THIS PROJECT IS NOT MAINTAINED ANYMORE SINCE THERE IS A NEW REWRITE IN BASED OF NODE.JS, CHECKOUT THE REPOSITORY: DESKBLUEZ
Connects to a low energy actuator system via bluetooth and allows remote control via command line or internal managed interface.
Other devices may also work.
The code needs an executable bluepy-helper
to be compiled from C source. This is done
automatically if you use the recommended pip installation method (see below). Otherwise,
you can rebuild it using the Makefile in the bluepy
directory.
To install the current released version, on most Debian-based systems:
$ sudo apt-get install python-pip libglib2.0-dev
On Fedora do:
$ sudo dnf install python-pip glib2-devel
For Python 3, you may need to use pip3
:
$ sudo apt-get install python3-pip libglib2.0-dev
sudo pip install bluedesk
To use the command without
sudo
run this command:
sudo setcap 'cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin+eip' /usr/local/lib/(python3.7 OR your version)/dist-packages/bluepy/bluepy-helper
where python3.7 is relative to your current used version.
$ bluedesk -h
usage: bluedesk [-h] {connect} ...
Controls lower energy actuator systems (office desks) via bluetooth.
positional arguments:
{connect}
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
$ bluedesk connect
Scanning ...
[?] Choice device: Desk 8721 [e4:d1:a7:xx:xx:xx]
> Desk 8721 [e4:d1:a7:xx:xx:xx]
None [02:c3:85:xx:xx:xx]
Device: e4:d1:a7:xx:xx:xx connected successfully.
Note: After the desk is connected, the CLI tool should provide additional actions:
usage: bluedesk [-h] {connect,disconnect,up,down,move} ...
Controls lower energy actuator systems (office desks) via bluetooth.
positional arguments:
{connect,disconnect,up,down,move}
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
$ bluedesk up
OR
$ bluedesk down
$ bluedesk move --to 50
This command will move the desk to the 50% height