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The Smart Building Canopy
The canopy network consist consists of a number of SmartMesh IP networks deployed throughout your building, all connect to the IBM Watson IoT platform.
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Building your Gateway
Architecture
This diagram shows what you will run on your gateway
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Start the JsonServer
From Part 1: Your First Standalone Network, write down the fourth serial port of your manager. This is your manager's API port (not CLI):
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Configure Node-RED
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Start Node-RED on your local machine by typing
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Throughout the following labs you will:
- attach sensors to you mote
- deploy the mote in your building so it joins the canopy network
- create your own account on IBM Bluemix and start an Node-RED instance which runs continuously
- build a web interface using Node-RED
- interact with your mote(s) from your phone
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Visualizing the Network Topology
- Open https://makeamesh.eu-gb.mybluemix.net/, i.e. the web front-end of the "makeamesh" server running on IBM Bluemix
- Once all groups have connected to the IBM Watson IoT Platform, you You will see a topology similar to the following:
See Motes in the Watson IoT Web Interface
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