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To get started, edit your config.json and execute StartSmartDoor. It should operate correctly on 2.7 or 3.2.

sudo python3.2 StartSmartDoor.py

Why must I start SmartDoor with sudo?

SmartDoor makes use of GPIO pins and super user rights are required on the Raspberry Pi.

Overview

• SmartDoor.py is responsible for the camera and cloud upload features.
• SmartDoorHost.py is the hosting service that runs SmartDoor.py as a long running process.
• SmartDoorConfig.py is a service to read the JSON configuration.
• StartSmartDoor.py allows you to start the SmartDoorHost.py asynchronously so it can exit and leave SmartDoorHost.py running.
• MonitorSmartDoor.py is used to pgrep your processes for any SmartDoorHost.py processes.
• KillSmartDoor.py is used to terminate SmartDoorHost.py in a graceful way.