This Raspberry Pi image has the following IamResponding software pre-installed:
- TwoToneDetect for Audio Incident Alerts (two tone page detection - automatically launches on startup)
- IaR-Stream for Live Audio streaming (automatically launches on startup)
- IamResponding dashboard autolauncher - automatically launches the IaR web dashboard for unattended in-station displays (access via Accessory menu to configure)
*Before proceeding, please ensure that you have a 32GB or larger SD card.
Download and Run the Raspberry Pi Imager application on your PC: Raspberry Pi Imager
Click the "APP OPTIONS" button:
Click on the button to edit the content repository:
Select "Use custom URL" and paste in this link:
https://download.iamresponding.com/autolauncher/iar_manifest.json
Then click "Apply & Restart"
Select your device. NOTE: The IaR image supports the Pi 4 and Pi 5 (recommended)
Select the IamResponding operating system:
Select the SD card that you want to flash the image to:
Optional customization steps. These settings can also be configured from the Raspberry Pi settings later after it is running.
After saving the settings, click “WRITE” to begin writing to the SD card.
After imaging is complete, remove the SD card from your PC, put the SD card into the Raspberry Pi and apply power. On first boot, a login screen may briefly appear. The Pi should automatically reboot and take you to the desktop.
Once the Raspberry Pi desktop appears, click on the TTD or IaR-Stream icon in the upper right corner to open the corresponding application's GUI. From here you can adjust audio levels and enter your IamResponding API key. After configuration is complete, close the web browser to minimize resource usage.
To launch the IamResponding dashboard autolauncher for the first time, click on the Raspberry Icon
in the upper-left, click on Accessories, and click IaR Application Launcher. From here you can enter
your IaR account information.
Image Technical Details
This image is running Raspberry Pi OS 64 bit (Trixie) Wayland window manager.
The .img file can be found here for those who don't want to use the Raspberry Pi Imager.
TwoToneDetect, IaR-Stream, and the IaR Application Launcher are installed as user services.
.service files for each service can be found in /home/iar/.config/systemd/user/
After modifying any of these files run:
systemctl --user daemon-reload
To view latest log output from each of the user services:
- journalctl --user -u ttd.service -f
- journalctl --user -u iarstream.service -f
- journalctl --user -u iar-autolauncher.service -f
To manually enable/start/stop/disable/view status of the user services:
- systemctl enable --user iarstream.service
- systemctl start --user iarstream.service
- systemctl stop --user iarstream.service
- systemctl disable --user iarstream.service
- systemctl status --user iarstream.service