Orange Tree is a Python-based software complex, primary purpose of which is to connect multiple Orange PI microcomputers in a single ecosystem and provide debugging/configuration for their GPIO pins, thus turning the complex into highly-flexible base for a range of IoT solutions.
Complex is separated in 2 parts:
- Server. Serves as a hub, allowing users to monitor, modify, debug and configure the system.
Technology stack: Flask (Flask + Flask-Security + Flask-SQLAlchemy + Flask-SocketIO), SQLAlchemy, sockets, pycryptodome. - Client. Headless application, that is run on a target Orange PI PC, which connects to the server and may be used for pin configuration.
Technology stack: WiringPI-Python-OP, sockets, psutil, sockets, pycryptodome.
- Server
- Python (3.7+) interpreter.
- MySQL/MariaDB server (in case you want to use it instead of SQLite3)
- Client
- Armbian OS
- Python (3.7+) interpreter.
- Clone/Download the source
- Navigate to project directory and run the installer by calling
python3 server_setup.py installNOTE: There are known occasions when setuptools fails to install several dependencies. So in case you'll run into any errors, simply re-run the installer - second time it usually gets it right.
- Clone/Download and install the WiringPI-Python-OP library. Follow the instructions in that repo's readme file.
- Clone/Download the source
- Navigate to project directory and run the installer by calling
python3 client_setup.py install- Go to server sub-folder, open config.py and configure the application.
- Once done - go back to root folder and run the application
python3 run_server.py- Once server is up, you can navigate to it's home page by going to
http://127.0.0.1:5000
- Default administrator credentials are some@mail.com/password
- Go to client sub-folder, open config.py and configure the application. Make sure encryption key and IV matches the one used by server, otherwise it won't be able to communicate with it .
- Once done - go back to root folder and run the application
python3 run_client.py