SPECTROSERVER

A Spectral Data Visualisation & Spectrophotometer Control Application

A web based real-time application for remote spectrophotometer control and spectral data visualisation using Arduino, NodeJS, Rgraph, MongoDB and Octopress

INSTALLATION

Install NodeJS
Install MongoDB
Connect Arduino to Development Computer & Upload arduino/specontrol.ino
Install the Application

$ cd /path/to/working/directory
$ git clone https://github.com/debanjum/Spectroserver.git  # Cloning Repository
$ cd Spectroserver/nodejs
$ npm install	 # Installing Application Dependencies
$ node serve.js	 # Starting NodeJS Server

Open spectra/index.html in browser & run application.

CONTRIBUTING

Interface arduino to spectrophotometer and connect to development computer
Edit nodejs/serve.coffee, spectra/index.html, arduino/specontrol.ino etc as required
Convert Coffee to JS $ coffee -o ./ -c serve.coffee & Start Server $ node serve.js
Open spectra/index.html in browser & start testing

DEBUGGING

###Server Not Starting

Make sure arduino connected and serve.coffee refers to correct arduino serial port. [e.g /dev/ttyACM0]
Ensure MongoDB service is running
- Arch: $ sudo systemctl start mongodb && systemctl status mongodb
- Ubuntu: $ sudo service mongodb start && service mongodb status
Make sure permission on files and ports are set correctly
Ensure all applications dependencies installed

BUGS

Please file bug reports at https://github.com/debanjum/Spectroserver/issues

LICENSE

This program is free software; it is distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.