#!/usr/bin/python

from Adafruit_CharLCDPlate import Adafruit_CharLCDPlate
from subprocess import *
from time import sleep, strftime
from datetime import datetime

lcd = Adafruit_CharLCDPlate()

cmd = "ip addr show wlan0 | grep inet | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d/ -f1"

lcd.begin(16,1)

def run_cmd(cmd):
        p = Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
        output = p.communicate()[0]
        return output

while 1:
        col = (lcd.RED, lcd.YELLOW, lcd.GREEN, lcd.TEAL, lcd.BLUE, lcd.VIOLET, lcd.ON)
        for c in col:
			lcd.backlight(c)
			lcd.clear()
			ipaddr = run_cmd(cmd)
			lcd.message(datetime.now().strftime('%b %d  %l:%M %p\n'))
			lcd.message('IP %s' % ( ipaddr ) )
			sleep(60)