node1: # name of the host. Arbitruary, it can be anything.
  ansible_host: 192.168.0.1 # IP address of the host
  serial: BS000001-3.0 # Run ansible-playbook main.yaml -t get-info to get this value for each node.

# Deploy everything !!
ansible-playbook main.yaml -t deploy
  # executes the following...
  # -t get-info
  # -t install
  # -t cpu-usage
  # -t internet-status
  # -t aliases

# Retrieve all Blinkstick information and serial number. Ensure the blinkstick is plugged into a USB slot before executing.
ansible-playbook main.yaml -t get-info

# Install all python library dependancies. Add or removes in the the python_packages list in main.yaml and re run this command to make the change on all nodes. 
ansible-playbook main.yaml -t install

# This roles uses the blinkstick python library to substitute the serial number from the ansible inventory and parse it as python. The script is then executed on the remote machines.
ansible-playbook main.yaml -t cpu-usage

# This roles uses the blinkstick python library to substitute the serial number from the ansible inventory and parse it as python. 
# A python script will continuously monitor the CPU percentage of the nodes and update the color accordingly.
ansible-playbook main.yaml -t internet-status

# Throw a party to celebrate getting everything installed.
ansible-playbook main.yaml -t rave

# Set the base color and brightness
ansible-playbook main.yaml -t base-config

# Or... pass the brightness and color inline using extra vars
ansible-playbook main.yaml -t base-config -e color=cyan -e brightness=50

# Turn all the Blinksticks off. (Useful for nighttime when you want to sleep. Use a cron to turn off automatically.)
ansible-playbook main.yaml -t off

# Creates aliases in either ~/.zprofile or ~/.bashrc, dynamically decided by the role.
ansible-playbook main.yaml -t aliases
  # The following aliases are added to either ~/.zprofile or ~/.bashrc....
  # blink-base
  # blink-day
  # blink-night
  # blink-rave
  # blink-off

vars:
  crons:
    day:   { minute: '0', hour: '8',  weekday: '*',   disabled: 'no', tag: 'base-config', brightness: '70', color: 'green' }
    night: { minute: '0', hour: '21', weekday: '*',   disabled: 'no', tag: 'base-config', brightness: '20', color: 'cyan' }
    rave:  { minute: '0', hour: '17', weekday: 'FRI', disabled: 'no', tag: 'rave',        brightness: '80', color: 'cyan' }

ansible-playbook cron.yaml

sys.exit(main()) File "/usr/local/bin/blinkstick", line 220, in main sticks = blinkstick.find_all() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/blinkstick/blinkstick.py", line 1566, in find_all result.extend([BlinkStick(device=d)]) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/blinkstick/blinkstick.py", line 217, in __init__ self.bs_serial = self.get_serial() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/blinkstick/blinkstick.py", line 283, in get_serial return self._usb_get_string(self.device, 3) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/blinkstick/blinkstick.py", line 221, in _usb_get_string return usb.util.get_string(device, index, 1033) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/usb/util.py", line 260, in get_string return buf[2:buf[0]].tostring().decode('utf-16-le') IndexError: array index out of range">

[email protected]:~/python38-env $ python3 --version
Python 3.9.2

[email protected]:~/python38-env $ sudo blinkstick --blink green
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/blinkstick", line 331, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/usr/local/bin/blinkstick", line 220, in main
    sticks = blinkstick.find_all()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/blinkstick/blinkstick.py", line 1566, in find_all
    result.extend([BlinkStick(device=d)])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/blinkstick/blinkstick.py", line 217, in __init__
    self.bs_serial = self.get_serial()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/blinkstick/blinkstick.py", line 283, in get_serial
    return self._usb_get_string(self.device, 3)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/blinkstick/blinkstick.py", line 221, in _usb_get_string
    return usb.util.get_string(device, index, 1033)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/usb/util.py", line 260, in get_string
    return buf[2:buf[0]].tostring().decode('utf-16-le')
IndexError: array index out of range

[email protected]:~/python38-env $ source ./bin/activate
(python38-env) [email protected]:~/python38-env $ python --version
Python 3.8.2

(python38-env) [email protected]:~/python38-env $ head -5 /usr/local/bin/blinkstick
#!/home/pi/python38-env/bin/python3

from optparse import OptionParser, IndentedHelpFormatter, OptionGroup
from blinkstick import blinkstick

(python38-env) [email protected]:~/python38-env $ sudo blinkstick --blink green
(python38-env) [email protected]:~/python38-env $

# Install python 3.8 on debian: https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-python-3-8-on-debian-10/

mkdir ~/python38-env && cd ~/python38-env
python3.8 -m venv .
source ./bin/activate

sudo apt-get install dos2unix
sudo pip install pyusb
sudo pip install blinkstick
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/blinkstick
sudo dos2unix /usr/local/bin/blinkstick