So, here's a tool designed to make it easy to manage PiPlay from a Picade (mine's a maxi).

I mean, i really don't want a keyboard using a precious usb port when i could manage with the Picade's pseudo keyboard ;)
That usb port could then be used by a dongle, which could host the roms… :)
And well, there are those minor annoyances, like sound, network login, going through configuration files after a fresh install…
Doing this multiple times sounds super boring, should make it painless.
So that's it! ;)


« Quick Start »

Login on the Piplay raspberry, open a terminal, then :
- download latest version
$ wget -N http://repo.lateo.net/picade-piplay-setup
- install it
$ sudo ./picade-piplay-setup -U
- make sure the tool's version matches a tested PiPlay's one. Well, that's if you wan't to play it safe ; warriors should obviously overlook this step and hope for a failure.
$ sudo picade-piplay -v
- use it
$ sudo picade-piplay

Note : the tool creates backups of overwritten files.


I'll write more stuff so that the following page may look like a proper user guide. Well, i'm a lazy one so it will happen when it happens.
http://repo.lateo.net/ (then click the button mentionning RasPi stuff)

Note : Well, i'm french so… google translate may be your friend there :-p


Default actions are triggered by pushing a picade's button 3 times, then the «enter/start» button (front-left button).
just have a look at the scripts located at /home/pi/bin/
Current actions — you obviously have to be at shell prompt : push «escape» button (left panel button) :
- «ccc» to start PiPlay's GUI ;
- «CCC» to start/stop Piplay's web ui
- «xxx» and «XXX» will let you decide wheather you use the usb dongle as the source of your roms or not, if it should be mounted or not
- «vvv» to reboot, «VVV» to halt
- «WWW» to "update/rebuild" your picade-piplay config : forget any change you've done to the files provided (if any) and pick the latest stuff from the repo.

If your Picade's a Mini you may have to create symlinks of those with names containing characters that you can use using the mini's buttons. easy.
No you aren't limited to 3 chars, and no you don't have to use only one letter. It's my choice and it's easy enough for the little one using the picade beside me ;)

Note : i'm interested in knowing what characters you can use, let me know so i can provide a better default "picade mini actions layout" out of the box.

Note : i'm still using Piplay 0.8.0beta1 atm, so you may encounter weird issues if you're running a different version.


Finally : i'm interested by your "ultimate" config files too, since mine are "done fast", somehow doing the job ok.


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