The application should run on startup. Therefore, configure /usr/lib/systemd/user/main.service and also /home/<user>/.config/onboard.desktop, samples for both files can be found in this repository. Before enabling the service through the command systemctl --user enable main.service, you should set up an SSH connection to the PI. In case of failures rebooting from the command line is still possible. The application is starting in full window meaning there are no visual window icons for closing the application!

You can choose to run ConsumACup as a user service (recommended with logs) or as a system service (without logs):

This service would only apply to the user.

Rename the main.service_with_logs file to main.service and place it into usr/lib/systemd/user/ Now you can configure the autostart through the two commands:

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable main.service

This service would apply to the overall system.

place the main.service file into /lib/systemd/system/ Now you can configure the autostart through the two commands:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable main.service

Additionally, can place the onboard.desktop file in /home/<user>/.config/autostart to start the onboard keyboard at startup.

Clone this repository on your Raspberry Pi. Install all dependencies which are listed below. Run the main.py file.

pyqt5
pyodbc
numpy
...

ConsumACup consists of:

• back_end directory containing all back-end related files like the database manager
• front_end directory containing all front-end related files like the UI files created by the Qt Creator and the GUI mechanics
• main.py is the entry point of the application
• RUNTIME_CONFIG.py incorporates the DEBUG mode parameter