DataLogger-Generic/README.md

POCloud Tag Server

Written by Patrick McDonagh, Henry Pump

Prerequisites

• NodeJS
• Pyton 2.7
• npm
• Either SQLite or MySQL (not completely developed)
• Bower

npm install -g bower

• forever (if intending to run continuously)

npm install -g forever

Installation

1. Clone this repository using either HTTPS:

   git clone https://patrickjmcd@bitbucket.org/patrickjmcd/tagserver.git
   

   or SSH:

   git clone git@bitbucket.org:patrickjmcd/tagserver.git
   

2. Create the necessary database file:

   for MySQL run
   mysql -u root -p < www/dbcreate_MySQL.sql
   

   or

   for SQLite run
   sqlite3 /mnt/usb/data.db < www/dbcreate_SQLite.sql
   

3. Install necessary npm packages

   npm install
   

4. Install necessary bower packages

   bower install
   

5. Create init.d scripts

   INFO HERE COMING SOON
   

6. Test Web Server functionality

   node www/app.js
   

   Proceed to http://:3000 to test the web server and set up tags.

7. Enter tag information in web server.

8. Set IP of PLC in datalogger program. In python/tagserver_.py find the line that contains the variable

   PLC_IP_ADDRESS = ...
   

   enter the PLC IP Address in quotes behind the equals sign. THIS WILL SOON BE A WEB-CONFIGURED ITEM.

9. Test the Python datalogger functiality.

   python python/tagserver_<dbtype>.py
   

   The program should return messages saying it has stored values. If errors occur, check the PLC ip address. If errors persist, contact Henry Pump.

10. Start the init.d scripts so the programs run in the background.

    /etc/int.d/tagserver start
    

    and

    /etc/init.d/website start
    OR
    forever www/app.js