rfid-sonos

An application to listen to keyboard inputs of a RFID reader to start playing playlist on Sonos speakers. Assign playlists to RFID cards and start playing music by scanning RFID cards.

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Requirements

Install on Raspberry Pi

Build the executable phar file:

box build

Install the phar file on the Raspberry as /home/pi/rfid-sonos.phar

Configuration

For a minimal setup you have to configure at least the Sonos room and which keyboard should be used:

~/rfid-sonos.phar config --room "Living Room" ~/rfid-sonos.phar config --keyboard /dev/input/event0

To test everything before running the systemd service, start the application manually:

~/rfid-sonos.phar run

If you scan a card that has not yet been assigned to a playlist you can do so:

~/rfid-sonos.phar assign --card 2,0,4,8,3,5,1,1,5,2 --playlist Fun

Install Systemd Service

Create /etc/systemd/system/rfid-sonos.service

[Service] Type=forking ExecStart=/home/pi/rfid-sonos.phar run StandardOutput=null Restart=on-failure StandardError=syslog User=pi [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Alias=rfid-sonos.service

Start the service:

sudo service rfid-sonos start