hueStudyBreakTimer

blink hue lights and show desktop notification

I tend to forget making breaks, so I created this little script to remind me ever hour to make a break by blinking my lights and showing a desktop notification.

Prerequisites

• huePyApi (Github)
• made for MacOS

Installation

python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/Felix-Pi/huePyApi

Configuration

Configuration is pretty easy. config.py contains ip and api_key of the philips hue bridge.

hueStudyBreakTimer.py contains the timers parameter

hueStudyBreakTimer.sh contains path to hueStudyBreakTimer.py

Creation of api_key is not part of this script (More information: Hue API)

hueStudyBreakTimer.sh

Change path

config.py

ip = '' #hue bridge ip address
api_key = '' #hue bridge api key

hueStudyBreakTimer.py

    hue = Hue(ip=ip, api_key=api_key, notification=True) #notification can be turned on/off

    hue.timer(room_id=1, planned_runtime_in_hours=10, learn_perioud_in_min=60, break_perioud_in_min=5)

Usage

Usage: hueStudyBreakTimer.sh [OPTIONS]

  starts hueStudyBreakTimer

Options:
  stop     stops hueStudyBreakTimer

Create desktop icon with automator

Action > execute shell script

start

sh PATH/hueStudyBreakTimer.sh &>/dev/null &

stop

sh PATH/hueStudyBreakTimer.sh stop