alexbrashear / pi-project-191

Final Project for CIS 191 with Raspberry Pi

pi-project-191

Snowberry Pi

User Instructions:

1. Once Raspberry PI is turned on, the LCD screen should display the weather information and update every minute.
2. Text 'menu' to [phone], which is the Twilio number for the Raspberry Pi, for a list of request options. Note that this will only work if your number is registered with our twilio account.

Important Python Files: run.py -This python program launches a server. Whenever a user texts the twilio number, the server will receive the text, parse it using python, and send an appropriate response based on the content of the request. -Server is set up using ngrok, which maps public ip address to localhost. -ngrok and and run.py are called in .bash_profile when shell starts after boot. We eliminated the login to streamline the process.

displayWeather.py -Displays weather, current time, and outlook on LCD screen using Weather Underground API. -Main program is in forecast.py. displayWeather.py sets up connection with LCD and calls the program in forecast. -Daemon in crontab is setup so that the LCD screen gets updated every minute when the Raspberry Pi is on.

LCD display library - https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-Respberry-Pi-Python-Code

ngrok server - http://ngrok.com