Difference between revisions of "Provision Mac Mini Server as Last.fm Player"

Revision as of 21:33, 10 July 2010

I'm provisioning a Mac Mini to act as a Last.fm music player at Casa Mia Café in Charlottetown.

The end result, after all the pieces are in place, is that:

previously-registered customer enters café
their mobile device (iPhone, Blackberry, etc.) is detected via Bluetooth scanner
the devices's Bluetooth device address is used to look up customer's Last.fm username
the customer's Last.fm library is added to the rotation of playlists playing inside the café (until the customer leaves the café)

First boot.
Walk through Apple setup (language, keyboard, registration, etc.)
Download Microsoft Intellitype drivers from here to support my Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000.
Install Google Chrome as an alternative to Safari.
Under System Preferences | Sharing, turn on Screen Sharing (with password) and File Sharing to support remote usage.

Install Xcode (LightBlue won't install without it)
Install LightBlue (test using these examples)
Install haraldscan
- Change references to pysqlite2 to sqlite3 in haraldsql.py and haraldscan.py

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 I'm provisioning a Mac Mini to act as a [http://last.fm Last.fm] music player at [http://casamiacafe.ca Casa Mia Café] in Charlottetown.
+The end result, after all the pieces are in place, is that:
+* previously-registered customer enters café
+* their mobile device (iPhone, Blackberry, etc.) is detected via Bluetooth scanner
+* the devices's [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc510863.aspx Bluetooth device address] is used to look up customer's [http://last.fm Last.fm] username
+* the customer's Last.fm library is added to the rotation of playlists playing inside the café (until the customer leaves the café)
 == Mac Mini Setup ==