Pop up notifications for Ubuntu if there is an ISS pass or Iridium flare in the next one hour.
Work in progress for Mac OS X. Feel free to contribute :)
Use the terminal to execute these commands.
- PyNotify Use
sudo pip install pynotify - Mechanize Use
sudo pip install mechanize - Beautiful Soup Use
sudo pip install beautifulsoup
- Specify your heavens-above.com credentials in the iridiumFetch.py file.
- Add the two Python scripts to Crontab using the following steps:
- Terminal -> crontab -e
- Navigate to the bottom of the screen just after the lines that start with # sign.
- Enter the following lines.
0 * * * * env DISPLAY=:0 /usr/bin/python /home/userName/cronIridium.py@reboot /usr/bin/python /home/userName/iridiumFetch.py &
- Ctrl + O write these lines to the Cron table.
- Ctrl + X to close the Crontab.
This is how the notification for Iridium flares look like.
