I need your help: What do you think of Gladys Assistant 4?

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You need to click on this link: [J'ai besoin de vous] Liste des périphériques compatibles Gladys v4

To have write access, the link on the site is read-only (it’s normal, the site doesn’t want just anyone to make a mess, the forum is already more for experts :slight_smile: ) Let me know if you still don’t have access after this.

Should we create a topic on the forum to specifically discuss this issue? You need to use a « serial » flow in Node-RED to send values to the serial port, I imagine you are using USB with your Arduino? You create a topic and tag me, we’ll look at it together? :slight_smile:

It depends on what you are trying to test on Windows, do you just want to test the interface or do you also want to test integrations?

If it’s just to test the Gladys interface, then yes you can run Gladys on Windows (I didn’t say it was easy, if you are a beginner it can be complicated)

On the other hand, if you want to test the integrations, it will be very complicated or even impossible on Windows, I explain:

  • Docker does not run on Windows by nature, because Docker is a Linux container system. To run Docker on Windows, Docker launches a Linux VM, and runs Docker in the VM, it’s a bit of a hack. So already to make Docker work on Windows, you need a PC that supports virtualization.
  • As Docker runs in a VM, everything that is network scanning, etc. will not work on Windows, because the VM’s network is not the same as your machine’s network, and Gladys will not find any devices.
  • In addition to this, the Linux VM does not have access to USB ports by default (this can be changed, but if you are a beginner you are embarking on a world of pain and complexity: D)

For all the points mentioned above, we will not write this documentation because it will imply that Gladys is fully compatible with Windows (which is not the case), and it will encourage people to install Gladys on Windows, which we don’t want because it’s not made for that.

So, tell me what you want to test, there may be other alternatives, for example, it is possible to install Gladys on a small online Linux VPS, if you want to test Gladys for 1 hour for example, it will cost you barely 1 cent at DigitalOcean, and in 2 commands you will have Gladys installed :slight_smile:

Otherwise, a Raspberry Pi is 40€, I would clearly advise you to take the plunge, you will have the complete experience and a Raspberry Pi is never lost!

Thanks @dumoulin.jb! :folded_hands: