Restart-Button-for-HomeDisplayPi (Add-On)

An extra GPIO Button to restart HomeDisplayPi if it's stuck or doesn't work properly.

Installation

1. Connect your button as described below
2. Install and use HomeDisplayPi
3. Clone this repository (just download it if you haven't installed git)

   git clone https://github.com/NullPointerExceptionError/Restart-Button-for-HomeDisplayPi.git

4. Navigate into the Restart-Button-for-HomeDisplayPi folder
5. Create and activate virtual environment

   python3 -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate

6. Install dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Wiring

GPIO-	PIN on Raspberry	port on device	device
8	GPIO-14 (TXD)	upper left pin	button
6	GND	lower left pin	button

Take the rest of the HomeDisplayPi Readme.

How to use

1. Activate virtual environment in the HomeDisplayPi folder

   source venv/bin/activate

2. Start the program

   python3 main.py &

   If you want to have a log file with errors, use the following command instead (also possible via ssh).

   nohup python3 main.py > output.log 2>&1 &

3. Press the button to restart HomeDisplayPi.

To stop the program use

ps aux | grep main.py
kill -2 <PID>

replace <PID> with the far left number of the correct process (something like main.py).