martinohanlon/BlueDot

auto run from Pi's Shell

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YXGuan commented

Hello Martin,

First of all, thank you for the amazing software!

My question: is there a way to pair Pi to my phone and run some Bluedot codes automatically every time Pi boots up?

The issue I have: it gives me an error when I tried to run my program from Pi's shell:
No module named blue dot

Here's a screenshot of my error:
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Could you help me out?

Thank you for your time.

ukBaz commented

I noticed that you did a pip3 (i.e. install it into your python3 setup) but then used the python command which by default will run python2.

Try using the python3 command instead.

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martinohanlon commented

I would encourage you to head to the Raspberry Pi Forum raspberrypi.org/forum you will get a faster response and there is a much larger group of people who can help you.

A few points:

  • as @ukBaz points out, you are trying to run your program using Python 2 e.g. python - use python3 instead e.g. python3 /home/pi/path_to_program.py
  • you only need to pair your phone once, you wont need to do it everytime the pi boots
  • the simplest way to get your program to boot is probably by adding the command to rc.local - if you search Im sure you will find a tutorial.

I am closing the issue as it isnt a bug with BlueDot.

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ukBaz commented

Apologies in advance to Martin for posting this, but there are various advantages to using systemd over rc.local. I find the following a useful reference:
https://blog.usedbytes.com/2019/11/run-at-startup-without-rc.local/

martinohanlon commented

Many many advantages of using systemd. The key disadvantage being that its a lot more complicated.

YXGuan commented

@martinohanlon @ukBaz
Thank you all, Martin and Barry. Like you guys suggested: python3 fix the problem.
Thanks again, it's really helpful.
Have a wonderful day!

YXGuan commented

Keep up the good work!