old-lab_ui/README.md

# Asctec Pelican GUI

The purpose of this project is an example of how to write a web page that can be accessed by any device on the same network as the host computer by accessing the IP of that host computer.

### Quick Start Guide


If you are connecting to a remote computer that is running the roscore, you need to run the following lines in the terminal:

    sudo route add 192.168.2.1 gw <Host computer IP>
    export ROS_MASTER_URI=http://<Host computer IP>:11311
    export ROS_IP=<your IP>

Make sure you have the web_video_server installed:

	sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-web-video-server

Make sure you have ROSBridge installed:

	sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-rosbridge-suite

Then run the bash file in the working directory by running the following in the terminal.

    bash launch.bash

#### Just display the webpage

If you just want to test the webpage, navigate to the working directory in the terminal and type

    python -m SimpleHTTPServer

Then open http://localhost:8000/.
# Making Changes

Feel free to clone this project and use it as a base for your own GUI.

You can easily customise the "Robot Display" pannel by changing the HTML "robot\_display.html" file.

All ROS related Javascript should go in the "ProjectFiles/js/ros_scripts.js" file.
All functions that are used to update the GUI should go in the "ProjectFiles/js/update_guis.js" file

By using ROSBridge, this GUI will attempt to display relevant information over the web for any device.

TODO:
1. Display Network Information
1. Add checkmarks for which topics you want to record
2. Add time plot for data
1. fix connectoin button on ROS Bridge Connection tab