Tutorials

Installing THiNXLib for NodeJS

Raspberry Pi

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1. Update package repositories:

cd / && apt-get update

4. Install dependencies (you may keep your nodejs of use any tutorial regarding nodejs installation):

apt-get -y install unzip nodejs npm git

5. Download sources:

git clone https://github.com/suculent/thinx-firmware-js.git

6. Enter directory:

cd /thinx-firmware-js/

8. Install dependencies:

npm install .

9. Run THiNX Client:

node index.js

10. Add following lines to /etc/rc.local to start THiNX client on boot (adjust path to fit yours):

cd /root/thinx-firmware-js && node index.js > /var/log/thinx.log &

Onion Omega 2+

• USB Swap recommended.

1. Connect to your Onion Omega 2+ using Terminal (the web console is missing Paste function).

2. Enable LEDE repositories for OPKG by uncommenting reboot_packages in /etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf:

sudo nano /etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf

3. Update OPKG repositories:

opkg update

4. Install dependencies:

opkg install unzip nodejs npm git git-http ca-bundle

5. Download sources:

git clone https://github.com/suculent/thinx-firmware-js.git

6. Enter directory:

cd thinx-firmware-js/

7. Disable MQTT's readable stream as it is not supported on this HW:

export READABLE_STREAM="disable"

8. Install dependencies:

npm install .

If it fails due to memory reasons, just try again...

9. Run THiNX Client:

node index.js

10. Add following lines to /etc/rc.local to start THiNX client on boot:

export READABLE_STREAM="disable"
cd /root/thinx-firmware-js && node index.js > /var/log/thinx.log &