Hi Guys, I have posted my experience using Ruby on the Meraki Minis. They are $50 wifi routers that do mesh networking. the run a version of OpenWRT and include lighttpd and ruby. I have a couple of example programs and a tutorial on how to program Ruby to do web access, CGI, and do IO on a file based on the querystring.
On May 1, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Diarmuid Wrenne wrote:
Hi Guys, I have posted my experience using Ruby on the Meraki Minis. They are $50 wifi routers that do mesh networking. the run a version of OpenWRT and include lighttpd and ruby. I have a couple of example programs and a tutorial on how to program Ruby to do web access, CGI, and do IO on a file based on the querystring.
You need one device connected to a router that is connected to the internet. Then a laptop can connect wirelessly to it. I found that the range of the meraki is less than the range of the wifi in my router. It works great if you need to extend the range by using a second meraki. It also is good in that you can plug a meraki directly to a computer that does not have wifi. You will always need at least two merakis to get any use out of them
Regards
Diarmuid
Gus S Calabrese wrote: > Hi Diarmuid
> Does the Meraki Mini talk directly to a wireless laptop ? > Or does the MM only talk wireless to other MMs ? > Best
Would this scenario work ? I connect one Meraki via the wired connector to a laptop with a web server. I then connect to the Meraki with a wireless iPhone or a wireless laptop. Then one device is doing something for me.
What I want to do is use a Meraki as a smart webserver. Since you mentioned it has Ruby onboard, I want to see if I can use the webserver to collect data via the UART or GPIO on the Meraki, and present it to an iPhone. This would make the Meraki a data collection/controller device and the iPhone would act as the GUI that is wirelessly connected to the Meraki.
If this is possible, I would ask if you might help me a little bit for compensation to get the Ruby going.
Best Regards
Gus
On Jul 4, 2007, at 3:21 AM, Diarmuid Wrenne wrote:
Hi Gus
You need one device connected to a router that is connected to the internet. Then a laptop can connect wirelessly to it. I found that the range of the meraki is less than the range of the wifi in my router. It works great if you need to extend the range by using a second meraki. It also is good in that you can plug a meraki directly to a computer that does not have wifi. You will always need at least two merakis to get any use out of them
Regards
Diarmuid
Gus S Calabrese wrote: > Hi Diarmuid
> Does the Meraki Mini talk directly to a wireless laptop ? > Or does the MM only talk wireless to other MMs ? > Best
I could use some help ( would be glad to pay you ) to set up a way to have an external microprocessor ( Cypress PSOC ) do measurements and activate relays and lights and report the results to the Meraki such that it appears on a web page. I would also like to pass info from the web page ( such as switch settings and analog value settings ) to the PSOC. I would like to use the serial port on the meraki to talk to the PSOC.
I can handle getting the PSOC to do what it should do. I would like some advice from you on how to handle the Meraki scripting.
Best to you Gus aka Cedric Denver, CO USA 720 222 1309
BTW the HTML has been on the Meraki for 3 days now without getting erased.
The merakis are not directly addressable unless the computer is connected directly via ethernet to it. The meraki can send info to servers on the internet and retrieve info, so it is possible to log data (and I have done that).
You can contact me directly on dwre...@yahoo.com so we can discuss this in more detail.
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