Ez-b, I Would Like You To Meet Nodejs

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I really love connecting electronics to the web and my EZ-B was not an exception. Last night I spent a couple hours creating a web interface for EZ-B using NodeJS and the TCP interface available in EZ-Builder. The guys at EZ-Robot have designed a great TCP interface so I wrote a NodeJS Module to interact with it, allowing me to control my robot from my phone through a nice jQueryMobile UI for the phone and BootStrap and jQueryUI for my browser.

To get the NodeJS Module go to https://npmjs.org/package/ez-b I hope you guys like it.

EZ-B NodeJS Interface

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#1  
Whoa! I'm going to check this out right away. Very cool! Thanks for sharing:D
#3  
This is what I got so far. It works great in my iPad, iPhone, Android and Desktop the only thing I'm missing is the ability to read data from ARC through the TCP socket:( maybe in the update;)

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#4  
this is next level stuff.. I am in love! haha *blush*
United Kingdom
#5  
That's great, I'll certainly be trying it at some point.
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#6  
Thanks pirumpi! Very cool. I will check this out one day soon , I will watch for updates , keep us updated:) - Josh S
#7  
The BETA version of EZ-WEB is completed, now I would love to receive feedback on design and connections issues. I will soon post a video on how to use it but for those who are feeling adventures this is the link:


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/aqzhh3udagyde2w/4o4zNUnT-c


This is what I got so far:


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#9  
Thats Awesome pirumpi!....now a person can tell their wife/girlfriend that their NOT texting a friend but......just checking their robot status and if the dog/kids are still sleeping! :)
#10  
Sorry for no posting any videos or code updates, I will try my best to make it happen sometime this month
#11  
This is a quick video showing how to control your EZ-B from a web browser.
Do not forget to install Nodejs before running the web app. Maybe I will add nodejs binaries in the future to avoid this step.


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#12  
Just a quick question.

Do you need all the controls to be added in ARC before you can add them to the Web UI? Or could you just have a blank project with only the connection control, then have everything else done via the web UI?

Also, is it possible to save the web ui?
#13  
@Rich you don't need to add all the controllers to ARC except for the Script-Manager and the movement panel. This is because I'm not using the SDK but the TCP Server built-in ARC, I will overcome those limitations as soon as I start using the SDK. The next version of the web application will allow to save the web ui. Thanks for the review, I will make some changes soon.
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#14  
That's what I had thought, just wanted confirmation really:)

I'll be testing it out shortly, well when I get chance.
#15  
Just installed node.js, your ez-b package as well. Downloaded the executable. Followed your video in this thread; step by step. I see the Web server running on localhost 8080 window with the okay button as in your video. Then I browse to localhost:8080 I don't see the node.js app; I just see the ARC http server webpage:

ARC - 8/3/2014 1:05:51 PM
Remote Control

Movement

Camera List

... etc.


What do I need to do the see the node.js web page?


Please, ignore this post. I had the http server control running...duh.

All is functioning as you demonstrated. ;)
#16  
Awesome, I am glad is working for you.....
#17  
Project looks very nice. Are you still supporting it with questions and code updates?
#18  
Sure, I'm still waiting for my new ez-b but I can totally test on the old board.
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