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README.md

Josh's Machine Control Panel

Running on windows

First install node.js, get the latest version.

Then, with this folder extracted somewhere convenient (Like C:\), open a command prompt window in the folder. Then enter the following commands:

npm install
npm run build

This will build the project and install all the packages it uses.

To run the server right out of the command window, do:

node server.js

Configuring

Configuration is done through the file server_config.json, its default contents are reproduced here:

{
  "port": 8081,
  "mode": "testing",
  "macrofile": {
    "testing": "./testfile",
    "production": "<-- PATH TO PROGRAM ON DATASERVER GOES HERE -->"
  },
  "header": "Example Header (change me in config.json)"
}

Options:

• port: The port to run the server on. Default 8081
• mode: Whether to run in testing or production mode. The only thing this changes is which file it writes to
• macrofile: Specifies which file to write to
• header: The text to show at the top of the page