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= Software Location =
 
= Software Location =
  
http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/chris/source/ip-info/0.1
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https://github.com/ctyler/ip-info
  
= README =
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= License =
  
This software lets you determine your system's IP address without
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The software is licensed under the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html GPL version 2] or higher.
an attached video monitor. It was designed for use with the Raspberry
 
Pi computer, but may be used on many other types of systems.
 
  
This package provides two scripts and two services. The scripts are:
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= More Information =
  
1. ip-read :: reads the IP address over the system's speakers
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For additional information, see the README.md file on the github page.
 
 
This script finds the first non-loopback IPv4 address and reads it
 
aloud using espeak.
 
 
 
2. ip-flash :: flashes the IP address over the system LED
 
 
 
This script finds the first non-loopback IPv4 address and flashes
 
it on the system LED (/sys/class/leds/led0 by default).
 
 
 
* 1 - 9 short flashes indicate the digits 1 - 9
 
* 10 short flashes indicate the digit 0
 
* a long flash indicates an octet separator (dot)
 
* a brief pause separates digits
 
 
 
After ip-flash runs, the LED is reconnected to its original trigger
 
(mmc, wireless, etc).
 
 
 
 
 
Each of these scripts has a corresponding systemd unit file and
 
can be enabled to run on boot; these can be enabled with these
 
commands:
 
 
 
* systemctl enable ip-read.service
 
* systemctl enable ip-flash.service
 
 
 
Your feedback on these scripts is welcome; please contact the
 
author at:
 
 
 
    Chris Tyler <chris@tylers.info>
 
    ctyler on irc://irc.freenode.net/seneca
 

Latest revision as of 09:49, 26 March 2013

ip-info is a simple software package for determining IP address information without using a video monitor. The IP address can be displayed as flashes on the system LED or read over the system speakers using espeak.

Software Location

https://github.com/ctyler/ip-info

License

The software is licensed under the GPL version 2 or higher.

More Information

For additional information, see the README.md file on the github page.