An interactive installation for transmediale 2016

• to install node modules, install npm and run npm install
• to compile sass scripts, run compass watch

• pip2 install Pillow auf pi: `sudo pacman -S python2-pillow
• pip2 install socketIO-client
• pip2 install pyserial

• font generation by SpriteFontBuilder for mac
• font conversion with this script: https://github.com/playcanvas/fonts/blob/master/fnt_to_json.py

• Within scripts dir, execute: python -m polylogue.test.print_test.py

• start node server automatically by calling pm2 start app.js and then pm2 save

• create python startup script nano /etc/systemd/system/polylogue.service

• [Unit]
  
  Description=Launches polylogue print server script
  
  After=network.target
  
  [Service]
  
  Type=simple
  
  WorkingDirectory=/home/pi/scripts/polylogue/
  
  ExecStart=/bin/python2 polylogue_print_server.py
  
  RemainAfterExit=true
  
  [Install]
  
  WantedBy=multi-user.target
  

  ​

• sudo systemctl enable polylogue.servive to automatically start

• go to twittersever dir, runnpm install and cp config.default.js config.js

• go to network -> wifi -> "the wan wifi" -> disable
• login by ssh : ssh root@192.168.72.1
  • uncomment line in /etc/dnsmasq.conf: address=/#/192.168.72.2

edit nano ~/polylogue/twitterserver/config.js change

tags : '#rp17' // see https://dev.twitter.com/rest/public/search for how to setup the search query

	/*
		#love OR #hate : one or the other
		#love #hate : contains both tags
	*/