©2018 NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. Page 65 of 7113 Compute Module Configuration Tool for RaspbianNEC has created a menu based tool for automatically downloading and configuring various componentsand settings for Raspbian OS on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module. This makes it easy to configure anew OS install.Options include:• Configuring the UART to allow communications with the host display.• Downloading and installing the NEC Python PD SDK which provides APIs for communicating withthe host display. It will also install the Python Serial module if necessary.• Downloading and installing an example Python file showing how to use the SDK APIs tocommunicate with the host display.• Downloading and installing a Python file that provides System Shutdown support by monitoringGPIO 23 - set low by the display to signal a shutdown.• Downloading and installing a Python file that provides hardware based Watchdog Timer supportand automatic cooling fan control by the host display.• Downloading and installing NEC branded desktop wallpaper.• Disabling Video Overscan.• Setting the HDMI Pixel (video level range) Encoding to 0-255.• Disabling the Desktop Screen Saver to prevent screen blanking.• Setting the GPU Memory allocation to 192MB.• Updating the operating system and firmware.• Setting the Keyboard layout to "US".• Enabling the LIRC (IR decoder) support.• Installing the KODI media player with remote control using the display's IR remote.This can be downloaded from:https://github.com/NECDisplaySolutions/nec_rpi_config_tool
