Raspberry Pi XCarve Server

A Node.js Raspberry Pi server for controlling an attached XCarve from a remote machine.

Connecting to a Headless Raspberry Pi

If you would like to connect to a headless Raspberry Pi for setting up WiFi access, you can use the Adafruit Raspberry Pi Finder app to find and connect to your Raspberry Pi.

Installation

Make sure you have the latest stable version of Node.js installed on your Raspberry Pi. You can download it from the node-arm project.

pi@xcarve ~ $ node -v
v0.12.6

Make sure the global node_modules folder on your Raspberry Pi is writable by the pi user.

pi@xcarve ~ $ chown -R pi /usr/local

Install forever and xcarve-server on your Raspberry Pi.

pi@xcarve ~ $ npm install -g forever xcarve-server

Starting the Daemon

If everything has been installed, you can start the server daemon by running the following command:

pi@xcarve ~ $ xcarve-server

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 ██╔██╗╚════╝██║     ██╔══██║██╔══██╗╚██╗ ██╔╝██╔══╝
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╚═╝  ╚═╝      ╚═════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚═╝  ╚═╝  ╚═══╝  ╚══════╝

starting server daemon on port 1338...

Stopping the Daemon

pi@xcarve ~ $ forever stopall