Light Control

Control connected outlets using a web interface

Installation and Running

Installing Dependencies

To install all dependencies:

npm install

Configuration

Light Control uses dotenv for configuration. The following configuration properties should be set in a .env file in the same directory as app.js:

• URL - URL to the dashboard (including port if necessary, eg. mylightcontrol.com or mylightcontrol.com:4000)
• PORT - Port to use for the dashboard (4000 is used by default if this is not specified).
• MDS_HOST - URL to the mbed Device Server (mDS) instance/mbed Connector
• MDS_DOMAIN - Domain being used in mbed Device Server (mDS) instance
• MDS_TOKEN - Token to use for mbed Connector authentication (not needed if using mDS basic auth)
• MDS_USERNAME - mDS basic auth username (not needed if using token authentication)
• MDS_PASSWORD - mDS basic auth password (not needed if using token authentication)
• ENDPOINT_TYPE - Endpoint type of the connected outlets
• ENDPOINT_RESOURCE - Path to the endpoint's resource linked to the relay state
• ENDPOINT_NAME_RESOURCE - Path to the endpoint's resource that gives its name

Running the App

Start the server using the following command:

node app.js

Or leave it running continuously:

nohup node app.js &