But it works! Many iterations .. almost perfect

Record player is going to be re-printed at a higher quality.

• Put a printed image on the player, and it plays the album
• Move the arm, and the next track will be played
• Press upper white button, and the music will pause/resume
• Press lower button … ??? Don’t know yet

Updated python client (see previous posts)

import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
import urllib.request
import time

last_message_time = {}

IGNORE_SECONDS = 1

def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
    print("Connected with result code {0}".format(str(rc)))
    client.subscribe("spotify/rfid/idlms")
    client.subscribe("spotify/rfid/but1")
    client.subscribe("spotify/rfid/but2")
    client.subscribe("spotify/rfid/arm")


def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
    now = time.time()

    # Ignore duplicate messages on the same topic within 1 second
    if msg.topic in last_message_time:
        if now - last_message_time[msg.topic] < IGNORE_SECONDS:
            print("Ignoring message:", msg.topic)
            return

    last_message_time[msg.topic] = now

    print("Message received-> " + msg.topic + " " + str(msg.payload))

    if msg.topic == "spotify/rfid/idlms":
        urllib.request.urlopen(
            "http://LYRION_SERVER:9000/anyurl?p0=playlistcontrol&p1=album_id:"
            + msg.payload.decode().strip('\x00\r\n ')
            + "&p2=cmd:load&player=00:04:20:16:d9:04"
        )

    elif msg.topic == "spotify/rfid/but1":
        # change but1 action here
        urllib.request.urlopen(
            "http://LYRION_SERVER:9000/anyurl?p0=pause&player=00:04:20:16:d9:04"
        )

    elif msg.topic == "spotify/rfid/but2":
        # change but2 action here
        urllib.request.urlopen(
            "http://LYRION_SERVER:9000/anyurl?p0=pause&pt=1&player=00:04:20:16:d9:04"
        )

    elif msg.topic == "spotify/rfid/arm":
        # change arm action here
        urllib.request.urlopen(
            "http://LYRION_SERVER:9000/status.html?p0=button&p1=jump_fwd&player=00:04:20:16:d9:04"
        )


client = mqtt.Client("lmsclient")
client.on_connect = on_connect
client.on_message = on_message

client.connect('MQTTSERVER', 1883)
client.loop_forever()

Wemos INO file

#include <Arduino.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <MFRC522.h>
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <WiFiClient.h>
#include <PubSubClient.h>
#define SS_PIN 15
#define RST_PIN 0

const int buttonPin1 = D1;  
const int buttonPin2 = D2;   

int buttonState1 = 0; 
int buttonState2 = 0; 

MFRC522 mfrc522(SS_PIN, RST_PIN);
  MFRC522::StatusCode status; //variable to get card status
  
  byte buffer[18];  //data transfer buffer (16+2 bytes data+CRC)
  byte size = sizeof(buffer);

  uint8_t pageAddr = 0x06;  //In this example we will write/read 16 bytes (page 6,7,8 and 9).
                            //Ultraligth mem = 16 pages. 4 bytes per page.  
                            //Pages 0 to 4 are for special functions.           
  
unsigned long cardId = 0;
WiFiClient net;
PubSubClient client(net);
const char* mqtt_server = "MQTTBROKER";
const char* ssid = "MYSSID";
const char* password = "MYWIFIPASWORD";
String topicStr = "";
byte buffer2[8];

boolean Rflag=false;
int r_len;
char payload[5];
byte value[5];
void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
    pinMode(buttonPin1, INPUT_PULLUP);
    pinMode(buttonPin2, INPUT_PULLUP  );

  SPI.begin();
  mfrc522.PCD_Init();
  WiFi.mode(WIFI_AP_STA);
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  client.setServer(mqtt_server, 1883);
     delay(100);
    client.setCallback(callback);
      delay(100);
    client.subscribe("spotify/rfid/in/#");
}
void reconnect() {
  while (WiFi.waitForConnectResult() != WL_CONNECTED) {
  }
  while (!client.connected()) {
    String clientId = "rfid-";
    clientId += String(random(0xffff), HEX);
    if (!client.connect(clientId.c_str(), "rfidclient", "...")) {
      delay(5000);
    }
  }
  client.subscribe("spotify/rfid/in/#");
}
void callback(char* topic, byte* payload, unsigned int length) {
  Serial.print(F("Called"));
   Rflag=true; //will use in main loop
   r_len=length; //will use in main loop
   int j=0;
     for (j;j<length;j++) {
       buffer2[j]=payload[j];
       //Serial.print((char)payload[j]);
       }
if (r_len < 3) {
  Rflag=false;
  Serial.print(F("Set false"));
}
buffer2[j]='\0'; //terminate string
}

void loop() {
    if (!client.connected()) {
    reconnect();
  }

buttonState1 = digitalRead(buttonPin1);
  //Serial.print(buttonState1);
  if (buttonState1 == 0 ) {
    client.publish("spotify/rfid/but1", "0");
  }
buttonState2 = digitalRead(buttonPin2);
  //Serial.println(buttonState2);
  if (buttonState2 == 0 ) {
    client.publish("spotify/rfid/but2", "0");
  }

int reading = analogRead(0);
  //Serial.println(reading);
  if (reading > 500 ) {
    client.publish("spotify/rfid/arm", "0");
  }
  
  client.loop();
  if (!mfrc522.PICC_IsNewCardPresent()) {
    return;
  }
  if (!mfrc522.PICC_ReadCardSerial()) {
    return;
  }
if (Rflag) {
        for (int i=0; i < 4; i++) {
    //data is writen in blocks of 4 bytes (4 bytes per page)
    status = (MFRC522::StatusCode) mfrc522.MIFARE_Ultralight_Write(pageAddr+i, &buffer2[i*4], 4);
    if (status != MFRC522::STATUS_OK) {
      return;
    }
    
  }
  Rflag=false;
}

  cardId = getCardId();
  char buffer3[10];
  sprintf(buffer3, "%lu", cardId);
  client.publish("spotify/rfid/id", buffer3);

  status = (MFRC522::StatusCode) mfrc522.MIFARE_Read(pageAddr, buffer, &size);
  if (status != MFRC522::STATUS_OK) {
    Serial.println(F("MIFARE_Read() failed: (R)"));
    Serial.println(mfrc522.GetStatusCodeName(status));
    return;
  }

  Serial.println(F("Read data: "));
  for (byte i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
    Serial.write(buffer[i]);
       buffer2[i]=buffer[i];
    }
       
  client.publish("spotify/rfid/idlms", buffer,5);
  delay(1000);
  mfrc522.PICC_HaltA();
}

unsigned long getCardId() {
  byte readCard[4];
  for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
    readCard[i] = mfrc522.uid.uidByte[i];
  }
  return (unsigned long)readCard[0] << 24
    | (unsigned long)readCard[1] << 16
    | (unsigned long)readCard[2] << 8
    | (unsigned long)readCard[3];
}