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= Launch the xPL clock device at startup = | = Launch the xPL clock device at startup = | ||
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On Ubuntu, the xPL clock device starts-up once <code>xpl-hub_started</code> has been emitted. | On Ubuntu, the xPL clock device starts-up once <code>xpl-hub_started</code> has been emitted. | ||
− | Edit <code>/etc/init/xpl- | + | Edit <code>/etc/init/xpl-clock.conf</code>: |
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# xPL clock, sends ticks every minute | # xPL clock, sends ticks every minute |
Revision as of 15:30, 18 May 2014
Triggering events at given times in the day is done with the help of an xPL device sending time messages every minute.
Before all, make sure you have installed an xPL hub.
Contents
Install xPL clock device
Download the xPL device script.
Move the script to xPL scripts directory:
SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR=/home/control/Documents/Controls mv xpl-clock.pl $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR chown control:users $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR/*.pl chmod 775 $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR/*.pl
Test xPL clock device
Open a terminal window (on any machine with xPL installed) and monitor the xPL protocol:
SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR=/home/control/Documents/Controls $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR/xpl-monitor.pl -vf
The monitor should echo the clock ticks every minute.
Launch the xPL clock device at startup
The xPL clock device is to be launched after the xPL hub.
Ubuntu
On Ubuntu, the xPL clock device starts-up once xpl-hub_started
has been emitted.
Edit /etc/init/xpl-clock.conf
:
################################################################################ # xPL clock, sends ticks every minute # description "xPL clock" version "1.0" author "Francois Corthay" #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Configuration variables # env SCRIPTS_DIR='/home/control/Documents/Controls' env SCRIPT_NAME='xpl-clock.pl' env PARAMETERS='-n home' #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Start and stop conditions # start on xpl-hub_started stop on shutdown respawn setuid control setgid users #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Start daemon # exec $SCRIPTS_DIR/$SCRIPT_NAME $PARAMETERS
Start the device and check it is up and running:
su root service xpl-clock start service xpl-clock status initctl list | grep xpl
Mac OS
On Mac OS, the xPL clock device starts-up later than the hub.
Edit /Library/LaunchDaemons/xpl-clock.plist
:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>xPL clock</string> <key>OnDemand</key> <false/> <key>UserName</key> <string>control</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/Users/control/Documents/Controls/xpl-clock.pl</string> <string>-n</string> <string>home</string> <string>-w</string> <string>25</string> </array> </dict> </plist>
Start the device and check it is up and running:
su root launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/xpl-clock.plist launchctl list | grep -i xpl