[TangerineSDR] Local network configuration and monitoring of magnetometer.

[David Witten]

Hyomin,

I don't think that a monolithic application to handle data capture,
archiving, and local monitoring is a good idea.  There are just too many
important moving parts.
Some of them are services like Web servers, Web socket servers, and timed
tasks.  Some of them are presentation graphics interfaces.  Each has its
own peculiarities and requirements.  Each is best done in a particular
implementation language.  Some have security issues so it is best to use
well-tested existing implementations that have stood up to scrutiny over
time.  Some are unique to our current needs.

None of this has pretensions of being a final solution for the
PSWS/TangerineSDR project.  I'm just trying to address what seem to me to
be immediate needs for users of the magnetometers as they currently exist.

Dave

On Mon, 19 Jul 2021 at 16:28, Kim, Hyomin <hmkim at njit.edu> wrote:

> Hi Dave
> Perhaps, it is better to have one integrated software tool both to display
> local data (just like you showed here) and to upload data to the
> centralized data repository? Just a thought...
>
>
> [image: NJIT logo] <https://www.njit.edu/> *Hyomin Kim*
> Assistant Professor
> Physics
> Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research
> Institute for Space Weather Sciences
> hmkim at njit.edu • (973) 596-5704
> https://web.njit.edu/~hmkim/
> 104 Tiernan Hall, 161 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 3:17 PM David Witten <wittend at wwrinc.com> wrote:
>
>> As some of you know, I am working on a local net Setup, Configuration,
>> and Monitoring tool for RM3100 - based magnetometers.
>>
>> At this point the tool is designed to give users visibility and control
>> over their personal magnetometer(s).
>>
>> As currently conceived, there are several things that it does and does
>> not do:
>>
>> *It does:*
>>
>>    - Provide the owner of the magnetometer a check of its status.
>>    - Show activity measured over some recent period.
>>    - Allow setup of metadata.
>>    - Allow configuration and testing of new magnetometer setups.
>>    - Require update of the runMag/multiMag utility to allow it to
>>    communicate via named pipes.
>>    - Require installation of other software (probably in Python) to
>>    create interprocess and Web socket communication links.
>>
>>
>> *It may (later):*
>>
>>    - Allow real time modification of operating parameters.
>>    - Allow comparison with INTERMAG or other other data within the local
>>    interface.
>>    - Allow projection of secured data to remote viewers and cell phones
>>    off the local net. (low priority)
>>
>>
>> *It is not:*
>>
>>    - It is not an analysis tool *per se*.
>>    - It is not meant to give visibility of real-time activity to users
>>    off the  local subnet.
>>    - It does not interfere in publishing bulk data to the cloud
>>    repository.
>>    - It is not directly integrated with the larger effort by HamSCI and
>>    TangerineSDR to capture magnetometer instrument data into the Alabama
>>    repository, though it could find a place there somewhere.
>>
>>
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