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| ==== Gateway - testing changes ==== | ==== Gateway - testing changes ==== | ||
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| + | Options for testing | ||
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| + | * Deploy to production - see what happens | ||
| + | * Deploy to staging - see what happens | ||
| + | * Setup an personal network (on your laptop, or maybe on the server) | ||
| + | * Connect the gateway to a "fake" xbee virtually, using a pty and another script | ||
| + | * Mock out the serial device completely in python | ||
| It's not necessarily practical to have hardware to test with all of the time and often hardware might not be available anyways. Luckily, with software we can work around this. | It's not necessarily practical to have hardware to test with all of the time and often hardware might not be available anyways. Luckily, with software we can work around this. | ||
| - | Options for testing | + | **Note: development for the gateway should generally be done in a linux-based environment.** The gateway code was primarily designed only for linux-based environments and may not run locally. |
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| + | You can make a "fake" xbee network using the following python script: | ||
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| + | <code> | ||
| + | import os | ||
| + | import errno | ||
| + | import time | ||
| + | |||
| + | def symlink_force(target, link_name): | ||
| + | try: | ||
| + | os.symlink(target, link_name) | ||
| + | except OSError as e: | ||
| + | if e.errno == errno.EEXIST: | ||
| + | os.remove(link_name) | ||
| + | os.symlink(target, link_name) | ||
| + | else: | ||
| + | raise e | ||
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| + | def valid_packets(): | ||
| + | packets = {} | ||
| + | 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" | ||
| + | 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" | ||
| + | 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" | ||
| + | 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" | ||
| + | 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" | ||
| + | |||
| + | return packets | ||
| + | |||
| + | master_fd, slave_fd = os.openpty() | ||
| + | symlink_force(os.ttyname(slave_fd), '/tmp/fakexbee') | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | packets = valid_packets() | ||
| + | while True: | ||
| + | for key in packets: | ||
| + | os.write(master_fd, bytes(packets[key])) | ||
| + | time.sleep(1) | ||
| - | * Deploy to production - see what happens | + | </code> |
| - | * Deploy to staging - see what happens | + | |
| - | * Setup an personal network (on your laptop, or maybe on the server) | + | |
| - | * Connect the gateway to a "fake" xbee virtually, using a pty and another script | + | |
| - | * Mock out the serial device completely in python | + | |