Development Environment

How to install

• Check out the 'RedpinCore' and 'RedpinServer' project from the Redpin sourceforge site into your Eclipse workspace.
• Launch 'RedpinStandaloneServer'.
• Optional: Import some maps

How to build

• Build Redpin with the supplied ant script and run it using the scripts in the RedpinServer/scripts directory.

Production Environment

How to install

• Download the redpin.jar file or build redpin on your own (see How to build).
• Recommended: Install MySQL
• Recommended: Install LIBSVM
• Launch the server from command line using java -jar redpin.jar [port]
  or use the supplied scripts in the RedpinServer/scripts directory.
• Optional: Import some maps

How to use MySQL

• Install MySQL Community Server
• Run the 'redpin_mysql.sql' script from the src/resource directory within the RedpinServer project to configure the database.
• Set the database access credentials by setting the 'db.type' and 'db.location' in the file 'redpin.properties':
  db.type=mysql
db.location=//localhost:3306/dbname?user=username&password=pwd

How to use the Locator

• For better performance, install LIBSVM
• Configure the svm.libdir to point to your installation path in the file 'redpin.properties':
  svm.libdir = libsvm-2.9
• Optional: Configure the training rate of the svm locator to fit your needs, e.g. train every 10 minutes:
  svm.trainrate = 10

Import maps

• Save map image as png, gif or jpg.
• Upload image file to your web-server.
• Use netcat or telnet to send the following request to your server:
  {"action":"setMap","data":{"mapName":"YOUR MAP NAME","mapURL":"http://your-url.org/..."}}

Interface Specification

The interface specification of the redpin standalone client can be found here