Next Stop

Backend for @civic-data-design-lab's work for the Cooper Hewitt's Reimagining Mobility exhibition.

Install SANE

1. See if homebrew is installed on your Mac (type brew --version into a terminal window).
2. If not, run this command in a terminal window: /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
3. In a terminal window, run brew install sane-backends

Install PIP (Python Package Manager)

1. Check if PIP is installed by typing pip -V into a terminal window.
2. In a terminal window, type curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
3. In a terminal window, type python3 get-pip.py

Download and Extract My Repository

Install Project Dependencies

1. In a terminal window, change directory into the repository root (for example, cd ~/Downloads/nextstop).
2. Install my project dependencies by typing pip install -r requirements.txt

Run our Scheduler

Assuming you have the scanner hooked up to a USB port, you should now be able to run python3 scheduler.py from a terminal window. This will get the scanner running - drop a card in and within a few sections it will scan.