Have Python 3 Installed
We assume you already have Python 3 installed on your computer. Note we do not support Python 2 - it's deprecated and no longer supported!
At your command line prompt of choice, check your Python version with python --version
Install Required Libraries
You will need to have a few libraries installed before the script will run on your computer.
Install Adafruit_Board_Toolkit:
pip3 install adafruit-board-toolkit
Install PySerial next:
pip3 install pyserial
Install The CircuitPython Mini MQTT Library:
pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-minimqtt
Copy rpc_ha_server.py and rpc.py onto the computer. You can either copy them out of the bundle that you downloaded in the MacroPad Setup step or if you have a Mac or Linux computer, you can use wget to copy them right off the web into your current folder:
wget https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Learning_System_Guides/raw/main/MacroPad_RPC_Home_Assistant/rpc_ha_server.py wget https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Learning_System_Guides/raw/main/MacroPad_RPC_Home_Assistant/rpc.py
