KVB Monitor

The aim of this project is to display departures to a LED RGB matrix.

Credits for rgbmatrix library: https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix

Installation/ Activation

1. apt-get install libjpeg9-dev
2. source bin/activate
3. To install all of the requirements enter: pip install -r requirements.txt.
4. To run the script, enter: sudo bin/python kvbmonitor.py

Note: root privileges required due to LED matrix.

Service

In order to activate the service and run it on every restart, execute:

1. sudo chmod +x service/matrix.sh to make the service executable.
2. sudo systemctl enable /home/pi/KVBMonitor/service/kvbmonitor.service to enable the daemon.

Any flags for configuring the matrix such as number of rows, number of columns, brightness etc. can be adjusted in service/matrix.sh.