Genie

version 5.3.4.16834 on Friday May 19, 2023

Change Summary

Bug Fix: Memory Albums processor did not allow pause/replay for any 'new' items
Bug Fix: Multi language expressions for kiosk level languages fail to install on first attempt
Implement Marc's list of suggestions from his trip to Calgary early April
Show new memory album items after viewing all new messages
Optimize/simplify markup for the streaming media viewer and the logic around 'Press > to replay'
Pink 'new' indicator now shows correctly for memory album items
Wworkflow change : new memory album items after any new messages
Fixed several bugs
Implemented Marc's observations from his visit to Calgary first week of April
Startup: logs Kiosk app version & Windows version from the requesting kiosk, and some of the key startup view models
Instructional videos no longer time out due to the Info mode timer
Multi Language kiosk views using the database to store expressions
Remove the media item base class for now, revisit in future
Bug fix - Sending message to contacts using their phonebook
New UNCLUTTERED workflow
Bug Fixed: Could not initiate a new call using the phone book user selector (Megan)
Bug Fixed: User message count was incorrect (Ashley)
Changes to resident selection screen for the KM's
Added some french translations
Changed the order that new messages are displayed in
Genie install script now disables the auto update services for Windows
after last phone book message, go to next user in phone book
Image used for countdowns separate than those used for icons
New Messages: icon sizes
Cheryl's cosmetic changes - audio media shows image of speaker during play

Abby 2.0

AAT ABBY v22

Wednesday February 14, 2024

AAT ABBY v21

Wednesday February 14, 2024

Notes

Both versions contain Update 7

Abby Kiosk Mode

AAT ABBY Kiosk v22.1

Friday February 13, 2026

AAT ABBY Kiosk v21.1

Friday February 13, 2026

Notes

Contains Update 7 and Activity 1
Contains modification to Sync Service which grants file access permissions to kioskUser0
Implements a new system restart strategy
Shuts down ABBY and installs pending updates before each scheduled reboot

Update Reporter (in UI folder) needs to be included in the XML provisionary script
When running will reside down in the system tray and await MSMQ messages from the Update Installer

The Restart Trigger scheduled task triggers the Restart Service which then performs the following tasks:

Sends a KillDisplay response to the Display.exe which instructs it to exit itself
Runs the Update Installer and sends progress events to the Update Reporter (in system tray)
- The Update Reporter locks the screen while displaying progress messages on the desktop
Applies updates to the Update Installer itself
Sends a task completed event to the Update Reporter
Proceeds with a system reboot

Note: The Update Reporter also provides a right-click context menu giving an Admin the ability to run the Update Installer by itself or force the entire Restart sequence to run

AAT ABBY Kiosk v22.1 (RFID)

Friday October 31, 2025

Notes

Contains Update 7 and Activity 1
Kiosk-mode version of Abby with RFID identification service and admin card access to caregiver interface

Abby v3.0

Tuesday August 15, 2023
Phidgetless version that works with an arduino game controller

Abby Utilities

Media Uploader

Saturday Sept 27, 2025

Media Upload utility for Abby playlists
Useful when doing extensive file uploads (does not affect performance of Hub API)
Excellent tool for grooming Shared Library media

ABBY v21 Migation Tool

Wednesday December 4, 2024

Beacon Monitor

Friday March 3, 2023

Phidget Monitor

Friday March 3, 2023

Cross-compiling Abby For ARM64

This document outlines the required libraries, sysroot preparation steps, and build procedures for the ARM64 development environment and Raspberry Pi (RPi) target system.

Last updated: Thursday Febrary 26, 2026 7:15PM

1. Build Machine Required Libraries

Install the following packages on the development machine:

gdb
build-essential
libx11-dev
libasound2-dev
libboost-all-dev
libssl-dev
libcurl4-openssl-dev
libwebsocketpp-dev
cmake
gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu
g++-aarch64-linux-gnu
binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu
sqlite3

2. Raspberry Pi Required Libraries

Install the following libraries on the Raspberry Pi prior creating a sysroot image or building curl/curlpp for ARM64:

libssl-dev
libcurl4-openssl-dev
libasound2-dev
libboost-all-dev
libwebsocketpp-dev
libphidget22-dev
libusb-1.0-0-dev

Alternatively, a premade rpi-sysroot image can be downloaded here:

rpi-sysroot.tar.gz (Last updated: Thursday Febrary 26, 2026 7:15PM)

3. Create the RPi Sysroot Image

The folder /opt/rpi-sysroot/ is used as the location to store the image.

rsync -avz --rsync-path="sudo rsync" <hostname>@<ipaddress>:/lib /opt/rpi-sysroot
    rsync -avz --rsync-path="sudo rsync" <hostname>@<ipaddress>:/usr/include /opt/rpi-sysroot/usr
    rsync -avz --rsync-path="sudo rsync" <hostname>@<ipaddress>:/usr/lib /opt/rpi-sysroot/usr

4. Build Curl and Curlpp (On Raspberry Pi)

Note: Prebuilt curlpp headers and libraries for both Linux-x64 and ARM64 can be downloaded here:

curlpp.tar.gz (Last updated: Thursday Febrary 26, 2026 7:15PM)

4.1 Build Curl

mkdir $HOME/source
    cd ~/source
    
    # Download curl source from https://curl.se/download.html
    # Decompress curl-8.14.1.tar.xz
    
    # Create a folder to store the built binaries
    mkdir $HOME/libs/curl
    
    cd curl-8.14.1
    ./configure --with-ssl --prefix=$HOME/libs/curl
    make

4.2 Build Curlpp

cd ~/source
    git clone https://github.com/jpbarrette/curlpp.git
    cd curlpp
    mkdir build
    cd build
    
    cmake ..
      -D CURL_INCLUDE_DIR=$HOME/libs/curl/include
      -D CURL_LIBRARY=$HOME/libs/curl/lib/libcurl.a
      -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/libs/curlpp
      -D CURL_ROOT=$HOME/source/curl-8.14.1
    
    make

Note: several harmless warnings will be displayed during this build.

5. Third-Party Library Location

The folder /usr/src/ is used as the location for third-party libraries.

curlpp (built on Pi OS)
nlohmann/json (header-only library)

Clone nlohmann/json

cd /usr/src
    git clone https://github.com/nlohmann/json.git

Sync curlpp headers and shared objects from the RPi

mkdir /usr/src/curlpp-arm64
    
    sudo rsync -ar <hostname>@<ipaddress>:/home/<hostname>/source/curlpp/include /usr/src/curlpp-arm64/include
    sudo rsync -ar <hostname>@<ipaddress>:/home/<hostname>/source/curlpp/lib /usr/src/curlpp-arm64/lib

6. Build Projects

All projects use the following build pattern:

cmake --preset arm64-release
    cmake --build --preset arm64-release

6.1 CreateDatabase

cd ~/source
    git clone https://aatgegit clone git@ssh.dev.azure.com:v3/aatgenie/aat.abby.createdatabase.arm64/aat.abby.createdatabase.arm64
    cd aat.abby.createdatabase.arm64
    
    mkdir third_party
    cd third_party
    git clone https://github.com/SRombauts/SQLiteCpp.git
    
    cd..
    cmake --preset arm64-release
    cmake --build --preset arm64-release

Note: a harmless warning will be displayed as SQLiteCpp gets linked.

6.2 DataAccess (Shared Object)

cd ~/source
    git clone git clone git@ssh.dev.azure.com:v3/aatgenie/aat.abby.dataaccess.arm64/aat.abby.dataaccess.arm64
    cd aat.abby.dataaccess.arm64
    
    mkdir third_party
    cd third_party
    git clone https://github.com/SRombauts/SQLiteCpp.git
    
    cd..
    cmake --preset arm64-release
    cmake --build --preset arm64-release

Note: a harmless warning will be displayed as SQLiteCpp gets linked.

6.3 TokenGenerator (Shared Object)

Note: Prebuilt DataAccess.so exists in:
~/aat/data_access/lib/arm64

cd ~/source
    git clone git@ssh.dev.azure.com:v3/aatgenie/aat.abby.tokengen.arm64/aat.abby.tokengen.arm64
    cd aat.abby.tokengen.arm64
    
    cmake --preset arm64-release
    cmake --build --preset arm64-release

6.4 Optional (For Production Mode Operation)

Copy shared objects to /usr/lib
    cp ~/source/aat.abby.dataaccess.arm64/build/arm64/Release/DataAccess.so /usr/lib/
    cp ~/source/aat.abby.tokengen.arm64/build/arm64/Release/TokenGenerator.so /usr/lib/

6.5 MediaSync

Note: Prebuilt DataAccess.so and TokenGenerator.so exist in their respective lib/arm64 folders.

cd ~/source
    git clone git@ssh.dev.azure.com:v3/aatgenie/aat.abby.mediasync.arm64/aat.abby.mediasync.arm64
    cd aat.abby.mediasync.arm64
    
    cmake --preset arm64-release
    cmake --build --preset arm64-release

6.6 Controller

cd ~/source
    git clone git clone git@ssh.dev.azure.com:v3/aatgenie/aat.abby.controller.arm64/aat.abby.controller.arm64
    cd aat.abby.controller.arm64
    
    cmake --preset arm64-release
    cmake --build --preset arm64-release

6.7 Abby

Note: Prebuilt DataAccess.so exists in:
~/abby/aat/data_access/lib/arm64

cd ~/source
    git clone git@ssh.dev.azure.com:v3/aatgenie/aat.abby.arm64/aat.abby.arm64
    cd aat.abby.arm64
    
    cmake --preset arm64-release
    cmake --build --preset arm64-release

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Genie & Abby Kiosk Application Downloads

Genie

Change Summary

Abby 2.0

Notes

Abby Kiosk Mode

Notes

Notes

Abby v3.0

Abby Utilities

Cross-compiling Abby For ARM64

1. Build Machine Required Libraries

2. Raspberry Pi Required Libraries

3. Create the RPi Sysroot Image

4. Build Curl and Curlpp (On Raspberry Pi)

4.1 Build Curl

4.2 Build Curlpp

5. Third-Party Library Location

Clone nlohmann/json

Sync curlpp headers and shared objects from the RPi

6. Build Projects

6.1 CreateDatabase

6.2 DataAccess (Shared Object)

6.3 TokenGenerator (Shared Object)

6.4 Optional (For Production Mode Operation)

6.5 MediaSync

6.6 Controller

6.7 Abby

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