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Remove absurd requirement that the script be run as root #4

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions 54-missilelauncher.rules
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SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="2123", MODE="0664", GROUP="plugdev"
9 changes: 5 additions & 4 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -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:

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4 changes: 1 addition & 3 deletions stormLauncher.py
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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.")
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if __name__ == '__main__':
if not os.geteuid() == 0:
sys.exit("Script must be run as root.")
launchControl().mainloop()