RuneAudioLCDMod

RuneAudioLCDMod is a modification of great RuneAudioLCD (https://github.com/RandyCupic/RuneAudioLCD) python script that is used on RuneAudio player for displaying playback information on LCD screen and controlling of player via hardware buttons and IR remote.

Modifications

• code migrated to Python 3,
• implementation of direct pins connection for LCD display (I2C is already implemented in original script),
• selection of display screens with hardware button,
• control of backlight ON/OFF with hardware button.

Requirements

• Raspberry Pi (tested on Pi 2) running RuneAudio (http://www.runeaudio.com/),
• Python 3 installed,
• Adafruit LCD char library installed for parallel display.

Installation

The easiest solution to run the RuneAudioLCDMod python script every time you turn on RuneAudio player is to setup a deamon that executes python script. Bash script and service definition are included in repository.

• create a shell script such as /usr/bin/control_script.sh
• create a service file in /lib/systemd/control_script.service
• make systemd aware of your new service:
  • systemctl daemon-reload
  • systemctl enable control_script.service (if error with symbolic link -> run systemctl enable "FULLPATHTOSERVICE")
  • systemctl start control_script.service
• reboot the RPI to see script in action.

Useful commands

• systemctl status control_script.service
• systemctl stop control_script.service
• systemctl start control_script.service
• systemctl disable control_script.service

Services "log":

• journalctl /usr/lib/systemd/systemd -b