MonoSwitcher

Desktop Application That Controls the Monoprice 8-Port HDMI Switch via Serial

Video Demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlR_oQB_hqs&feature=youtu.be

Requirements

1. You need an 8-port Monoprice HDMI Switch: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003L14X3A
2. You need an RS232 to USB Cable (FTDI Chipset Recommended): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0762BTX7T
3. Windows, Mac, Linux (64-Bit, x86 Only)
4. (Linux Only) Ensure you have serial communication at a kernel level (very likely) and give your user permission to access serial by adding the appropriate user group. This is different for each distribution, use Google, I believe in you.

Package Downloads

Linux (v1.0.0)

Portable Package (tar.gz): Download

Debian Package: Download

AppImage Package: Download

Windows (v1.0.0)

Portable Package (zip): Download

Installer Package: Download

macOS (v1.0.0)

Portable Package (dmg): Download

Support

I sorta did this for funsies and I'm not really looking to support it because I already have enough on my plate. However if something is critically wrong, feel free to add a ticket in GitHub. Feature requests will be rejected as it does what it needs to do at a fundamental level.

Background Service Application

What you're looking for is my sister's work which can be found here: https://github.com/NicholeMattera/MonopriceSwitcherService

Credits

This wouldn't have been possible without the serial communication documentation provided by the dudeguy on the Amazon comments for the product. Information on their documentation can be found here.

Development

Knowledge Prerequisites

To effectively work on this project you need to know the following:

• General javascript knowledge (and no, not jQuery)
• Knowledge of React and how React context works.
• If you plan to make any build modifications, a very good understanding of webpack.
• SASS for stylesheeting.
• How serial communication works, and the hell that is node SerialPort (seriously, it sucks)

Software Dependencies

For general development you must have:

• Node LTS Version 12 or above
• Yarn
• A coder such as Vim, Sublime Text, or Visual Studio Code
• Python 2 (For Electron Builder)

For building binaries

• The above dependencies installed and ...
• Python 2.x
• Compiler
  • Windows:
    • Visual Studio (Express)
  • macOS:
    • XCode with Command Line Tools
  • Linux:
    • GCC or CLANG/LLVM

Getting Started With Development

• Clone this repo
• Run: yarn install
• Run: yarn electron-rebuild
• Run: yarn start

All application files are in the src/ folder and is organized accordingly. The root of the application starts at index.js.

Building an Electron Binary

• Run yarn bundle

All artifacts will be built into the ./dist folder. You will need each environment to build binaries for Windows, Linux, and macOS.