Install dawnDusk
The dawnDusk device sends an xPL message at dawn, sunrise, sunset and dusk.
Before all, make sure you have installed an xPL hub.
Contents
Install xPL dawnDusk device
Download the xPL device script.
Move the script to xPL scripts directory:
SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR=/home/control/Documents/Controls mv xpl-dawnDusk.pl $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR chown control:users $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR/*.pl chmod 775 $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR/*.pl
Test xPL dawnDusk device
Open a terminal window and launch the device:
SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR=/home/control/Documents/Controls $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR/xpl-dawnDusk.pl -v
Open a second 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
Open a third terminal window (on any machine with xPL installed) and monitor the xPL protocol:
SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR=/home/control/Documents/Controls $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR/xpl-send.pl -c dawnDusk.basic command=status query=all
The monitor should report dawn and dusk times for the current day.
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