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Expected completion time of this lab: 

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20 min

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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


Note

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

Python 3.9

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Why?

All source code is written in Python. You need to install Python on your computer to run the source code.

Note

Make sure you add python.exe to your path during the installation process.

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  • Install the Python packages needed by the SmartMesh SDK by typing the following command:

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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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Note

We will not use that program until much later. Close it for now.



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If you get the following error when running Python:

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'python' is not recognized as an internal or 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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FTDI drivers

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FTDI is the make of a chip on the SmartMesh IP motes. You need the driver of that chip on your computer. This is normally already installed, so you can probably skip this step. On older Windows computers, this driver isn't included by default.


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On Windows, download and install the setup executable for easier use.

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