MoteBus HelloWorld

ENVIRONMENT

Node.js

• Step A

  • Install Node.js

    https://nodejs.org/en/

    Download and install under C:\nodejs

  • Installation testing

    Open <Cmd> and test if the installation was successful

    node -v  // shows the version of node
    

• Step B

  • Open <Cmd> and specify the path to the Node.js summary

  • Create a folder under C:\nodejs ; name it “project”
    mkdir C:\nodejs\project

  • cd C:\nodejs\project

    npm init //initialize node package manager
    

    Press “enter” until finished with all the arguments

    npm install motebus --save //install MoteBus
    npm install express --save //install express
    

• Step C

  • Install MoteBus SDK

    • MoteBusHelloWorld Download link

      http://www.ypcloud.com/download/motebushelloworld.zip

    • Unzip to extract the HelloWorld folder and copy to C: \nodejs\project

    • Run C:\nodejs_project\HelloWorld\bin\MoteBus_win32.exe as an Administrator, ensuring that TCP port 6788 is open in the system's firewall

  • Run HelloWorld.js

    cd C:\nodejs\project\HelloWorld

    node index.js  //runs index.js
    

• Step D

  • Local Host test
    cd C:\nodejs\project\HelloWorld\test\

    node MoteTest.js
    

    MoteTest.js is a test program for testing the Motebus connector which will return the test results for Add(), Echo() & Time() functions

  • Client Server test

    • Use a code editor to open _MoteTest.js and modify the third statement of the js file

    • Find & Replace '127.0.0.1' with '192.168.10.185'