Machine Collaboration Utility

A generalized host for communicating with hardware.
Built with Raspberry Pi and Arduino (Marlin Firmware) in mind, but extensible for other firmware and communication protocols.

How to use

Download the Raspberry Pi image here.

Install Raspberry Pi usb driver libraries (Only necessary if using a Raspberry Pi)

sudo apt-get install build-essential libudev-dev

Install NodeJS (NVM recommended)

Copy and paste the script below to install NVM (Node Version Manager).

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.32.1/install.sh | bash

Now we're going to run a few steps to get NVM up and running.
Copy and paste the code below into your terminal. It will do the following:

• Set nvm to run whenever you open a terminal

sudo echo ". ~/.nvm/nvm.sh" >> ~/.bashrc

• Run nvm for this terminal window instance

. ~/.nvm/nvm.sh

• Download Node V6 or higher.

nvm install v6.9.1

Install all NodeJS dependencies:

npm install

The app requires a postgres database (currently hard coded to localhost port 5432).

Setting up Postgres

Mac:

Download and setup the postgres app. Create a '.env' file in the project's root folder with the following information:

username=your-user-name
password=postgres
dbname=postgres
PORT=9000

Raspberry Pi:

sudo mkdir /var/local/repository  
cd /var/local/repository  
sudo wget -O postgresql-9.4.4-raspbian.tgz https://www.dropbox.com/s/t9x78hbfo2mb8yi/postgresql-9.4.4-raspbian.tgz?dl=1  
sudo tar -xvzf postgresql-9.4.4-raspbian.tgz  
echo "deb [ trusted=yes ] file:///var/local/repository ./" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/my_own_repo.list  
sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.4  
sudo service postgresql start  

Create a '.env' file in the project's root folder with the following information:

username=postgres
password=postgres
dbname=postgres
PORT=9000

Setting/changing the psql password

sudo -iu postgres psql -c "\password postgres"

Running the app

Run tests

npm test

Run the server

npm start