User Interface developed using Lightning Application Framework for RDK’s Video Accelerator Platform

1. Pre-requisites:

   • Install Node.js 10.x and npm
   • Install Lightning-CLI globally
     npm install -g @lightningjs/cli
     (There is a new lightning version release dated 14 Oct 2020, if you are already using lightning , then please refer 'Lightning carbon release' section before moving to next steps)

2. Clone the Accelerator-UI project git clone [email protected]:rdkcentral/AcceleratorUI.git

3. Navigate to the project folder in terminal

4. Run: npm install or sudo npm install
   It will download all the dependent packages.

5. Run lng build : will create a standalone bundle that you can run in the browser.

6. Run lng serve : will start a local webserver and run the App. The port information and the host IP information of the server will be shown in the terminal. Application will be up and will run at (http://{hostIP}:8080)
   eg: http://127.0.0.1:8080, http://192.168.1.8:8080

Prerequisites - The device and your machine should be connected to the same network.

1. Launch Controller UI in your web browser by giving IP address and port number of the device/box (eg: http://192.168.1.6:9998/ ).
2. In Controller UI, navigate to Resident App tab
3. Enter the Application URL ( URL of the application getting from 'lng serve' ) in 'Custom URL' field and click on 'SET' button.
4. The Lightning accelerator UI will get loaded in the Resident App(webkit browser instance)

If you have already installed lightning cli version < 2.0.0 , then to upgrade to lightning CLI 2.0.0, please follow the below steps

1. Uninstall the old version: npm uninstall -g wpe-lightning-cli
2. Install the latest lightning cli npm install -g @lightningjs/cli

Release document - http://www.lightningjs.io/announcements/carbon-release

For further information refer https://wiki.rdkcentral.com/display/RDK/Tata+Elxsi+Accelerator+UI