This is an Django Application for Device Controller Library used to control board pins using a website.

• Login Page

  

• Devices Control Page

  

• Devices Admin Page

  

• Install python 3.7 or above

• Clone repository

  git clone https://github.com/dmdhrumilmistry/DeviceControllerWebInterface.git/
  

• Change directory

  cd DeviceControllerWebInterface
  

• install requirements

  pip install -r requirements.txt
  

  use pip3 and python3 on linux distros instead of pip and python.

• Migrate DB using

  python manage.py makemigrations
  python manage.py migrate
  

• Connect Arduino Board to Host machine

• Upload sketch on the board using Arduino IDE.

  Use Device Controller Library to program Boards. View example

• Update COM port and other configurations in the /controller/views.py according to the uploaded sketch file

• Create admin account

  python manage.py createsuperuser
  

  Enter details

• Start Application using

  python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
  

• Login to admin account and Create devices based on the sketch requirements

  Various users can be created from admin page

• Visit Running website to control devices

  http://127.0.0.1:8000/      # for localhost
  http://[local_ip]:8000/     # for local network
  

  Allow incoming and outgoing connections on port 8000 of firewall settings on the host machine to access the web app.

The host machine can be exposed to the internet using ssh/port forwarding methods to access the website over the internet. Before exposing the website to internet, generate a new secret key for the django app

• Generate and copy new key

  python3 generate_new_key.py
  

• update secret key in ArduinoController/settings.py on line 23

    # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
    SECRET_KEY = 'your_new_key'