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On a non Raspberry Pi (just an ordinary laptop, installed with 17.04) - I'm trying to run a Python script to control Pi's Remote GPIO, with no success.

pigpio module is installed as ordered in pigpio library.Installation was OK, and files are present designated directory.

When trying to load pigpio's daemon - sudo pigpiod, an error message recieved saying "file not found".

This is the first time I'm trying to use this daemon on a non RPi - perhaps I'm doing something wrong.

guy@LG-LAPTOP:~$ sudo pigpiod
[sudo] password for guy: 
sudo: pigpiod: command not found
guy@LG-LAPTOP:~$
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The pigpio daemon will only run on a Raspberry Pi.

You can connect to the daemon from a laptop to control the GPIO of the Raspberry Pi, e.g. via a Python script or C program.

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  • hi, it says "command not found", why? – guyd Aug 23 '17 at 03:42
  • @Guy.D I have no idea. What command? Where are you running that command? – joan Aug 23 '17 at 07:27
  • @joan- in the text of the question, there is an output. It was ran on PC using ubuntu 17.04. – guyd Aug 23 '17 at 07:41
  • Yes, and what does my answer say? – joan Aug 23 '17 at 07:42
  • from what I(!) understand from that output is pigpiod file/command , is not found. If I'm right- why is that ? it was installed properly. – guyd Aug 23 '17 at 07:48
  • Let me sharpen my question a bit: I have 3 RPis controlled by a Python script. On all RPis pigpiod run in order to be controlled remptely. Uptill now, one of the RPis, used to run the control script. All worked OK untill I tried to run that script on PC. Did you mean that on PC pigpiod is not needed, in order to control RPis ? – guyd Aug 23 '17 at 07:58
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    That is correct. On a non-Pi just run a Python script with import pigpio and open the remote Pi with pi = pigpio.pi("remote_host_name_or_IP_address") or use the environment variable PIGPIO_ADDR=remote_host_name_or_IP_address – joan Aug 23 '17 at 09:32
  • I see, so the script can be exactly the same when rans on Pi / PC. THNX! – guyd Aug 23 '17 at 09:34