Mouse wiggler for the PiKVM.
This is for where you have a system which you use via PiKVM which enacts a screen-saver, sleep or shutdown which you cannot change for whatever reason. pikvm-mouse-wiggle will connect to your PiKVM's API and simulate a mouse wiggle, just as if you'd uploaded a script via PiKVM's web console.
You can get USB dongles that perform this wiggling for you, but for PiKVM users this option is cheaper.
Installation is via PyPI:
pip install pikvm-mouse-wiggle
This will give you the main script, pikvm-mouse-wiggle, and the pikvm_mouse_wiggle Python module.
To start mouse-wiggling, specify the IP address (or hostname) of your PiKVM host, and the username and password you use to log into the web interface:
pikvm-mouse-wiggle -H 192.168.0.10 -u admin -p MyPassw0rd123
The script will now move the mouse by a few pixels every 120 seconds. Note that absolute positioning is currently used, so you may find the mouse movement annoying. To remedy this, increase the delay with --delay <seconds>.
Full usage:
usage: pikvm-mouse-wiggle [-h] -H HOSTNAME [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] [-d DELAY]
Mouse wiggler for PiKVM
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-H HOSTNAME, --hostname HOSTNAME
Hostname or IP address of the PiKVM device
-u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
Username for PiKVM web interface
-p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
Password for PiKVM web interface
-d DELAY, --delay DELAY
Delay between mouse wiggles
You can also wiggle via Python directly if you so choose. Here's an example:
from pikvm_mouse_wiggle import wiggle
wiggle(
"hostname",
"admin",
"MyPassw0rd123",
120,
)MIT Licence