Northwoods Wayfind

Digital signage display for facility events, powered by the eSpace facility management platform.

Features

• Real-time event display from eSpace API
• Auto-rotating featured event slides
• Sidebar with upcoming events list
• Welcome slides when no events are scheduled
• Responsive design optimized for TV displays
• Brand-compliant color scheme

Setup

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18 or higher recommended)
• eSpace account with Digital Signage API access

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Description
ESPACE_API_KEY	Yes	-	Your eSpace API key
ESPACE_DISPLAY_ID	No	7	The display ID from eSpace
PORT	No	8080	Server port

Running Locally

# Set your API key
export ESPACE_API_KEY=your-api-key-here

# Optional: Set display ID if different from default
export ESPACE_DISPLAY_ID=7

# Start the server
node server.js

# Open in browser
open http://localhost:8080

Architecture

• index.html - Single-page display application (HTML/CSS/JS)
• server.js - Node.js proxy server for eSpace API (handles CORS)

API

The eSpace Digital Signage API endpoint is proxied through the local server at /api/events to handle CORS restrictions.

Customization

Colors

Brand colors are defined as CSS custom properties in index.html:

:root {
    --blue-primary: #004C97;
    --blue-dark: #002855;
    --blue-light: #009CDE;
    --gold: #F1BE48;
    /* ... */
}

Slide Timing

Adjust the CONFIG object in index.html:

const CONFIG = {
    slideDuration: 10000,     // 10 seconds per slide
    refreshInterval: 300000,  // 5 minutes between API refreshes
    // ...
};

License

Private - Northwoods Community Church