edgarharutyunyan02/smart-home-python

Smart home gateway app for running on Raspberry PI.

Smart-home Python

This software is a gateway for smart home devices. It is currently in beta and it's still being actively developed.

Prerequisites

• Python ^3.7
• Raspberry PI 3 Model B or newer (with the latest updates).
• Firebase serviceAccountCreds (for authenticating to Firebase Admin).

How to run this program.

• Update your Linux repositories by running.

  sudo apt update
  

• In terminal run this command to install Python and necessary tools.

  sudo apt install python-dev python3 python3-pip python3-numpy
  

• Install necessary libraries with this command.

  sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
  

• Configure environment variables in .env.default file and rename it to .env

• Run the program with sudo privileges (sudo is required for GPIO pins to be controlled).

  sudo python3 app.py
  

• To run the program at startup, create a cronjob for root user by running sudo crontab -e and add this line (change the paths accordingly).

  @reboot sh /home/pi/smart-home-python/smart_home_launcher.sh >/home/pi/smart-home-python/smart_home.log 2>&1