From 370a2f399eb56bcfd62bf1a9fcdb9cc9f35e0f87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Finn <finn@finn.io>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 13:12:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Removed absurd requirement that the script be run as root
 Included udev rule file and install instructions

---
 54-missilelauncher.rules | 1 +
 README.md                | 9 +++++----
 stormLauncher.py         | 4 +---
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 54-missilelauncher.rules
 mode change 100644 => 100755 stormLauncher.py

diff --git a/54-missilelauncher.rules b/54-missilelauncher.rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..677cc6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/54-missilelauncher.rules
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="2123", MODE="0664", GROUP="plugdev"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b3cbf65..ddfff2d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,15 +9,16 @@ There are a few projects for using older launchers in Linux, but I couldn't find
 This script requires PyUSB 1.0+, apt in Debian/Ubuntu installs 0.4.
 
 Also, on Debian\Ubuntu systems you need the __python-imaging-tk__
-    
-It also requires that you run it as root unless you want to spend an afternoon playing with udev rules :/
+
+
 
 ## Getting Started:
 
     git clone git@github.com:nmilford/stormLauncher.git
     cd stormLauncher
-    chmod +x stormLauncher.py
-    sudo ./stormLauncher.py
+    sudo cp 54-missilelauncher.rules /etc/udev/rules.d
+    sudo service udev restart
+    ./stormLauncher.py
 
 ## Usage:
 
diff --git a/stormLauncher.py b/stormLauncher.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6d36e1c..646aba9
--- a/stormLauncher.py
+++ b/stormLauncher.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def __init__(self):
 
    def turretUp(self, event):
       self.message1.set("Turret Up.")
-      self.dev.ctrl_transfer(0x21,0x09,0,0,[0x02,0x02,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00]) 
+      self.dev.ctrl_transfer(0x21,0x09,0,0,[0x02,0x02,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00])
 
    def turretDown(self, event):
       self.message1.set("Turret Down.")
@@ -121,6 +121,4 @@ def turretFire(self, event):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-   if not os.geteuid() == 0:
-       sys.exit("Script must be run as root.")
    launchControl().mainloop()