EN manual installation recalbox

Installation of RecalBox on RetroBox

Materials :

• A computer connect to Internet

• The RetroBox

• A SD card of MINIMUM 4go

• Micro USB to USB cable

• Mini HDMI to HDMI

• 5V charger

• Manette (compatibility list here:

https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Compatibility-%28EN%29)

• WPA wifi network

Required files :

• RecalBox : https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/releases

• RetroBox files : http://file.happyblocks.info/retrobox/project/RetroBox%20Files.rar

• Etcher : https://etcher.io/

• Putty : https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html

• WinSCP : https://winscp.net/eng/download.php

Preface :

• Be patient, it can take time

• If you have any problem contact us! (On our website or by e-mail: @retrobox.)

On the computer :

• Burn recalbox.img on the sd card with etcher.io

• Go into the boot partition of the SD card then :

Copy these files :

• waveshare35a.dtbo

• waveshare32b.dtbo

in /boot/overlays

• Eject the SD card and insert it into your RetroBox and wait for the first boot

On the TV :

• Plug the HDMI output on a screen, then run it. (Having plugged in the controller)

• Press the "start" button then go to "Network" and set up your wifi network (WP2 / WPA only and the pc must be connected on the same network, for hidden networks use the tutorial available here: https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/3389/hidden-wifi-ssid/4)

• Then restarted the RetroBox.

Back on the computer :

• Connect in ssh on the IP address of the RetroBox with the Putty software, then, type this:

• Login : root

• Password : recalboxroot

• Run the following commands:

mount -o remount, rw /boot

sudo nano /boot/config.txt

---

Copy and past :

Do CTRL + C to copy the code above, then in putty, right click with the mouse to paste!

#tft screen

#Waveshare 3.2 TFT Screen #same resolution for hdmi and tft hdmi_force_hotplug=1 hdmi_cvt=320 240 60 1 0 0 0 hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=1
hdmi_mode=87

dtparam=spi=on
dtoverlay=waveshare32b:rotate=270,speed=82000000

dtoverlay=pwm-2chan,pin=19,func=2,pin2=13,func2=4

---

Then do CTRL + X to finish editing and press Y to validate.

cd /usr/bin

chmod 755 fbcp

fbcp

mount -o remount, rw /

nano /etc/init.d/S11fbcp

---

Copy and past :

#!/bin/sh
case "$1" in
         start)
            printf "Starting fbcp ... "
              start-stop-daemon -S -q -m -b -p /var/run/fbcp.pid --exec
              /usr/bin/fbcp -- -n
               echo "done."
            ;;
         stop)
printf "Stopping fbcp ..."
start-stop-daemon -K -q -p /var/run/fbcp.pid
echo "done."
;;
restart)
         $0 stop
         sleep 1
         $0 start
         ;;
*)
         echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
         ;;
esac

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Then do CTRL + X to finish editing and press Y to validate.

cd /etc/init.d/

chmod 755 S11fbcp

nano /recalbox/share/system/recalbox.conf

• Change in the config :

---

#global.videomode=DMT 87 HDMI global.videomode=default

#global.ratio=auto global.ratio=4/3

Look for the line : "controllers.gpio.enabled=0"

Then replace with : "controllers.gpio.enabled=1"

(without "")

Look for the line : "**;**system.power.switch=PIN356ONOFFRESET"

Then replace with : "system.power.switch=PIN356ONOFFRESET"

(Only if you want add a reset button, not included)

(without "")

---

Then do CTRL + X to finish editing and press Y to validate.

sudo nano /etc/modules

---

Add this :

i2c-bcm2708

i2c-dev

---

Then do CTRL + X to finish editing and press Y to validate.

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf

---

If you have: "i2c-bcm2708"

Then add a # in front of "i2c-bcm2708"

(without "")

---

CTRL + X to finish editing and press Y to confirm.

modprobe i2c-bcm2708 i2c-dev

sudo i2cdetect -y 1

sudo modprobe mk_arcade_joystick_rpi map=1,"address : "sudo i2cdetect -y 1”

(without "")

Example : sudo modprobe mk_arcade_joystick_rpi map=1,0x20

ps aux | grep fbcp

reboot

• Then launch WinSCP and login with the same login as for Putty, then go to:

• /recalbox/system/resources/splash/

• And drag the files from the archive into WinSCP:

• recalboxintro.mp4

• logo.png

• logo-version.png

( You do not need a controller anymore )

Conclusion :

You have successfully installed RecalBox on the RetroBox ! To continue the installation, look on the other manual to know how to install games.

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