qbee-gpio 1.0.0

Control an LCD display and amplifier relay for use in an AirPlay Raspberry Pi server.

QBee gpio controller

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

• Detect sound ouput and turn on the amplifier power supply.
• Get the track information and display it on an LCD (using a fifo pipe exposed by shairport-sync).
• Auto turn off amplifier power supply and/or shutdown after set period of inactivity.

Usage

python -m pip install --user qbee-gpio

For first time usage: ~/.local/bin/qbee --init-config then change what you need in .qbee.yaml.

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=/home/qbee/.local/bin/qbee
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Then run:

sudo systemctl enable qbee
sudo systemctl start qbee