Raspberry Pi Presence Light for Teams & Zoom

This project is a fork of Teams-Presence, extended to support Zoom using the Zoom Presence Indicator API.

For simplicity, I kept the indicator light to three colours:

• Red means the user is sharing their screen, i.e. presenting
• Pink means the user is in an active call, i.e. in a meeting
• Green means the user is not in a call, i.e. available

Zoom supported presence statuses

Status	Colour
Presenting
Do not disturb
In a calendar event
In a meeting
Available
Away
Presence unknown

Teams supported presence statuses

Status	Colour
Presenting
Busy
Do not disturb
In a call
In a conference call
In a meeting
Urgent interruptions only
Available
Away
Be right back
Inactive
Offline
Off work
Out of office
Presence unknown

Features

• Zoom support
• Indicator selector
• Auto-start scripts

Motivation

This app was created as part of a bigger project to display the presence status of a Zoom user on a Raspberry Pi integrated with a Unicorn pHAT. You can read the original blog post here.

Prerequisites

• A Raspberry Pi Zero W with a Unicorn pHAT attached
• Raspbian and Python3 installed on the Pi

Installation

git clone https://github.com/jonathanwelton/raspberry-pi-presence-light-for-teams-and-zoom.git
cd raspberry-pi-presence-light-for-teams-and-zoom
sudo ./install.sh

Usage

Zoom Presence Light

Start by configuring and deploying a version of the Zoom Presence Indicator API.

Store the configuration values for the API in a config.ini file at the root of this project with the following structure:

[presence_api] url = Zoom Presence Indicator API URL token = Zoom Presence Indicator API Verification Token

To start the Zoom Presence Indicator, execute:

sudo python3 start.py

and select option 2, or

sudo python3 autoStartZoom.py

if you want it to run automatically e.g. when the Pi boots.

Teams Presence Light

Start by configuring an Azure AD app to access your Teams presence, following this guide.

• In the API permissions section, add Presence.Read

• In the Authentication section, enable Treat application as a public client

• In the Overview section, take a note of the Client Id and Tenant Id

To start the Zoom Presence Indicator, execute:

sudo python3 start.py

and select option 1, or

sudo python3 autoStartTeams.py

if you want it to run automatically e.g. when the Pi boots.

The first time it runs you will need to provide your Client Id and Tenant Id, and then autheticate.