patched

• Place in same installation directory (c:\Kivy-1.9.0)
• Rename to kivy27

1. Build modified kivy

• Launch kivy-bash-2.7.bat
• In the MinGW console, enter kivy27 directory
• Build by issuing 'make'
• When complete, there should be a kivy27/build directory - this will be the patched version

1. my_kivy_install_folder\kivy.bat (sets path variables for current shell)
2. Install [virtualenv]: pip install virtualenv
3. Create a virtual environment (perhaps in this directory): virtualenv _ve
4. Activate the virtualenv: _ve\Scripts\activate
5. Install pip requirements: pip install -r requirements.txt (if this crashes you installed the py3.3 version of Kivy, doughball)

running (Win7)

Launch kivy environment by launching kivy-2.7.bat in installation folder
Navigate to the RaceCapture source directory
kivy main.py
Note: If you get an error doing this ("cannot find text provider") then you might be like me and be unable to run RaceCapture inside a virtualenv for some reason. Try performing the above steps without the virtual env part.

dev installation (Eclipse on Win7, but probably applies to Eclipse on any platform)

1. Do the "installation" instructions above
2. Download [Eclipse] (https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/)
3. Install [PyDev for Eclipse] (http://pydev.org/manual_101_install.html) and use auto-config
4. In Window..Preferences..PyDev..Interpreter..Python Interpreter..Environment, add a variable "PATH" with value c:\kivy;c:\kivy\Python;c:\kivy\gstreamer\bin;c:\kivy\MinGW\bin;%PATH%
5. In Window..Preferences..PyDev..Interpreter..Python Interpreter..Forced Builtins, add "kivy" to the list
6. Make a new project in Eclipse, select "PyDev project" and specify the folder with Racecapture in it
7. Right-click the project...Properties...pyDev-PYTHONPATH...External Libraries - Add source folder, add my_kivy_install_folder\kivy
8. Run the project

Preparing to build installers (Win7)

1. kivy (to get paths set up)
2. activate the virtualenv: _ve\Scripts\activate
3. Install [PYInstaller] (http://www.pyinstaller.org) pip install pyinstaller
4. Install [PyWin32] (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/) pip install pywin
5. Try pyinstaller --version - should return "2.1" or similar
6. Install [nullsoft scriptable install system] (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download) stable version (currently 2.46)
7. Open (from your Kivy folder) \Python27\Lib\site-packages\pygments\lexers\__init__.py and add a line "from pygments.lexers.agile import PythonLexer" near the top. Yes, I know this is bad form. It's to fix an error ("AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'PythonLexer'") where PyInstaller failed to find an import and I couldn't work out how to force it. You would think that this could be forced by creating a hook-pygments.lexers.py file with hiddenimports = ['agile'] in it, but you'd be wrong as this file already exists in the default PyInstaller hooks and it doesn't fix this problem. -CLR 2014-05-29

Creating installer for current version (Win7)

1. Go into RaceCapture_App folder
2. Activate the virtualenv: _ve\Scripts\activate
3. kivy (to get paths set up)
4. cd install
5. buildwininstall.bat - deletes old build folders, builds installer and tries to run the package (to run manually use dist\racecapture\racecapture)

dev installation (Linux - Ubuntu)

1. Download patched source from https://github.com/autosportlabs/kivy/tree/asl_1.9.0_patched
2. Install from source. From the downloaded kivy source execute:

• sudo python setup.py install

1. install [virtualenv]: sudo pip install virtualenv
2. create a virtual environment (perhaps in this directory): virtualenv _ve
3. activate the virtualenv: . _ve/bin/activate
4. install pip requirements: sudo pip install -r requirements.txt (you may be required to upgrade your version of setuptools via the provided command)
5. install asl_f4_loader in dependencies folder: pip install asl_f4_loader-X.X.X.tar.gz

running (Linux - Ubuntu)

python main.py

Buildozer android APK build/install (Linux only)

1. install buildozer from https://github.com/kivy/buildozer
2. from the root RaceCapture app directory, run ./build_apk.sh . buildozer will download files as necessary and build the apk
3. if buildozer fails with a cython error, install cython from your package manager
4. if buildozer fails with an Android SDK error, enter the ~/.buildozer directoy and run android update sdk -u from the android tools directory.

Launch android apk

1. Ensure your android device is in developer mode and plug it in via usb
2. install / launch the app using ./launch_apk.sh
3. Console / debug output will appear on screen as app is downloaded, installed and run