Windows Quick Start - tagyoureit/nodejs-poolController GitHub Wiki

Windows setup

I use a EW11 for communication with the pool equiptment, described here

Download/Install Prerequistites

Install/run nodejs-poolController

  • open a command prompt (I just type "cmd" into start bar search)

    c:
mkdir \poolController
cd \poolController
git clone https://github.com/tagyoureit/nodejs-poolController
cd nodejs-poolController
npm install
npm run start

  • leave the window running for now

Install/run nodejs-poolController-dashPanel

  • open a command prompt (I just type cmd into the search on the start bar)

    c:
mkdir \poolController
cd \poolController
git clone https://github.com/rstrouse/nodejs-poolController-dashPanel
cd nodejs-poolController-dashPanel
npm install
npm run start

  • leave the window running for now

Configure Application

  • open http://localhost:5150 in a web browser

    • top left "hamburger icon" for dashpanel settings

      • connections

      • find servers

      • select server

      • apply

      • top left hamburger icon

  • top right Gear Icon for poolController settings

    • Controller → Comms → Primary Port

      • Port Type → Network

      • Host IP and port for your EW11

      • Save Port

      • top right house icon

  • Your pool computer should be loading data

Optional display customizations:

  • when it’s done, ("ready" next to gear icon")

  • note display sections you don’t care about (or those you do)

  • to customize, top left "Hamburger icon"

    • Select Logging: change to Warn or Error

    • Select Appearance

      • move the element window so you can see the effects

      • drag elements you don’t care about to hidden items

      • move stuff between column 1 and column 2

      • click on main window to close appearance windows

Once everyting is good, let’s start at boot!

  • stop both windows above with "ctrl-c"

  • create C:\poolController\poolController.bat with these contents

    @ECHO ON
::
:: Script to start parts of nodejs-poolController/dashpanel
::
set CMD=%~1
set ROOTDIR=c:\poolController
if "%CMD%" == "1" (
	c:
	cd %ROOTDIR%\nodejs-poolController
	npm run start:cached >..\nodejs-poolController.log 2>..\nodejs-poolController.err
	exit
	)
if "%CMD%" == "2" (
	c:
	cd %ROOTDIR%\nodejs-poolController-dashPanel
	npm run start:cached >..\nodejs-poolController-dashPanel.log 2>..\nodejs-poolController-dashPanel.err
	exit
	)
echo poolController.bat #
echo where # is 1 for nodejs-poolController
echo where # is 2 for nodejs-poolController-dashPanel
exit

  • open Windows "task scheduler" (I just type "task scheduler" into the start bar search)

  • right click "Task Scheduler Library" and select "Create Basic Task"

    • Name: nodejs-poolController

    • next

    • Trigger: When the computer starts

    • next

    • Action: Start a programs

      • Program: C:\poolController\poolController.bat

      • Arguments: 1

    • next

    • click open the properties dialog when I click finish

    • finish

      • General tab

    • check "Run weither the user is logged in or not"

    • check "do not store password"

      • settings tab

    • uncheck "Stop the task if it runs longer than…​"

    • click "OK"

  • right click "Task Scheduler Library" and select "Create Basic Task"

    • Name: nodejs-poolController-Dashpanel

    • next

    • Trigger: When the computer starts

    • next

    • Action: Start a programs

      • Program: C:\poolController\poolController.bat

      • Arguments: 2

    • next

    • click open the properties dialog when I click finish

    • finish

      • General tab

    • check "Run weither the user is logged in or not"

    • check "do not store password"

      • settings tab

    • uncheck "Stop the task if it runs longer than…​"

    • click "OK"

Troubleshooting notes:

  • stopping the task doesn’t kill the processes. Kill the "node" processes under Task Manager

  • some log files are under c:\poolController

  • you can always start via a command prompt as you did during install

  • Your web browser talks to the poolController server itself (doesn’t go through the dashboard webserver)

  • You may need to use ip addresses and not hostnames for server and primary port above

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