Tessel Router

A sample project for the Tessel 2 that walks through creating a custom access point and serving a web app to connected devices for controlling the Tessel's embedded LEDs.

Requirements

Git
Node.js (at least version 4.0.0)
t2-cli
Tessel 2
microUSB -> USB cord

Setup

Start off by cloning this repo and cding into the created folder:

git clone https://github.com/HipsterBrown/tessel-router.git
cd tessel-router

Then install the t2-cli package globally, if it hasn't been yet:

npm install --global t2-cli

Once that is done, connect the Tessel 2 using the microUSB -> USB cord and search for it using t2-cli:

t2 list

The name of the Tessel should appear in the command line, which confirms that the Tessel 2 is connected via USB. Now we can create the custom access point using t2-cli called "TesselRouter" with the password "SuperSecret123":

t2 ap --ssid TesselRouter --password SuperSecret123

If a confirmation message appears in the command line, we should be able to see "TesselRouter" in the list of available Wifi networks from the computer's network settings. We don't need to connect to it just yet. First, we can start the Node.js server on the Tessel 2 by pushing this project code onto the device:

t2 run index.js

That command will take the index.js file and the index.html file (because it's listed in the .tesselinclude config file), send it via USB to the Tessel 2, which will automatically run the Node.js script (index.js). We should see a message like "Server running at http://192.168.1.101:8080/" once the server is ready.

From there, we can connect to the "TesselRouter" Wifi network and go to "http://192.168.1.101:8080/" in our preferred browser. If we click the buttons on the page, we should see the corresponding LEDs on the Tessel 2 toggle on or off.

Feel free to fork the project and try extending the features to use various Tessel 2 modules.