[Chat] Automate your home with MQTT (Workshop)

[Jan Schmidt]

On 13/01/17 13:36, Alastair D'Silva via Chat wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-01-12 at 17:11 +1100, Alastair D'Silva via Chat wrote:
> 
>> Prerequisites
>> =============
>>
>> You can clone the following git repo, which has the workshop
>> contents,
>> prerequisites, and instructions (if you are the type who likes to
>> read
>> ahead). I updated the contents today to make things easier to follow,
>> so please pull those changes.
>> https://github.com/InfernoEmbedded/esp-workshop.git
>>
>> The prerequisites are currently available for Windows x64 & Linux
>> x64.
>> If you have something else, I'm happy to accept a pull request with
>> the
>> alternate software & instructions.
>>
>> I have added an "Installed Prerequisites" column to the reservation
>> spreadsheet - please update that against your name once you installed
>> the necessary software.
>>
> 
> I've simplified the prerequisites to remove the components that are
> already available in the git repo.
> 
> Here is what you need to do:
> 
> All
> ===
> 
> - Download or clone a copy of the workshop repository to your home
>   directory, from https://github.com/InfernoEmbedded/esp-workshop
> 	git clone https://github.com/InfernoEmbedded/crosstool-ng.git

I assume that should read:

git clone https://github.com/InfernoEmbedded/esp-workshop.git

> - If you have a firewall enabled, allow traffic on port 1883 (MQTT)
> 
> - Install NodeJS 4 (not 3 or 5). A Windows installer is saved in
>   esp-workshop/windows_x64
> 	https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/

On Fedora 25, I have NodeJS 6.9.2. I can't see any sensible way to
install NodeJS 4.

http://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/installation.html says 4.x or
6.x are recommended, and node-red seems to run OK.

Cheers,
Jan.

> - Install NodeRed from
> 	http://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/installation.html
> 	
> Windows
> =======
> 	
> - Install CH341 Windows Drivers from esp-workshop/windows_x64/drivers 	
> 	
> - Install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
> 
> 
> 
> Linux
> =====
> - Install Mosquitto (Fedora: dnf install mosquitto,				
> Debian/Ubuntu: apt-get install mosquitto)
> 
> - Install java (Fedora: dnf install java, Debian/Ubuntu:
> 			apt-get install default-jre)
> 
> - Add your user the the dialout group so you can access the serial port
> 	(edit /etc/group or
> 	sudo gpasswd -a ${USER} dialout && newgrp dialout)
> 
> 
> Hopefully this makes life easier for those who are attending.		
> 	
> 
> A copy of these instructions, and the workshop instructions are
> available in the git repo in the "tutorials" directory.
> 
> 
> Happy hacking :)
> 
> 

-- 
Jan Schmidt, Centricular Ltd - http://centricular.com/

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