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+this contains currently standalone html pages showing off how the displayclient looks like
+
+the final setup will be a central server using node.js which gets it's data from the frameserver
+and manages the multiple connections to web clients visualizing the virtual building
+
+howto install node js: http://howtonode.org/how-to-install-nodejs
diff --git a/displayclienthtml/hello_node.js b/displayclienthtml/hello_node.js
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+var http = require('http');
+http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
+  res.end('Hello Node.js\n');
+}).listen(8124, "127.0.0.1");
+console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8124/');