QLab GoButton over LAN (or WiFi [optional])

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Task:

  • QLab steuern von Ort, der nicht mit USB erreichbar ist.

Zutaten:
– Raspberry Pi 4 (or 3)
– Motospeed K24 Numblock (or any other numblock with USB cable connection)
– SD Card (4GB or more) with Raspbian [with Desktop]
– a Display / Monitor (needed just for the Setup – the final GoButton does not need any Display)
– an Ethernet Cable (100M or 1000M, so cat5 is ok)

How To:

install raspbian with raspberry pi imager :

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-imager-imaging-utility/
choose Raspberry Pi OS with Desktop (!) [Recommended] and flash it to a SD card

start the Pi with a display attached on hdmi port to the Desktop environment

install PureData via terminal:
– start the terminal clicking on the terminal button in the dock/menubar

– for beginners (easy version) execute the command:
$ sudo apt-get install -y puredata

– for advanced users – compile the latest version of pd from miller puckett’s site ( see how to install pd section here: https://ton.zimt.at/?p=535 )

download my QLab LanButton patch to the Desktop from github (in terminal)

$ cd ~/Desktop

git clone ….

add the puredata patch to your RaspberryPi’s autostart