Wedding Phone Service

An app to record audio guest book entries with a retro phone.

💾 Setup for Raspberry Pi as a Service

This section explains how to manage the wedding-phone.service using systemctl.

Clone the repository

Clone this repository to your Raspberry Pi. And setup a new service file.

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/wedding-phone.service

Add the following content to the service file and make sure to change the ExecStart line to point to the location of run.py on your Pi.

[Unit]
Description=Run Python Script on Boot
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /home/wedding/Development/phone-guest-book/run.py
WorkingDirectory=/home/wedding/Development/gpio-test
StandardOutput=inherit
StandardError=inherit
Restart=always
User=wedding

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Connect the GPIO pins

Connect the receiver pins to the GPIO pins as follows:

• GPIO 4 --> Pull-down resistor (10kΩ) --> GND
• GPIO 4 --> switch side 1
• switch side 2 --> 3.3V

Use USB Sound Card

Use a USB Sound Card to connect the reciever microphone and speaker.

For example the Icy Box IB-AC527

Starting the Service

To start the wedding-phone service, use the following command:

sudo systemctl start wedding-phone.service

Stopping the Service

To stop the wedding-phone service, use the following command:

sudo systemctl stop wedding-phone.service

Checking the Service Status

To check the status of the wedding-phone service, use the following command:

sudo systemctl status wedding-phone.service

Enabling the Service on Boot

To enable the wedding-phone service to start automatically on boot, use the following command:

sudo systemctl enable wedding-phone.service

Disabling the Service on Boot

To disable the wedding-phone service from starting automatically on boot, use the following command:

sudo systemctl disable wedding-phone.service

Restarting the Service on run.py Change

If you need to make changes to the script, remember to restart the service:

sudo systemctl restart wedding-phone.service

Viewing Logs

To view the logs of the wedding-phone service, use the following command:

sudo journalctl -u wedding-phone.service

💬 Contact

EMBRIO.tech
hello@embrio.tech

🔏 License

The code is licensed under the MIT License