dnmellen / pyusbalarm

Monitor USB devices and trigger an action when any of them is unplugged

pyusbalarm

Monitor USB devices and trigger an action when any of them is unplugged. The action is defined by a Python function (payload).

This program is still under development and by this time it only provides a very limited functionality.

Licensing

BSD License

Requirements

List of required Python modules

• pyusb
• pygame

Features

• Check attached USB devices
• Perform an action when any device is unplugged
• Command line interface

Example of use

You must have root privileges to run this script (accessing usb info requires it)

bluesman@diego-workstation:~/workspace/pyusbalarm$ sudo python alarm.py 
* Exploring devices
USB Laser Mouse
24G Wireless Touchpad Keyboard
===================
Monitoring USB devices... (Press CTRL+C for exit)
Playing sound
Playing sound
^CYou Pressed CTRL+C

The example included in alarm.py first explores the attached USB devices. Then the program enters into an infinite loop to check if any device has been unplugged, if so, the payload will be called and the loop will continue checking all devices again after the payload execution. CTRL+C must be pressed to finish the program.

TODO

• PyQT4 GUI
• Implement something to configure alarms (read a config file or GUI)
• Add new payloads

pyusbalarm's Issues

ValueError: The device has no langid

When I execute the script this is the error I get:

File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/usb/util.py", line 314, in get_string
    raise ValueError("The device has no langid")
ValueError: The device has no langid

(I adapted the code to python3)

Any idea?