Nick
As I recall, we previously set your system up with Node-Red FRStack both on the same Raspberry Pi.
Now, you seem to desire to set up both Node-Red and FRStack on the same Windows PC.....correct?
So far, you have Node-Red installed on the Windows PC and you have FRStack installed on the Windows PC....correct?
In the Node-Red connection flow, you have entered "127.0.0.1:13522/api" into the "Set Parameters Here" node....correct?
Note: since both Node-Red and FRStack are on the same device, you can use either the "loopback" IP address (127.0.0.1) or you can use "localhost". ? 13522 is the port number for Windows FRStack and "/api" adjusts for the differences in REST command structure for Windows vs Raspberry Pi FRStack REST commands.
Now, to set up your SPE amp connection. ?Recall in Raspberry Pi FRStack, we modified the "appsettings.json" file. ?In Windows FRStack, the SPE amp settings are changed using the Windows Desktop FRStack Interface.
Move the USB cable now connecting the SPE amp to your Raspberry Pi to your Windows PC.
We must now get the "COM" number used by the cable. ?Open up "Device Manager". ?Look for "Ports and COM" and expand the list. ? Look for the USB cable you just plugged in and note the "COM" port that windows assigned to it. ?If you are not certain of the cable, unplug it and note which cable disappears from the list. ?Plug the cable back in....thats the COM port you will need.
We will enter the COM port into FRStack later, so for now, just remember what it is.
Double click on the Windows FRStack Application icon to start the application. ?Here is a screenshot of mine:
There is a "Client Chooser" pulldown in the upper left. ?If you have multiple clients, select the client you want FRStack to bind too.
Then, click on "View" pulldown. ?At the bottom of the pull down, select "Options"
In the "Options" window, select the "SPE" tab. (your tabs may be in a different order)
Configure the SPE amp settings as you want. ?Be sure to select the port number your SPE USB cable is using. ?This is the SPE Cable COM port you got from the Device Manager earlier:
Click OK.
You should now be all set up to use your Node-Red SPE amp dashboard.
Another nice feature, is you can also use the FRStack Windows interface for the SPE amp. ?You can also use the Node-Red Dashboard at the same time.
Back on the main FRStack Window desktop interface, select the pulldown, " View". ? Select "SPE Window". ?You will now see the FRStack Windows Desktop SPE control window:
Alan. WA9WUD
