Strippit-Gui-Scripts

A graphical user interface for the Strippit punch press.

Installation

Follow these steps to install the Strippit GUI.

Windows

1. Install nodejs from www.nodejs.org/en.
2. Download Git for windows from https://git-for-windows.github.io/.
3. Open Windows Command Prompt by going to the start menu and searching 'Command Prompt'.
4. Run cd Documents then git init to initialize Git in your 'Documents' folder.
5. Run git clone https://github.com/braydenaimar/Strippit-Gui-Scripts.git to download the program into your 'Documents' folder.
6. Run cd Strippit-Gui-Scripts to open the file.
7. Run npm install.
8. Run npm start to launch the app.

This is what command prompt should look like after completing the above steps.

C:\Users\YourName>cd Documents

C:\Users\YourName\Documents>git init
Initialized empty Git repository in C:/Users/YourName/Documents/.git/

C:\Users\YourName\Documents>git clone https://github.com/braydenaimar/Strippit-Gui-Scripts.git
Cloning into 'Strippit-Gui-Scripts'...
~some more output~

C:\Users\YourName\Documents>cd Strippit-Gui-Scripts

C:\Users\YourName\Documents\Strippit-Gui-Scripts>npm install
~a whack load of output~
~note that it is normal to see some warning and error-like messages~

C:\Users\YourName\Documents\Strippit-Gui-Scripts>npm start

Windows Firewall may pop-up with a security alert but you just need to click Allow Access.

If you are having issues, you may need to add the program to the list of exclusions for Windows Defender.

Windows Defender Exclusion

1. Select Start and Settings to open the settings window.
2. Select Update & Security.
3. Select Windows Defender in the sidebar menu on the left.
4. Under 'Exclusions' select Add an exclusion.
5. Under 'Folders' select Exclude a folder.
6. Navigate to and select to the 'Strippit-Gui-Scripts' folder that you cloned from GitHub.
7. Select Exclude this folder.
8. Under 'Processes' select Exclude a process.
9. Navigate to and open the 'Strippit-Gui-Scripts' folder.
10. Open 'json_server' -> 'windows_x64'.
11. Select the serial-port-json-server.exe file (Note, depending on your computer, this file may show as serial-port-json-server with a file type of 'Application').
12. Select Exclude this file.

To clone a different branch run git clone -b <branch> https://github.com/braydenaimar/Strippit-Gui-Scripts.git.

To switch between branches run git checkout <branch>.

Linux

1. Install nodejs by running sudo apt-get install nodejs.
2. Run sudo apt-get install npm.
3. Run sudo apt-get install git.
4. Run git clone https://github.com/braydenaimar/Strippit-Gui-Scripts.git to download the program into your home directory.
5. Run cd Strippit-Gui-Scripts to open the directory.
6. Run npm install.
7. Navigate to '/json_server/linux_arm' right click on 'serial-port-json-server' and select 'Permissions', enable everyone to execute the file.
8. Run npm start to launch the app.

Ubuntu Mate

You will also need to run sudo apt-get install lxterminal.

Go to 'serial-port-json-server', right click and select 'Permissions', select 'Allow executing file as program'.

File Tree

Below a snapshot of the structure of files and folders of the application after installation on Windows.

Strippit-Gui-Scripts/
├── js/
|   ├── lib/
|   |   ├── amplify.core.js
|   |   ├── gui.js
|   |   ├── jquery.js
|   |   └── require.js
│   ├── require-config.js
│   ├── main.js
│   ├── strippit-widget.js
|   └── connection-widget.js
├── css/
|   ├── fonts/
│   |   ├── fontawesome-webfont.eot
│   |   ├── glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot
│   |   └── ...
|   ├── lib/
|   |   ├── bootstrap-paper.min.css
|   |   ├── font-awesome.min.css
│   |   └── roboto-font.css
|   ├── main.css
│   ├── strippit-widget.css
|   └── connection-widget.css
├── html/
│   ├── strippit-widget.html
|   └── connection-widget.html
├── icons/
|   ├── boards/
|   |   ├── tinyg.jpg
|   |   └── tinygv9.jpg
|   |   └── ...
|   └── icon.png
├── json-server/
|   ├── windows_x64/
|   |   ├── arduino/
|   |   |   └── ...
|   |   ├── drivers/windows/
|   |   |   └── TinyGv2.inf
|   |   ├── sample-cert.pem
|   |   ├── sample-key.pem
|   |   └── serial-port-json-server.exe
|   └── linux_arm/
|       ├── arduino/
|       |   └── ...
|       ├── sample-cert.pem
|       ├── sample-key.pem
|       └── serial-port-json-server.exe
├── node_modules/
|   ├── cson/
|   |   └── ...
|   └── electron/
|       └── ...
├── icon.ico
├── index.js
├── main.html
└── package.json