kaikai707 / picap-button-utility-py

Bare Conductive Pi Cap Button Utility

Bare Conductive Pi Cap Button Utility

Example button code (and useful command line utility) for the Bare Conductive Pi Cap. Allows you to run bash commands when a single-press, double-press or long-press is detected on the Pi Cap button.

Requirements

• Requires python-dev (apt-get install python-dev)
• Requires RPi.GPIO (apt-get install python-rpi.gpio)

Install / Build

• You should install this code as part of the Pi Cap Raspbian package: apt-get install picap
• However, if you are doing this yourself, clone the repository and follow the usage instructions.

Usage

Maps three different PiCap button events to system calls - MUST be run as root.

Usage: python button-utility.py [OPTION]

By default single press    echoes "Hello World!"
           double press    restarts
           long press      shuts down
           
Options:
-s, --single-press [CMD]   executes [CMD] on button single press
-d, --double-press [CMD]   executes [CMD] on button double press     
-l, --long-press   [CMD]   executes [CMD] on button long press      
-h, --help                 displays this message