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Photoboy key trigger
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photobox-trigger.service
# /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/photobox-trigger.service
[Unit]
Description=Photobox Trigger Service
After=multi-user.target
[Service]
Type=idle
User=pi
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /home/pi/photobox/trigger.py
Restart=on-failure
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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trigger.py
from evdev import InputDevice, ecodes
import sys
import os
KEYBOARD = "/dev/input/event0"
device = InputDevice(KEYBOARD)
for event in device.read_loop():
if event.type == ecodes.EV_KEY:
if((event.code == ecodes.KEY_PAGEDOWN or event.code == ecodes.KEY_ENTER) and event.value == 0 ):
os.system("echo hi")
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