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= What =
= What =
Workstation in Zaal 2. It has a barcode scanner which can be used for [[Parts|Partkeepr]].
Workstation in Zaal 2. It has a [[Honeywell Voyager Barcode Scanner|barcode scanner]] which can be used for [[Parts|Partkeepr]].
= Auto shutdown =
= Auto shutdown =
We want this machine to shutdown when space is closed. We check MQTT for this in a simple python script. We use paho, so let's install that:
We want this machine to shutdown when space is closed. We check MQTT for this in a simple python script. We use paho, so let's install that:

Revision as of 19:17, 1 February 2020

PartsPC
IMG 20190105 215626.jpg
Owner Space
Status Working
Hostname partspc.dhcp.nurd.space
Location Zaal 2
Tool No
Tool category

PartsPC

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What

Workstation in Zaal 2. It has a barcode scanner which can be used for Partkeepr.

Auto shutdown

We want this machine to shutdown when space is closed. We check MQTT for this in a simple python script. We use paho, so let's install that:

apt-get install python-paho-mqtt

Normally the script would ask for a password to execute the shutdown command. We can avoid this with following line in /etc/sudoers (use visudo for this):

hark harktv =NOPASSWD: /bin/systemctl poweroff

Now we just run a cronjob every 5 minutes:

*/5 * * * * ~/space_status_shutdown.py