On your computer, you will run both the JsonServer and Node-RED programs:

• JsonServer is the program that connects to the API serial port of your manager and offers an HTTP interface

• Node-RED interacts with the JsonServer over HTTP and offers a graphical user interface

JsonServer

• Double-click on smartmeshsdk\app\JsonServer\JsonServer.py. The application starts

• The h command allows you to get a list of available commands

  > h Available commands: - help (h): print this menu - info (i): information about this application - quit (q): quit this application - uptime (ut): how long this application has been running - status (s): get the current status of the application - seriaports (sp): list the available serialports - connectmanager (cm): connect to a manager's API serial port - disconnectmanager (dm): disconnect from a manager's API serial port >

• type "sp". What are the available serial ports on your computer?

• using the "cm" command, connect the JsonServer to your manager's API port

  • the API serial port to connect to is the 4th one

  • so if command “sp” returns {'serialports': ['COM11', 'COM12', 'COM13', 'COM14']}, you need to connect to COM14

  • type cm COM14 to connect to that manager

• type "s". Verify the manager appears as "connected".
  
  

  > s { 'SmartMesh SDK version': '1.4.0.1', 'current time': '04/12/2021 22:35:51', 'managers': {'COM14': 'connected'}, 'running since': '04/12/2021 22:34:52 (0:00:58.863536 ago)', 'threads running': [ 'MainThread', 'SnapshotThread', 'DustCli', 'WebServer', 'ManagerHandler@COM14', 'COM14_HDLC', 'IpMgrSubscribe']}

Node-RED

• in a command prompt, start Node-RED by typing

  C:\Users\twatteyne>node-red 30 Mar 03:14:22 - [info] Welcome to Node-RED =================== 30 Mar 03:14:22 - [info] Node-RED version: v0.16.2 30 Mar 03:14:22 - [info] Node.js version: v6.9.5 30 Mar 03:14:22 - [info] Windows_NT 6.1.7601 x64 LE 30 Mar 03:14:24 - [info] Loading palette nodes 30 Mar 03:14:26 - [info] Dashboard version 2.3.2 started at /ui 30 Mar 03:14:27 - [warn] ------------------------------------------------------ 30 Mar 03:14:27 - [warn] [rpi-gpio] Info : Ignoring Raspberry Pi specific node 30 Mar 03:14:27 - [warn] [tail] Not currently supported on Windows. 30 Mar 03:14:27 - [warn] ------------------------------------------------------ 30 Mar 03:14:27 - [info] Settings file : \Users\twatteyne\.node-red\settings.js 30 Mar 03:14:27 - [info] User directory : \Users\twatteyne\.node-red 30 Mar 03:14:27 - [info] Flows file : \Users\twatteyne\.node-red\flows_HDC_S W01.json 30 Mar 03:14:27 - [info] Server now running at http://127.0.0.1:1880/ 30 Mar 03:14:27 - [info] Starting flows 30 Mar 03:14:27 - [info] Started flows

• open http://127.0.0.1:1880 to see the Node-RED interface:
  
  

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