MakerspaceNetwork

In-house method for communitcation between computers and Raspberry Pi PicoW's.

For Desktop: mint/server.py

Python server for desktop (tested with Linux Mint). Uses aoihttp to be asynchronous, so we can do other things while still serving.

To INSTALL: copy server.py, index.html, and uAio.py files to your serving directory.
Currently the program will attempt to get the ip address for hosting using hostname which has been tested on linux mint. Otherwise it will revert to "localhost"
serves index.html (GET at "/") To run use:

python3 server.py

May have to install aiohttp with:

pip3 install aiohttp

PicoW server using adafruit's requests

To INSTALL: Download and copy the circuitpython uf2 to the Pico from:
- https://circuitpython.org/board/raspberry_pi_pico_w/
COPY: all files and folders in the picoW folder to the Pico. Thecode.py file should run automatically on the Pico, but use Thonny (recommended) to debug.

This simple protocol, in JSON format, facilitate sending data between picos and the main server.

e.g.

{
    'action': "getTime", 
    'value': ""
}

the servers handle POST data in JSON in the form (where "lightON" is an example value). 'action' is a single string for quick messages/instructions. "value" can be any string, you just have to write the code to handle it.
the server returns the 'rData' dictionary to pass info back to the calling computer with:
- rData['item']
- rData['status']

(Note: on the webpage (client) the returned data is processed and renamed "data")

baseStation requires 'qrencode' to be installed '''bash sudo apt install qrencode '''