To use the Sonos Web Controller you need to have two things installed:
- NodeJS with NPM
- Modern Browser
Make sure your browser is up to date. When you use Safari, Chrome or Firefox you're good to go because these browsers are Evergreen Browsers. When you use Internet Explorer (IE) make sure you have version 8.0 or newer.
(When you use the Opera browser make sure you have version 11.0 or newer)
To use Sonos Web Controller you first need to install NodeJS. Download the installer from the link above and install it on your computer.
With the installation of NodeJS, NPM will also be installed.
Download the files needed for Sonos Web Controller by clicking the "Download ZIP" button to the left of this readme and place the files in a folder that is easy accessible from your terminal/command prompt.
The above steps shouldn't be to difficult to achieve. When you're done with the above steps you can proceed to the next steps.
- Open your Terminal/Command Prompt
- navigate to the map where you saved the files[1]
- type
node server.js
and press the return button
[1] You could do this with the following command: cd path/to/your/files
If you receive no errors in the output of the terminal/command prompt window, the application is running. You could test this by navigating to http://localhost:5005
or click here.
You have to follow the installation steps only once. When the application is installed, you can start it with the following commands:
cd path/to/your/files
node server.js