VIA SOM-9X50-STK Amazon KVS Quick Start Guide Table of Contents Introduction ..............................1 Directing Data from a VIA SOM-9X50-STK Device to an AWS Portal ............. 1 VIA SOM-9X50-STK Device ........................1 Connecting to Amazon KVS ..........................2 Introduction ............................2 Acquiring an AWS Access Key for Amazon KVS ..................
AWS Portal To direct data from VIA SOM-9X50-STK devices to your AWS cloud implementation, an Amazon KVS service must be set up and configured to receive data from the devices. An AWS access key is required for Amazon KVS to connect a device to the AWS backend.
Amazon KVS service, including how to acquire an AWS access key for Amazon KVS, set up the VIA SOM-9X50- STK device, and connect the device to the Amazon KVS using the VIA SOM-9X50-STK Yocto or Android EVK. 2.2 Acquiring an AWS Access Key for Amazon KVS...
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VIA SOM-9X50-STK Amazon KVS Quick Start Guide Step 2 Click on ‘Services’ in the top menu panel and click on ‘IAM’ under the ‘Security, Identity, & Compliance’ category. Step 3 Click on ‘Access management/Users’ and then click on the ‘Add users’ button in the right panel.
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VIA SOM-9X50-STK Amazon KVS Quick Start Guide Step 4 To add a user, enter a preferred name in the ‘User name’ field, select ‘Programmatic access’ in the ‘Select AWS access type’ section and click on the ‘Next: Permissions’ button to proceed to set permissions.
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VIA SOM-9X50-STK Amazon KVS Quick Start Guide Step 6 To add tags, enter relevant user information (e.g., email address, job title) or name only in the ‘Key’ field and click on the ‘Next: Review’ button to review your choices. Step 7 This page displays all the settings to be reviewed, including the User name, AWS access type and permissions boundary.
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VIA SOM-9X50-STK Amazon KVS Quick Start Guide Step 8 Once the user ID has been created, a ‘Success’ message will be displayed. Click on the URL in the message for more information on AWS management console access. The User name, Access key ID and the Secret access key are shown below the message.
VIA SOM-9X50-STK Amazon KVS Quick Start Guide 2.3 Set up the VIA SOM-9X50-STK Device The first step is to connect a host machine and the VIA SOM-9X50-STK through the onboard COM connector labeled as "COM". Use a serial port communication program such as PuTTY or Tera Term to connect the debug console. Set the...
VIA SOM-9X50-STK Amazon KVS Quick Start Guide 2.4 Connecting to Amazon KVS with the Yocto EVK The VIA SOM-9X50-STK Yocto EVK includes a "kvs_demo.sh" application to help establish a connection between the VIA SOM-9X50-STK device and the Amazon KVS service.
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VIA SOM-9X50-STK Amazon KVS Quick Start Guide If there are no errors, there will be one KVS stream available. To view the stream, click on ‘Services’ in the top menu panel and click on ‘Kinesis Video Streams’ under the ‘Media Services’ category.
VIA SOM-9X50-STK Amazon KVS Quick Start Guide 2.5 Connecting to Amazon KVS with the Android EVK The VIA SOM-9X50-STK Android EVK includes an "AmazonKinesisVideoDemoApp" application to help establish a connection between the VIA SOM-9X50-STK device and the Amazon KVS service.
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VIA SOM-9X50-STK Amazon KVS Quick Start Guide Step 5 Sign in to the "AmazonKinesisVideoDemoApp" application. The "Stream Configuration" screen will be displayed. Step 6 Fill in the Stream Name, select the Resolution as "1280x720", scroll to the bottom and click the "Stream"...
VIA SOM-9X50-STK Amazon KVS Quick Start Guide 2.6 Debugging Open a console (e.g. Putty) and configure as described in section 2.3. The boot up messages will be presented with a command line interface as well as debug output. Use busybox commands "in /bin" to set up and debug the VIA SOM-9X50-STK device.
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