blink1-web

Node-hosted web interface for blink1 that uses node-blink1 and node-hid to communicate with the device.

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Prerequisites

• python 2.7.3 - if you have later versions of python you may have to do tricksy things with your path variable
• npm, nodejs - some effort may be required to fix npm, see separate section

Installation

Clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/Zazcallabah/blink1-web.git
cd blink1-web
npm install

The npm install may need sudo. If it fails, try installing node-hid globally.

node server.js
http://localhost:19333

Depends on

• http://raphaeljs.com/picker/
• https://github.com/todbot/blink1
• https://nodejs.org/
• https://github.com/sandeepmistry/node-blink1
• https://github.com/node-hid/node-hid

Todo

• Interface for getting, setting, and playing sequences.
• Buttons for specific states. Maybe programmable? Ideas from the blinkcontrol program.
• Support multiple blink1 devices
• Support different firmwares?
• enter command from url
• make real npm module
• error handle and resume if device is removed and readded

Known issues

• Resizing the browser window may screw up the color pickers.

npm install instructions

Just doing an install npm should work on most modern dists. If you encounter trouble, try the following:

Install npm

sudo apt-get install npm

Name conflict in package manager may mean you have to manually link the binary

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node

install prereqs for getting node-hid to work on ubuntu

sudo apt-get install libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev

npm cant handle https apparently

sudo npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/
npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/

blink1 specific instructions

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/todbot/blink1/master/linux/51-blink1.rules
sudo cp 51-blink1.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

reboot is needed to fix node version mismatch

sudo shutdown -r now

After that just do npm install in this repo.