This repository contains the Docker dependencies for the RALT Signalman Dashboard, which provides status information and test capability for the RALT Custom Sensors.
The server and client can be run as standalone apps outside of Docker.
The server application can be run from the server directory with: python3 app.py and will be accessible on port 5000.
To add a sensor to the system, you must add an entry to the sensor_states dictionary in server/api/sensors.py, as below:
sensor_states["Bed Occupied LHS"] = start_time # you must set initial state to this variable
Your sensor node (e.g. ESP8266) must then send a HTTP POST request to the server at the update endpoint [server_ip]:5000/update every few seconds (e.g. 5 seconds). The content of the message should be plain text matching the name of the sensor, e.g. Bed Occupied LHS; there should be no other content sent to the server.
If the server does not hear from a sensor within 30 seconds of the previous contact, it will mark that sensor as offline.
The contents of the client directory contents can be uploaded to a web server and accessed via a web browser.