IR Controllable Clock Application for Raspberry Pi.
- Display date and time
- Background color animation
- Display weather forecast
- Extendable & customizable by plugins
- Camera Plugin: Taking a picture and display to background
- TodoWatch Plugin: Fetch ToDos from TodoWatch server
- Tokyu Plugin: Provides Tokyu traffic information
- Sotetsu Plugin: Provides Sotetsu traffic information
- Add plugin
- Remove plugin
- City select of the weather forecast
| Item | Tested with |
|---|---|
| Raspberry Pi | Raspberry Pi Type B |
| Camera Module | Raspberry Pi Camera Module |
| HDMI Display | GECHIC ON-LAP 1302/J |
| Infrared Sensor | PARA Light PL-IRM2121-A538 |
| GPIO Connection | Bread board + Jumper cables |
| IR Controller | Apple Remote, IODATA HVT-BRC2 |
...and Internet connection (proxy supported).
You can execute on your PC, but camera featuture and IR controller feature are disabled. IR buttons are replaced with the following keys by keyboard:
| IR Button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| MENU | SPACE |
| CENTER | ENTER |
| TOP | ↑ |
| BOTTOM | ↓ |
| LEFT | ← |
| RIGHT | → |
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
# Parameters can be specified after the module name.
snd-bcm2835
lirc_dev
lirc_rpi gpio_in_pin=17 gpio_out_pin=18
# /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
#
# Arguments which will be used when launching lircd
LIRCD_ARGS="--uinput"
#Don't start lircmd even if there seems to be a good config file
#START_LIRCMD=false
#Don't start irexec, even if a good config file seems to exist.
#START_IREXEC=false
#Try to load appropriate kernel modules
LOAD_MODULES=true
# Run "lircd --driver=help" for a list of supported drivers.
DRIVER="default"
# usually /dev/lirc0 is the correct setting for systems using udev
DEVICE="/dev/lirc0"
MODULES="lirc_rpi"
# Default configuration files for your hardware if any
LIRCD_CONF=""
LIRCMD_CONF=""
# Recorded by mikan@GitHub
# Apple Remote 1
begin remote
name Apple
bits 8
flags SPACE_ENC|CONST_LENGTH
eps 30
aeps 100
header 9096 4622
one 527 1773
zero 527 645
ptrail 526
repeat 9099 2327
pre_data_bits 16
pre_data 0x77E1
post_data_bits 8
post_data 0xD0
gap 108873
toggle_bit_mask 0x3000
begin codes
MENU 0xC0
CENTER 0xA0
TOP 0x50
BOTTOM 0x30
LEFT 0x90
RIGHT 0x60
end codes
end remote
# Apple Remote 2
begin remote
name Apple2
bits 8
flags SPACE_ENC|CONST_LENGTH
eps 30
aeps 100
header 9084 4605
one 538 1758
zero 538 632
ptrail 538
repeat 9088 2314
pre_data_bits 16
pre_data 0x77E1
post_data_bits 8
post_data 0xFE
gap 108744
toggle_bit_mask 0xF000
begin codes
MENU 0xC0
CENTER 0xA0
UP 0x50
DOWN 0x30
LEFT 0x90
RIGHT 0x60
end codes
end remote
# IO-DATA HVT-BRC2
begin remote
name IODATA
bits 16
flags SPACE_ENC|CONST_LENGTH
eps 30
aeps 100
header 8935 4451
one 550 1676
zero 550 567
ptrail 547
pre_data_bits 24
pre_data 0x11748
gap 107580
min_repeat 1
# suppress_repeat 1
# uncomment to suppress unwanted repeats
toggle_bit_mask 0x84C
begin codes
POWER 0x004C
MENU 0x0A46
CENTER 0x064A
UP 0x0549
DOWN 0x0D41
LEFT 0x0B47
RIGHT 0x034F
BACK 0x014D
end codes
end remote
begin
remote = Apple
prog = irexec
button = MENU
config = /opt/ircex/cmd.sh MENU
end
begin
remote = Apple
prog = irexec
button = TOP
config = /opt/ircex/cmd.sh UP
end
begin
remote = Apple
prog = irexec
button = BOTTOM
config = /opt/ircex/cmd.sh DOWN
end
begin
remote = Apple
prog = irexec
button = CENTER
config = /opt/ircex/cmd.sh ENTER
end
begin
remote = Apple
prog = irexec
button = LEFT
config = /opt/ircex/cmd.sh LEFT
end
begin
remote = Apple
prog = irexec
button = RIGHT
config = /opt/ircex/cmd.sh RIGHT
end
begin
remote = IODATA
prog = irexec
button = MENU
config = /opt/ircex/cmd.sh MENU
end
begin
remote = IODATA
prog = irexec
button = CENTER
config = /opt/ircex/cmd.sh ENTER
end
begin
remote = IODATA
prog = irexec
button = UP
config = /opt/ircex/cmd.sh UP
end
begin
remote = IODATA
prog = irexec
button = DOWN
config = /opt/ircex/cmd.sh DOWN
end
begin
remote = IODATA
prog = irexec
button = LEFT
config = /opt/ircex/cmd.sh LEFT
end
begin
remote = IODATA
prog = irexec
button = RIGHT
config = /opt/ircex/cmd.sh RIGHT
end
#!/bin/sh
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 <command>"
exit 1
fi
#HOST="192.168.1.11"
HOST="localhost"
DIR="/opt/ircex/"
LOG="cmd.log"
EXE="python cmd.py"
#EXE="java -jar cmd.jar"
cd $DIR
echo "----------" >> $LOG
date >> $LOG
$EXE $1 $HOST >> $LOGChoise commander implementation and modify cmd.sh.
cmd.py is located here: https://github.com/mikan/ir-clock/blob/master/cmd/src/main/python/cmd.py
If you run on your company's network, place configuration file to you home directory. The name is "proxy.properties".
net.proxy.host=<HOST>
net.proxy.port=<PORT>
net.proxy.userid=<USER>
net.proxy.userpassword=<PASSWORD>-
Get newest version of
IRClockExtremeUI-1.0.jarfrom Releases page. -
Get icon file from here and place to
/home/pi/icon.png. -
Create
IRClockEx.desktopfile to/home/pi/Desktop/.
[Desktop Entry]
Name=IRClockEx
Name[en_GB]=IRClockEx
GenericName=IRClockExtreme
GenericName[en_GB]=IRClockExtreme
X-GNOME-FullName=IRClockExtreme
X-GNOME-FullName[en_GB]=IRClockExtreme
Exec=java -jar /home/pi/IRClockExtremeUI-1.0.jar
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=/home/pi/icon.png
X-GNOME-UsesNotifications=true
Path=/home/pi
Have fun!