irae / moblab

CLI tool to broadcast control of smartphone browsers. You navigate with one, all others react accordingly.

Moblab

An Arduino+JohnnyFive based mobile device testing lab with browser proxying capabilities

Requirements

If you need turning devices support, Moblab requires the following:

1. A Firmata compatible Arduino board (developed and tested using an Arduino Uno)

2. Servos (Standard, non-continuous rotation preferred)

running

1. Install the project dependencies with npm:

$ npm install

2. run node mob.configure.js to bootstrap you configuration

3. Run the proxy with node mob.proxy.js

4. Configure your devices to use your IP address as a proxy, on port 8581

5. On a different terminal window, run the node mob.master.js for controlling the browsers

6. On a different terminal window, run the node mob.servos.js for controlling the servos

proxy SSL

We plan on adding on-demand certificate, for now you can follow instructions here.

available commands

go("www.address.com")

Navigates to www.address.com

reload();

Reloads the current page

scrollTo(x,y);

Scrolls the current page to the given (x,y) coordinates

portrait();

Changes all the connected devices to portrait mode

landscape();

Changes all the connected devices to landscape mode, turning them to the left

landscapeRight();

Changes all the connected devices to landscape mode, turning them to the right

saveConfig();

Saves the current calibration values to config.json

You can change the calibration values like this:

>>> servo1.portrait = 90;
>>> servo1.landscape = 25;
>>> servo1.landscapeRight = 150;
>>> servo1.pin = 13;

servo[1-4].move(x);

Moves the servo to the given position

servo[1-4].center();

Resets the servo to the original position