florianbeck / rpi-utils

Some utility scripts for the RaspberryPi.

#RaspberryPi Utilities

The RaspberryPi Utilities bring two functions to your RaspberryPi:
$ wifi and $ shutdownbutton

With $ wifi you can toggle your wifi interface between acting as client (connect to existing wifi, get ip via dhcp) or accesspoint (create ad-hoc network).
The status of the interface is indicated by an led and there is a button for quick toggle between the two modes.

$ shutdownbutton provides a secure way to shutdown your RaspberryPi.

##Installation

Install the RaspberryPi Utilities from shell prompt:

wget https://github.com/florianbeck/rpi-utils/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip
./rpi-utils-master/install.sh

##Config There are some configuration options – like button and led pins – available in the rpi-utils.conf file.

##Hardware The RaspberryPi Utilities are designed to work with a little peace of hardware:
– push button and status led for $ wifi
– push button for $shutdownbutton

The default pins used by the script can be edited in the rpi-utils.conf file.

The buttons should bring the pin to ground. The leds anode should be connected to the pin, the cathode to ground.

##Usage

$ wifi

wifi - toggle between default and ad-hoc mode

usage: wifi set [default|adhoc]
       [default: wifi interface acts as client]
       [adhoc:   wifi interface acts as accesspoint]
usage: wifi toggle
       [toggle between default and adhoc]
usage: wifi config
       [edit wpa_supplicant.conf]
usage: wifi status
       [status info provided by ifconfig and iwconfig]
usage: wifi button [start|stop]
       [start/stop the button event listener]

$ shutdownbutton

shutdownbutton - button to trigger shutdown command

usage: shutdownbutton [start|stop]
       [start/stop the button event listener]