NPStat

NCurses Neopixel Status Indicator

Capture events to process as a neopixel color sequence.

A new local session event, shown as a blue color wipe

NCurses Console

NCurses Console Help

Dependencies

Debian

Install dependencies

$ apt-get install build-essential python-dev git scons swig python-yaml

Install rpi_ws281x

$ git clone https://github.com/jgarff/rpi_ws281x.git
$ cd rpi_ws281x
$ scons
$ cd python
$ sudo python setup.py install

Getting Started

Clone NPStat

$ git clone https://github.com/mgeitz/npstat.git $HOME/.npstat

Run NPStat

NPStat must be run as root

$ sudo python npstat.py  -i [input_pin] -b [brightness 1-255] -l [led_count]

All arguments are optional, defaults are sourced from config.yml

Examples

$ sudo python npstat.py -i 18 -b 200 -l 12

$ sudo python npstat.py

$ sudo python npstat.py --help

Arguments

Argument	Description
-i or --input	Neopixel input pin
-b or --brightness	Starting brightness
-l or --leds	Neopixel LED count
-h or --help	Display usage

Commands

Command	Description
F2	Set light profile to Status Indicator - wipe
F3	Toggle breath
PgUp	Increase brightness
PgDn	Decrease brightness
F11	Refresh screen
F12	Toggle help display

Contributing

View the section on how to contribute