In the previous post, I explained how to configure Bluetooth device to use by node.js on windows.<\/p>\n
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- 1. To control BLE on Windows<\/li>\n
- 2. Get UUID of Bluetooth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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3. Get BB8-Bluemix project from GitHub<\/h2>\n
Surprisingly there is the project named BB8-Bluemix<\/strong> on the GitHub to manipulate the BB-8 via MQTT(IoT). So please get the project code from following URL.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/github.com\/shamimshossain\/bb8-bluemix<\/a><\/p>\n
As the next step, open command prompt and change directory to project folder, then install by issuing “npm install”.I got some dependencies warning messages, but it didn’t interfere the BB-8 manipulation, so I just leave it as it is.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nAfter install is completed, open the spheroDemo.js file and replace the parameter of sphero() function on line 3 by Bluetooth UUID which you got from the previous step. The UUID seems to be more than 20 characters on MAC OS, but it was 12 characters on my windows OS.<\/p>\n[code highlight=”3″ lang=”javascript”]\nvar mqtt = require(‘.\/mqtt-wrapper.js’)();
\nvar sphero = require(‘sphero’),
\nbb8 = sphero(‘cxxxxxxxxxx3’); \/\/ change BLE address accordingly<\/p>\nbb8.connect(function() {<\/p>\n
console.log(‘**** Start debug info *****’);
\n console.log(‘Connected to BB-8’);
\n……………..
\n… truncated …
\n……………..<\/p>\n[\/code]\n<\/p>\n
4. Create “Internet of Things Platform Starter” application on Bluemix<\/h2>\n
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- Login to bluemix.net<\/li>\n
- Select “Internet of Things Platform Starter” from Catalog.
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\n<\/a><\/li>\n- Specify your preffered value to the name and host, then click Create button
\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n5. Add device on IoT Foundation<\/h2>\n
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- After staging the application, select “Internet of Things Platform” from the left navigation.
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\n<\/a><\/li>\n- Click “Launch Dashboard” from device connection.
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\n<\/a><\/li>\n- Click “Add device” after “IBM Watson IoT Platform” page is opened.
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\n<\/a><\/li>\n- After popup the wizard, select “Create Device Type”, then next.\/li>\n
- “Create Device Type” \u2010 In “general information” Type “sphero” for the device name, then next.<\/li>\n
- “Create Device Type” \u2010 In “Template definition” just click next.<\/li>\n
- “Create Device Type” \u2010 In “Send information” just click next.<\/li>\n
- “Create Device Type” \u2010 In “Metadata(Option)”just click create.<\/li>\n
- Select the device type you created above for the “Select Device Type” field, then next.<\/li>\n
- In “Device Information” Specify preferred value for “Device ID”, then next.<\/li>\n
- In “Metadata” just click next.<\/li>\n
- In “Security” just click next.<\/li>\n
- In “Overview” just click add button.<\/li>\n
- After displaying the device qualification information, Please copy and keep the values in the red color rectangle.
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\n<\/a><\/li>\n- After all done the above steps, back to dashboard of “Internet of Things Platform Starter” then check apiKey and apiToken by clicking “display
\nqualification info”
\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n6. Configure properties file of BB8-Bluemix project<\/h2>\n
Go to BB8-Bluemix project folder and open sphero-config.properties.
\nPlease edit the following lines:<\/p>\n[code highlight=”2,4,6,7″]\n#Device ID you use when you register with the IoT foundation
\ndeviceid=xxxxxxxxx-xxx<\/p>\n#For controller (device)
\nauthtoken=grxxxxxxxxxxxjDt
\n#For the app (publisher)
\napikey=a-mxxxxu-gloxxxxxxc
\napitoken=tkxxxxx4_Wxxxxxxx@
\n[\/code]\n- \n
- deviceid: Specify the Device ID that you used when registering BB-8 on IBM Watson IoT Platform<\/li>\n
- authtoken: Specify the authentication token that you got when registering the BB-8 on IBM Watson IoT Platform<\/li>\n
- apikey, apitoken: Specify apikey and apiToken written in “IBM Watson IoT Platform” qualification info<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
7. Test via Node-Red<\/h2>\n
Find the Node-Red sample flow form the bottom of the link page bb8-bluemix<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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- bb8-bluemix<\/a>\u00a0Copy the Node-Red json code.(below is the same sample flow)\n[code lang=”javascript”]\n[{"id":"180c60f4.e7f39f","type":"ibmiot out","z":"5fa8453c.a057bc","authentication":"boundService","apiKey":"","outputType":"cmd","deviceId":"spheroownedbyshamim","deviceType":"sphero","eventCommandType":"run","format":"json","data":"___","name":"IBM IoT App Out","service":"registered","x":756,"y":361,"wires":[]},{"id":"b7792b22.4886d8","type":"inject","z":"5fa8453c.a057bc","name":"Run command","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"none","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":206,"y":444,"wires":[["f29b07a3.0d64f8"]]},{"id":"f29b07a3.0d64f8","type":"function","z":"5fa8453c.a057bc","name":"Construct RUN command","func":"msg.payload = JSON.stringify({\\n d: {\\n action : \\"#spherorun\\"\\n }\\n});\\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":468,"y":449,"wires":[["180c60f4.e7f39f","d1c575b9.2e3a88"]]},{"id":"d313ea30.2cec18","type":"inject","z":"5fa8453c.a057bc","name":"Change color to RED","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"none","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":205,"y":297,"wires":[["26e811fe.d917ee"]]},{"id":"26e811fe.d917ee","type":"function","z":"5fa8453c.a057bc","name":"Construct RED command","func":"msg.payload = JSON.stringify({\\n d: {\\n action : \\"#red\\"\\n }\\n});\\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":473,"y":287,"wires":[["180c60f4.e7f39f","d1c575b9.2e3a88"]]},{"id":"61c2c549.9e3d3c","type":"inject","z":"5fa8453c.a057bc","name":"Change color to BLUE","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"none","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":193,"y":369,"wires":[["18100517.e7effb"]]},{"id":"18100517.e7effb","type":"function","z":"5fa8453c.a057bc","name":"Construct BLUE command","func":"msg.payload = JSON.stringify({\\n d: {\\n action : \\"#blue\\"\\n }\\n});\\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":485,"y":363,"wires":[["180c60f4.e7f39f","d1c575b9.2e3a88"]]},{"id":"d1c575b9.2e3a88","type":"debug","z":"5fa8453c.a057bc","name":"","active":true,"console":"false","complete":"false","x":777,"y":286,"wires":[]}]\n[\/code]\n<\/li>\n
- Launch Node-Red from the application URL of “Internet of Things Platform Starter” that you created in step 4.<\/li>\n
- Paste the Node-Red flow by following the steps in the screenshot.
\n<\/a><\/li>\n- Configure the “IBM IoT App Out” node by double-click
\n<\/a>
\n<\/a> – Specify Device Type “sphero” which you used in IoT Foundation.
\n – Specify device Id that you used when registering the device on IoT Foundation<\/li>\n- Save Node-Red flow by clicking “Deploy” button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
As the final step, execute spheroDemo.js from command prompt and establish IoT on bluemix connection, then click “Change color to Red\/Blue” on Node-Red. If you succeed, you can see BB-8 color is changed.<\/p>\n
8. Create XPages on Bluemix application<\/h2>\n
Finally I can write something about XPages! Please follow the steps to create the BB-8 xpages app.<\/p>\n
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- Select XPages runtime from Bluemix catalog.<\/li>\n
- Specify preferred name and host and then create the new XPages application.<\/li>\n
- After staging XPages application, please download starter code. You will be able to find application.nsf<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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9.Deploy BB-8 Xpages app<\/h2>\n
Please download the BB-8 xpages application template from the following link:<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nDownload Link: http:\/\/ktrick.com\/download\/xpages-bb8-tpl.zip<\/a><\/p>\n
Please simply replace the design against your bluemix-xpages application (application.nsf), or copy the design of XPages, scriptLibrary, resources(file), stylesheets from the template.<\/p>\n
As the last step, please replace the red rectangle lines of sp_mqtt_bb8.js by your IoT information.<\/p>\n
- bb8-bluemix<\/a>\u00a0Copy the Node-Red json code.(below is the same sample flow)\n[code lang=”javascript”]\n[{"id":"180c60f4.e7f39f","type":"ibmiot out","z":"5fa8453c.a057bc","authentication":"boundService","apiKey":"","outputType":"cmd","deviceId":"spheroownedbyshamim","deviceType":"sphero","eventCommandType":"run","format":"json","data":"___","name":"IBM IoT App Out","service":"registered","x":756,"y":361,"wires":[]},{"id":"b7792b22.4886d8","type":"inject","z":"5fa8453c.a057bc","name":"Run command","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"none","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":206,"y":444,"wires":[["f29b07a3.0d64f8"]]},{"id":"f29b07a3.0d64f8","type":"function","z":"5fa8453c.a057bc","name":"Construct RUN command","func":"msg.payload = JSON.stringify({\\n d: {\\n action : \\"#spherorun\\"\\n }\\n});\\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":468,"y":449,"wires":[["180c60f4.e7f39f","d1c575b9.2e3a88"]]},{"id":"d313ea30.2cec18","type":"inject","z":"5fa8453c.a057bc","name":"Change color to RED","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"none","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":205,"y":297,"wires":[["26e811fe.d917ee"]]},{"id":"26e811fe.d917ee","type":"function","z":"5fa8453c.a057bc","name":"Construct RED command","func":"msg.payload = JSON.stringify({\\n d: {\\n action : \\"#red\\"\\n }\\n});\\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":473,"y":287,"wires":[["180c60f4.e7f39f","d1c575b9.2e3a88"]]},{"id":"61c2c549.9e3d3c","type":"inject","z":"5fa8453c.a057bc","name":"Change color to BLUE","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"none","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":193,"y":369,"wires":[["18100517.e7effb"]]},{"id":"18100517.e7effb","type":"function","z":"5fa8453c.a057bc","name":"Construct BLUE command","func":"msg.payload = JSON.stringify({\\n d: {\\n action : \\"#blue\\"\\n }\\n});\\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":485,"y":363,"wires":[["180c60f4.e7f39f","d1c575b9.2e3a88"]]},{"id":"d1c575b9.2e3a88","type":"debug","z":"5fa8453c.a057bc","name":"","active":true,"console":"false","complete":"false","x":777,"y":286,"wires":[]}]\n[\/code]\n<\/li>\n
- Click “Launch Dashboard” from device connection.
- Specify your preffered value to the name and host, then click Create button
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