dash-rpi

Command line interface and update tools for SM Dashboard controller

Setup

Enable I2C communication first:

sudo raspi-config

A good article about I2C on Raspberry Pi can be found here.

If you use Ubuntu, you need to install raspi-config first:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install raspi-config

Make sure you have all the tools you need:

sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install git build-essential

Usage

Install the command:

cd
git clone https://github.com/SequentMicrosystems/dash-rpi.git
cd dash-rpi/
sudo make install

Now you can access all the functions of the Dashboard controller through the command "dash". Use -h option for help:

dash -h

If you clone the repository, any updates can be made with the following commands:

cd ~/dash-rpi/  
git pull
sudo make install