devicectrl-input

Client for sending update requests generated from input events from physical devices like keyboards.

Configuration

Example:

{
"server_connection": {
"server_addr": "10.0.1.1:8894",
"server_domain": "something.local",
"server_ca_path": "/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ca.crt",
"cert_path": "/etc/ssl/certs/local.pem",
"key_path": "/etc/ssl/private/local.key"
},
"response_timeout": { "secs": 1, "nanos": 0 },
"actions": [
[
{
"key": "BTN_LEFT",
"value": 1,
"device_names": ["Kensington Kensington USB Keyboard"]
},
[{ "ActivateScene": "night" }]
],
[
{
"key": "KEY_LEFT",
"value": 1,
"device_names": ["Kensington Kensington USB Keyboard"]
},
[
{
"Update": {
"device_id": "switch",
"change_to": { "Switch": "On" }
}
},
{
"Update": {
"device_id": "small-palmtree",
"change_to": {
"LedStrip": { "Brightness": { "Percent": 1 } }
}
}
}
]
]
]
}

Running

Simply execute:

CONFIG_PATH=config.toml cargo run

Or use the provided systemd service:

cargo build --release
sudo install -m 755 ./target/release/devicectrl-input /usr/local/bin/
sudo install -m 644 devicectrl-input.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now devicectrl-input