[Mick Mooreland]

I have created a small programme in Python 3 (3.7.3) to monitor the supply voltage of the uninterruptible power supply (UPS). If the voltage is switched off, the system should be shut down in a controlled manner. 
  

• First I called KODI and the Python script from 'autostart' (/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart) and realised that only KODI is running and the script is not.
   Autostart: 
  @kodi 
  @lxterminal -e python3 /home/pi/pi4/python/usvStromPi3Status.py 
  @lxpanel --profile LXDE-pi 
  @pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE-pi 
  @xscreensaver -no-splash
  
• Then I called KODI from my script after running two monitoring loops. When KODI started, the script froze and continued exactly where it left off when KODI was stopped. 
  
• I then started KODI from the menu (Menu --> Entertainment media --> KODI) and, strangely enough, both programmes worked in parallel. 
  

 
So my question is: How can I get both programmes to start automatically and run in parallel? 
  
 
Running on: Raspi 4
Raspbian release: 10 Buster
Kodi Version: 18.7

[jbinkley60]

Your Python script needs to run as a service which can run in the background.


Jeff

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try the raspberry pi forum, this is more a system config than a kodi one
https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=294014

[jbinkley60]

try the raspberry pi forum, this is more a system config than a kodi one
https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=294014

Thanks.  I was making an assumption the questioner was trying to run the scripts within Kodi which, after reading again, may not be the case.


Jeff

[Mick Mooreland]

Thanx, Jeff.

I was thinking about, that I must run it somehow on another 'stage', but did not know how.
Found a good Documentation here:

https://gist.github.com/emxsys/a507f3cad...ac28e2990f

Only had to replace /usr/bin/python by /usr/bin/python3.7

Mick