Using RouteMaster with Secure WebSockets

RouteMaster itself only supports the standard non-secure WebSocket protocol (ws://) , but modern browsers require that if a page is loaded HTTPS, it must use WebSockets over TLS to communicate (wss://). This requires you to use Rascular WebCentre rather than...

Using “Devices” in WebCentre

WebCentre now has a “Devices” page. What’s it do? The “Devices” page allows you so build a database of named Devices that you’re controlling from Web Panels. Currently only a few types of devices are supported RouteMaster, for...

Enabling CORS support on Elemental Live

AWS Elemental Live’s REST API can be accessed directly from Javascript running in the browser, but if authentication is enabled on the Elemental Live you’ll hit problems due to Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) restrictions. Elemental Live (as of V2.13)...

Creating a Facebook “App” for Helm Web Panels

Each application that uses the Facebook API to perform actions like posting to pages and creating Live video streams needs to be registered with Facebook via it’s Developer site. In Facebook terms, an “application” means a specific HTTP server...

Managing Facebook App users

When you create a Facebook App for use with Rascular WebCentre, the App won’t be reviewed by Facebook. This means that any users of the WebCentre who use Webpanels connecting to Facebook must be added as “Testers” of the application using the...

WebCentre: Managing Panels

In this article we discuss how to publish panels to the WebCentre and how to manage them. At this point you should have WebCentre open in your browser and be logged in as administrator (see installation article for details ). Show available panels Click on the...