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# Protoflap
Controls the welcome room Vestaboard directly, bypassing their cloud.
![a split flap display with the words "PROTOFLAP BY PROTOSPACE"](media/signpic.jpg)
## Setup
SSH into the Vestaboard using the root key, ie:
```
$ ssh -i ~/.ssh/vestaboard root@10.139.85.133
```
### Script
Clone the script:
```
# git clone https://github.com/Protospace/protoflap.git
```
Test it:
```
# cd protoflap/
# python protoflap.py
```
### Supervisor
To run the script automatically, install supervisor:
```
# apt install supervisor
# touch /etc/supervisor/conf.d/protoflap.conf
# vim /etc/supervisor/conf.d/protoflap.conf
```
Set config to:
```
[program:protoflap]
user=root
directory=/root/protoflap
command=/usr/bin/python /root/protoflap/protoflap.py
stopsignal=INT
stopasgroup=true
killasgroup=true
autostart=true
autorestart=true
stderr_logfile=/var/log/protoflap.log
stderr_logfile_maxbytes=10MB
stdout_logfile=/var/log/protoflap.log
stdout_logfile_maxbytes=10MB
```
Load changes:
```
# supervisorctl reread; supervisorctl update
# supervisorctl status
```