ChristmasVillage.io Relay Controller

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About

This repository controls the light relays of the Christmas Village & Trains. The relay_controller.py runs on the raspberry pi.

Setup

• Create a virtual environment in the repo folder:virtualenv -p python3 venv
• Activate virtualenv
  • Linux & Mac: source venv/bin/activate
  • Windows: source venv/Scripts/activate
• Install dependencies pip install -r requirements.txt

Create a Custom Sequence

To create a custom sequence create a git branch for your work, then you can create a Pull Request (PR) to merge it into the repo.

Look at the community_sequences/example_sequence.txt to see a simple example of how to create a light show sequence.

Valid sequence commands: ON, OFF, SLEEP, START_LOOP, END_LOOP
Valid Pins/Lights: TREE, SANTA_HOUSE, POST_OFFICE, ELVES_BUNK, REINDEER_STABLES, TRAIN, C9

Basic example to turn on and off the TREE light

ON TREE
SLEEP 1
OFF TREE
SLEEP 1

Turn multiple pins/lights on or off:

ON TREE SANTA_HOUSE POST_OFFICE
SLEEP 2
OFF TREE SANTA_HOUSE POST_OFFICE
SLEEP 1

Loop example:

START_LOOP 10
    ON TREE
    SLEEP 0.25
    OFF TREE
    SLEEP 0.25
END_LOOP