[Seb.26]

Hi world,
I plan run KODI on a PI3 and control it from PI's UART serial using an Arduino as exemple ... 

Is it actually possible or will I need to write a add-on 'in' KODI ?

The main goal is to launch / stop media like music album.

Thanks.

[popcornmix]

You can't control kodi directly but you can enter shell commands though uart (e.g. use kodi-send or texturecache.py which can control kodi) which the arduino can send.
You could also do the same through ssh if you have network access.

[Seb.26]

You can't control kodi directly but you can enter shell commands though uart (e.g. use kodi-send or texturecache.py which can control kodi) which the arduino can send.
You could also do the same through ssh if you have network access.

Thansk for you answer.

"kodi-send" looks great, does the shell used need to be root of anyuser is fine ?

Do you know where I could find more information about "--action=ACTION" please ?

Thanks a lot, this will probably allow me to do what I want

[Seb.26]

Looks like the action list is here : https://kodi.wiki/view/List_of_built-in_functions