Monash Human Power - Data Acquisition System Web Server

A web server for the Data Acquisition System (DAS) for Monash Human Power.

The node.js + Express HTTP REST server is used to host the real-time dashboard whilst the MQTT broker is used to transfer data from the sensors to all the necessary scripts that need it.

Getting Started

Environment variable setup

Set up environment variables using a .env file. Create a .env file in the server/ directory. Add the following variables:

Environment Variable	Description
MQTT_USERNAME	MQTT username
MQTT_PASSWORD	MQTT password
MQTT_SERVER	Address of the MQTT broker
MQTT_PORT	Port of the MQTT broker
HEROKU	Define this only if you are the Heroku instance

Installation guide - Frontend

1. Go to client/
2. yarn install to install all dependencies and libraries
3. yarn start to start the development server
4. yarn build to create an optimized production bundle

Installation guide - Backend

1. Go to server/
2. yarn install to install all dependencies and libraries
3. Build the frontend production bundle
4. yarn start to start the server

Deploying

This project is set up to automatically deploy from GitHub.

Branch	Environment	URL
master	Production	http://mhp-board.herokuapp.com
Pull requests	Review app

Documentation

Endpoint	Method	Body	Description
/files	GET		Returns an array of files that are stored on the server
/files/recent	GET		Download most recent file edited from server
/files/filename	GET		Download specified file from server
/files/filename	DELETE		Delete specified file from server
/server/status	GET		Status of the server

TODO

• Add Map display
• Add power model graph/output
• Options page that saves options to browser storage

Contributors ✨

Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):

Angus Lee 💻

Christopher Hall 💻

Angus Trau 💻

Harsil Patel 💻

Riley Clarke 💻

This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!