README.md

Ardexa Demo Application

Demo application for the Ardexa Platform using wxPython. Designed to run on a Raspberry Pi using the Official Touch Screen.

Dependencies

Requires wxPython, our read_dht project and the Ardexa Agent

sudo apt-get install python-wxgtk2.8

Once the Ardexa Agent is loaded, replace the default ardexa.yaml with the one supplied in this repo. Remember to update the vhost option to point to your organization.

Launch the app

To manually launch the app from the command line

./ardexa.py

To launch the app from the Desktop, copy the script to the desktop

cp ardexa.py ~/Desktop

Then double click/tap the icon and select Execute.

To have the app launch on boot

cp ardexa.py ~/Desktop
echo “@/usr/bin/python /home/pi/Desktop/ardexa.py” >> ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart

Exit the app

Press CTRL+Q to exit the app. NB the app must have focus.