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Expected completion time of this lab:

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20 min

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Note

Every time you see C:\Users\Thomas\Desktop\ in these instructions, replace it with the correct path for your desktop.

Download Source Code

  • Download the following code on your computer's desktop:

What?

Why?

Where?

SmartMesh SDK

A collection of programs to interact with your SmartMesh IP network

https://github.com/dustcloud/smartmeshsdk/tree/develop

Notetip

Note that we are using Git branch "develop", which is the one that currently supports Python 3.

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How do I download?

The links above point to source repositories on Github.com. To download the code, click on:

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  • Unzip the source code on your computer's desktop

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C:\Users\Thomas\Desktop\smartmeshsdk-develop>pip install -r requirements.txt

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What is pip?

pip is a utility which comes with Python, and which automatically downloads and installs packages listed in a requirements.txt file.

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When am I done?

Double-click on C:\Users\Thomas\Desktop\smartmeshsdk-master\app\JsonServer\JsonServer.py to verify the program starts well:

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We will not use that program until much later

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, close it for now.


Warning

test

If you get the following error when running Python, make sure the Python executable path is present in you system PATH variable:

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'python' is not recognized as an internal
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of external command
make sure the Python executable path is present in you system PATH variable.
Node-RED
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Why?
You will use Node-RED (https://nodered.org/) to connect your SmartMesh IP network to different back-end systems, and build a dashboard.
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