qbee-gpio 3.0.2

Control an LCD display and amplifier relay for use in an AirPlay and/or Spotify Connect Raspberry Pi server.

qbee-gpio

A python script to control an LCD and amplifier relay for use in an AirPlay and/or Spotify Connect Raspberry Pi server.

• Detect sound ouput and turn on the amplifier power supply.
• Get the track information and display it on an LCD.
• Auto turn off amplifier power supply and/or shutdown after set period of inactivity.

Additional documentation:

• Setting up shairport-sync
• Setting up librespot
• My hardware

Installation

sudo python -m pip install qbee-gpio

For first time usage:

qbee --init-config

then change what you need in ~/.qbee.yaml.

Usage

qbee

Pass a -v flag for verbose logging.

Detailed setup

For starting up automatically, create /etc/systemd/system/qbee.service file with (adjust users/paths):

[Unit]
Description=Qbee
After=network-online.target
StartLimitIntervalSec=500
StartLimitBurst=5

[Service]
User=qbee
Group=qbee
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/qbee
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable to run on boot: sudo systemctl enable qbee --now.

Optionally, specify a CONFIG env variable when running the script: CONFIG="/etc/qbee.yaml" qbee .... The default config will be located at ~/.qbee.yaml.

See all config options