HMI Briefcase

The HMI for the Mi5 Briefcase

Installation

1. Download and install Node.js (tested with v0.10.0 - see in the HMI SVN repository hmi/programs for installer)
2. Download an clone the repository. Make sure you have the briefcase-branche
3. In a command line window, browse in the repository and execute
4. npm install // this installs the required node modules for the HMI
5. npm intsall forever -g // this installs the forever module globally
6. Run HMI_Start.cmd or HMI_Forever.cmd

Note: The forever module and file is kind of a dirty hack. Whenever the HMI crashes, it automatically gets restarted. Note: If you use the HMI_Forever.cmd and kill it, make sure you also end the node.exe process in the task manager. The process keeps running (thanks to forever), and then can lead to a PORT conflict, when restarting.

Additional information

You can also run the HMI using the node command line. Run then:

• node app.js (this will use the live server configuration and Port 80)

It is possible to use different server confiugrations and ports from the command line. For example:

• node app.js -server=hmitest -port=3000

• node app.js -server=hmitest (this will use Port 80)

Revision

Last Update: 2015-03-04 Thomas Frei