README.md

Bluetooth based Arduino controller

This is the controller for the Arduino. With this you can choose a template plant and modify it's settings. It is also possible to manually control the Arduino.

Installing

You just need to download the .apk file from eikooc.github.io

Building (optional)

If you want to build the controller yourself you need to install the node package manager (npm)

Windows

http://nodejs.org/download/

Ubuntu

First install nodejs and npm via APT from the terminal.

On older systems than Ubuntu 13.04 Following Rahul Bansal's instructions https://rtcamp.com/tutorials/nodejs/node-js-npm-install-ubuntu/

Add Chris Lea's repository

$ apt-get install python-software-properties
$ apt-add-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
$ apt-get update

Then install nodejs and npm

$ sudo apt-get install nodejs 

To check your versions of nodejs and npm write

$ node -v
$ npm -v

It should output at least v0.10.28 for node and 1.4.14 for npm

Afterwards install the ionic framework and it's dependencies

$ sudo npm install -g 
$ sudo npm install -g cordova ionic gulp
$ npm install

To build the app for Android you need the Android SDK www.android.com

change directory to the phoneApp, add the Android platform and run it.

$ cd /path/to/arduinoController
$ sudo ionic platform android
$ sudo ionic run android

Other Unix distributions

https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager

Run

To run the web app a http server use Python like so:

$ cd /path/to/arduinoController
$ sudo python -m http.server

Updating Ionic

To update to a new version of Ionic, open bower.json and change the version listed there.

For example, to update from version 1.0.0-beta.4 to 1.0.0-beta.5, open bower.json and change this:

"ionic": "driftyco/ionic-bower#1.0.0-beta.4"

To this:

"ionic": "driftyco/ionic-bower#1.0.0-beta.5"

After saving the update to bower.json file, run gulp install.

Alternatively, install bower globally with npm install -g bower and run bower install.