theCO Metrics Dashboard

how to update metrics dashboard

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initial setup in terminal

1. move into this repo cd [into-this-repo]
2. install Dashing gem install dashing
3. intall Bundler gem install bundler
4. Bundle up the project bundle
5. Run local version dashing start
6. open browser to http://localhost:3030/

initial setup on rPi 3

1. http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-real-time-business-statistics-dashboard--cms-19728
2. https://gist.github.com/stonehippo/5896381
3. open Chromium on launch - https://www.danpurdy.co.uk/web-development/raspberry-pi-kiosk-screen-tutorial/
4. sudo nano ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart add line at the bottom `/usr/bin/chromium-browser --kiosk --incognito thecometrics.herokuapp.com

WIP - how to turn the pi and tv off

• https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=70923
• https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/libcec

The TV shutsdown after 6 hours or so. Here is how we are handling this:

• shutdown at 9pm
• reboot at 1pm and 5pm

### turn off 1min after 9PM
1 21 * * * /sbin/shutdown -h now

### reboot at 1pm
0 0,13 * * * reboot
### reboot at 5pm
0 0,17 * * * reboot

Making changes to dashboard layout and stats

Check out Dashing for changes to widgets: http://shopify.github.com/dashing

update ideas

• quotes from members at theCO
• current temperature (inside/outside)

• of visitors on website (last month/right now)

• of devices on theCO's network

• network bandwidth usage
• last speed test results
• network status
• items 3D printed last month
• countdown until bus departs/arrives again
• countdown to next event (theCO birthday, COstarters, COmmunicate)
• measure amount of coffee left
• number of lights on @theCO