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weatherbox:gateway:fake_and_bridged_mode [2020/04/20 16:19] kluong [Further Improvements] |
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| ^ Mode ^ Description ^ | ^ Mode ^ Description ^ | ||
| - | | Fake Mode | This mode does not require any physical devices at all; it simulates a weatherbox network by sending packets from multiple types of weatherboxes in an infinite loop. | | + | | Fake Mode | This mode does not require any physical devices at all; it simulates a weatherbox network \\ by sending packets from multiple types of weatherboxes in an infinite loop. | |
| | Bridged Mode | This mode allows you to hook up a physical device that emits TX frames onto uart lines. This could mean a full weatherbox, or just a microcontroller running a stubbed version of the normal firmware. | | | Bridged Mode | This mode allows you to hook up a physical device that emits TX frames onto uart lines. This could mean a full weatherbox, or just a microcontroller running a stubbed version of the normal firmware. | | ||
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| {{drawio>weatherbox:gateway:bridged_mode}} | {{drawio>weatherbox:gateway:bridged_mode}} | ||
| - | + | Any firmware that emits transmit frames onto a UART line connected to a computer will work; in my case, I used a modified version of the ga_stub_hb firmware build loaded onto a stock arduino to accomplish this. The only modification I made was to have the xbee driver write to the hardware serial lines instead of the software serial ports. This allows you to just use the arduino, instead of having to have a separate serial usb converter. | |
| ===== Fake Mode ===== | ===== Fake Mode ===== | ||
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| {{drawio>weatherbox:gateway:fake_mode}} | {{drawio>weatherbox:gateway:fake_mode}} | ||
| + | The packets that are sent are hardcoded into the FakeNetwork class: | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | self.packets = {} | ||
| + | self.packets['heartbeat'] = "\x7e\x00\x16\x90\x00\x7d\x33\xa2\x00\x40\xe6\x4b\x5e\x03\xfd\x01\x00\x00\xff\xff\xf0\xfa\x23\x00\x2b\x02\xb2" | ||
| + | self.packets['apple'] = "\x7e\x00\x22\x90\x00\x7d\x33\xa2\x00\x40\x9f\x27\xa7\x29\x6c\x01\x01\x00\xff\xff\x80\x6f\x69\x3d\x06\x0f\x71\x7d\x33\x5a\x8a\x01\x00\x76\x01\x22\x00\x6e\x09\x55" | ||
| + | self.packets['cranberry'] = "\x7e\x00\x22\x90\x00\x7d\x33\xa2\x00\x41\x25\xe5\x88\x0c\x83\x01\x02\x00\xff\xff\x7c\xf3\x05\x00\xba\x0f\x5c\x08\x05\x00\x20\x73\x3b\x00\xdd\x8b\x01\x00\x7a" | ||
| + | self.packets['dragonfruit'] = "\x7e\x00\x24\x90\x00\x7d\x33\xa2\x00\x40\xe6\x72\x7d\x5e\x30\x18\x01\x03\x00\xff\xff\x30\xc8\x07\x00\x6b\x0d\xf4\x00\x06\x00\x00\x00\xb6\x72\x37\x00\xfe\x8b\x01\x00\x00" | ||
| + | self.packets['snapdragon'] = "\x7e\x00\x22\x90\x00\x7d\x33\xa2\x00\x40\xa3\x53\x7d\x5e\x20\x9c\x01\x04\x00\xff\xff\x12\xe4\x49\x00\xca\x0d\x44\x0c\x2c\x31\x01\x00\x2f\x01\x34\x00\x64\x00\xbb" | ||
| + | self.packets['badPacket'] = "\x7e\x00\x16\x90\x00\x7d\x33\xa2\x00\x40\xe6\x4b\x5e\x03\xfd\x01\x00\x59\x90\x95\x95\x94\x88\x48\x48\x49\xe2" | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | These packets were taken a while back by grabbing receive frames from an xbee. | ||
| ====== Why? ====== | ====== Why? ====== | ||
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| ====== Further Improvements ====== | ====== Further Improvements ====== | ||
| - | * Automated testing: this is important, because as the software gets bigger it gets harder and harder to test all of the cases manually by running the whole program. | + | |
| - | * Unit testing | + | ^ Item ^ Description ^ |
| - | * End-to-end testing | + | | Automated testing: t | This is important, because as the software gets bigger it gets harder and harder to test all of the cases manually by running the whole program. | |
| - | * Packaging story needs to be better; hard to run application with virtualenv | + | | Unit testing | | |
| - | * Deployment needs to be better | + | | End-to-end testing | | |
| - | * systemd | + | | Packaging story needs to be better; hard to run application with virtualenv | | |
| - | * staging environment? | + | | Fake mode with C code - this might be useful for creating new schemas | | |
| - | * Command line args could use some cleanup | + | | Deployment needs to be better\\ * systemd\\ * staging environment? | | |
| + | | Command line args could use some cleanup | | | ||
| + | | Is there a way to de-couple the python xbee library from the underlying transport mechanism | | | ||
| + | | We could possibly use a pty to "subscribe" via some mechanism for debugging and testing purposes | | | ||
| + | | REST api to get status? | | | ||
| + | | Adding a new schema to the gateway | | | ||
| + | | Logs for the gateway could be more useful | | | ||
| + | | Migrate from python 2 to python 3 | Python 2 is going away | | ||
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