Build Instructions

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  Step 1

  Set up your Raspberry Pi. Open a command line, or open an SSH terminal.

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  Step 2

  Move into a directory you want to install the milights-bridge inside.
  

  cd ./scripts/

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  Step 3

  Install milights-bridge
  

  Clone the milights-bridge project from GitHub.

  sudo git clone https://github.com/KevinVR/milights-bridge.git

  Get into the milights-bridge folder

  cd ./milights-bridge/

  Ensure NodeJS and NPM are installed. If unsure, run the following commands.

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install nodejs
  sudo apt-get install npm

  Install the required dependencies (make sure you have NPM installed)

  sudo npm install

  Copy the example configuration file.

  sudo cp config.example.js config.js

  Modify the configuration to suit your needs, follow the instructions within the file.

  sudo vi config.js 

  or

  sudo nano config.js

  Turn on the Milights-Bridge software

  sudo node server.js

  You should see some output from the command line, such as:

  Setting up EJS...
  Initialising Milight bridge connection (version v6)
  Checking for updates...
  Setting up port 3000
  milights-bridge is ready, please open your browser at http://192.168.1.60:3000

  Open a browser page to the URL shown in the output.

  http://192.168.1.60:3000

  Test out the milights-bridge features, ensure it works

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