Issue with export FLASK_APP=rmcontrol; python -m flask initdb

[luketoh]

pi@hassbian:/home/rmcontrol $ export FLASK_APP=rmcontrol; python -m flask initdbTraceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
"main", fname, loader, pkg_name)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
exec code in run_globals
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Flask-0.12-py2.7.egg/flask/main.py", line 15, in
main(as_module=True)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Flask-0.12-py2.7.egg/flask/cli.py", line 507, in main
cli.main(args=args, prog_name=name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Flask-0.12-py2.7.egg/flask/cli.py", line 374, in main
return AppGroup.main(self, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/click-6.7-py2.7.egg/click/core.py", line 697, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/click-6.7-py2.7.egg/click/core.py", line 1066, in invoke
return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/click-6.7-py2.7.egg/click/core.py", line 895, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/click-6.7-py2.7.egg/click/core.py", line 535, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/click-6.7-py2.7.egg/click/decorators.py", line 17, in new_func
return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Flask-0.12-py2.7.egg/flask/cli.py", line 251, in decorator
return __ctx.invoke(f, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/click-6.7-py2.7.egg/click/core.py", line 535, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "rmcontrol/init.py", line 44, in initdb_command
init_db()
File "rmcontrol/init.py", line 32, in init_db
db = get_db()
File "rmcontrol/init.py", line 65, in get_db
g.sqlite_db = connect_db()
File "rmcontrol/init.py", line 53, in connect_db
db = sqlite3.connect(os.path.join(app.root_path, 'database/rmcontrol.db'))
sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file

[luketoh]

By the way, I checked this folder and there isn't a rmcontrol.db file.

pi@hassbian:/home/rmcontrol/rmcontrol/database $ ls
schema.sql

Maybe I something else didn't work and this database hadn't been created?

[luketoh]

I had some breakthrough, but it still isn't working or maybe I'm not understanding how it works. Anyway, I am running this on a Raspberry Pi. So the default user is pi. But when installing, I think most of the directories etc belong to root. So tried to chown -R pi:pi /home/rmcontrol/* and then tried the

export FLASK_APP=rmcontrol; python -m flask initdb

and this time it said the database was created.

but now when I try to run the script, I can get to the webpage, but I don't see anything happening. How do I do a simple test to know if everything is working as it should?

[ericmagnuson]

Ahh, good call on the permissions.

If you see the "New command name", everything should be running correctly. Enter a name for your command, click the "+" sign, and then fire the remote toward your RM to learn the command (you will have 5 seconds after you click the "+" sign to fire the remote command). If the command was successfully learned, you will see it appear in the list above. Here's mine for example.

I apologize for the back usability. I wrote the front-end pretty quickly, and it definitely needs improvement.

Note: RM Control won't load commands from the official eControl app — you will have to teach RM Control all of the commands you'd like to use.

[luketoh]

@ericmagnuson thanks for creating this script though! Really useful now that I got to understand how to use it more. I have a question: How do you "patch" using the front end web ui? I understand how to enter the command and capture the remote code, as well as firing the code by clicking on a saved command. I also know how to delete an existing command, but there doesn't seem to be an easy way to "update/patch" an existing command and remote code?

Also one last question, is there a limit to the code length? I keep getting errors from my RF remote, but no issues with a TV remote using IR. No problem capturing the code...just errors appear when firing the code already saved in the database.

[ericmagnuson]

@luketoh The patch API method hasn't yet been integrated on the front-end. That's high on the to-do list, though!

AFAIK, there is no limit to the code length. What error do you see in the console of the web app when you try to fire an RF code?

[jeylites]

@ericmagnuson @luketoh I'm a little confuse, what should I be doing after ~ $ sudo python setup.py install

I ran export FLASK_APP=rmcontrol; python -m flask initdb but getting the following error. So I did what Luke said to ran -R pi:pi /home/rmcontrol/* still no joy.

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ git clone https://github.com/ericmagnuson/rmcontrol.git && cd rmcontrol
fatal: destination path 'rmcontrol' already exists and is not an empty directory.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo python setup.py install
python: can't open file 'setup.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ export FLASK_APP=rmcontrol; python -m flask initdb
/usr/bin/python: No module named flask.__main__; 'flask' is a package and cannot be directly executed
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ 

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo -R pi:pi /home/rmcontrol/*
sudo: invalid option -- 'R'
usage: sudo -h | -K | -k | -V
usage: sudo -v [-AknS] [-g group] [-h host] [-p prompt] [-u user]
usage: sudo -l [-AknS] [-g group] [-h host] [-p prompt] [-U user] [-u user]
            [command]
usage: sudo [-AbEHknPS] [-r role] [-t type] [-C num] [-g group] [-h host] [-p
            prompt] [-u user] [VAR=value] [-i|-s] [<command>]
usage: sudo -e [-AknS] [-r role] [-t type] [-C num] [-g group] [-h host] [-p
            prompt] [-u user] file ...