pinotify 0.0.2

A small software for receiving notification of a Raspberry Pi (RPi) pin and optionally run a command everytime.

RPi Pin Watcher

This is a small software for receiving notification of a Raspberry Pi (RPi) pin change through libgpiod. This software monitor the voltage fall of pin 17. Optionally, this software may run another application through the --command flag.

Initially this was written for hooking a wireless doorbell receiver to an RPi and then trying to capture electirc signal when the doorbell button is triggered.

The software make use of the new libgpiod interface with the official Python binding library.

Installation

Clone the repository. Then install the requirements:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

usage: python3 -m pinotify [-h] [--log-level {DEBUG,INFO,WARNING,ERROR,CRITICAL}] [--exec COMMAND] [--pin PIN]

Set logging level for the application.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --log-level {DEBUG,INFO,WARNING,ERROR,CRITICAL}
                        Set the logging level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL)
  --exec COMMAND        Command to run when edge event is triggered. In JSON array format.
                        Example: '["echo", "bell rang!"]'.
  --pin PIN             Integer. Set the GPIO pin number to monitor. Default: 17.

License

This software is licensed under the MIT License. A copy of the license can be obtained in the repository at LICENSE.md.