[Olsr-users] olsr position update plugin configuration

[Ferry Huberts]

On 27/11/12 12:28, Bidur Devkota wrote:
> Hi Ferry,
> I am thankful for guiding me to enable the smart gateway. Now I could
> see the Parameters and Values in the Position tab. Also, I tried to play
> around with the parameters in the olsrd.conf ( attachment: olsrd.conf),
> but being a novice user , I think I could not fix it properly.
>
> 1. I was not sure whether to load olsrd_sgwdynspeed Plugin or not so I
> have just loaded it without specifying the speedFile.

no need to load this plugin, unless your internet gateway has a dynamic 
bandwidth.

>
> 2. The values shown in Position Tab were all <N/A> so I provided
> position file by specifying < PlParam "positionFile"
> "..../Desktop/position" > and could see some values in the Position Tab.
> (attachments: position, pudPositionTab.png)
> But the data from this file is updated only at olsrd startup. So how can
> we get the updated positions periodically.

that is correct. the plugin currently only reads that file during 
startup. the functionality to read it on change is not there. it's not a 
priority for us.

You can always play around with netcat to construct packets with all 
NMEA information/sentences of your position.


>
> 3. In each machine running the olsr, I could just see the Position Tab
> where location information about the local machine is shown but I cannot
> see the location information about the other nodes in the olsr network.
> (attachment: jsoninfo_Result.txt)
>

also correct. the plugin is stateless.
we do not want to store that information in the plugin since that 
doesn't scale for large networks and embedded routers


> Thank You.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 11:25 PM, Ferry Huberts <(spam-protected)
> <mailto:(spam-protected)>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     On 26/11/12 16:26, Bidur Devkota wrote:
>
>         I went through the documents and attempted to access the pud result.
>
>         What I got is: 1. In the command line after running the olsrd , it
>         says PUD plugin is loaded (screenshot attached:
>
>
>     It's loaded but it's not active since its configuration is invalid
>     (as is reported, please _read_).
>
>     pud is dependent on smart gateway functionality and you have not
>     enabled that.
>
>
>         pudLoadedTerminal.png) . But in the web interface it says PUD plugin
>         is not loaded(screenshot attached : pudNotLoaded1.png)
>
>         2. I installed the jsoninfo plugin and its output does not show the
>         position information for PUD plugin. (attachment:
>         jsoninfo_output.txt)
>
>         I have some more confusions: 1. Where/How to configure GPS Daemon. I
>         am clueless about how the PUD plugin accesses the GPS device
>         data and
>         send/receive position updates.
>
>
>
>     The pud document described what it expects for the GPS information.
>     How you go about forming those messages or position file is up to you.
>
>
>         Thanks!!
>
>
>         On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Ferry Huberts
>         <(spam-protected) <mailto:(spam-protected)>
>         <mailto:(spam-protected) <mailto:(spam-protected)>>> wrote:
>
>
>
>         On 23/11/12 12:40, Ferry Huberts wrote:
>
>         See the pud architecture document at
>         http://olsr.org/git?p=olsrd.____git;a=blob;f=lib/pud/doc/pud.____odt;h=____9f3d31fe0c147c14056437dacc6111____ec3889780d;hb=HEAD
>         <http://olsr.org/git?p=olsrd.__git;a=blob;f=lib/pud/doc/pud.__odt;h=__9f3d31fe0c147c14056437dacc6111__ec3889780d;hb=HEAD>
>
>
>     <http://olsr.org/git?p=olsrd.__git;a=blob;f=lib/pud/doc/pud.__odt;h=__9f3d31fe0c147c14056437dacc6111__ec3889780d;hb=HEAD
>     <http://olsr.org/git?p=olsrd.git;a=blob;f=lib/pud/doc/pud.odt;h=9f3d31fe0c147c14056437dacc6111ec3889780d;hb=HEAD>>
>
>
>
>         raw file:
>         http://olsr.org/git?p=olsrd.____git;a=blob_plain;f=lib/pud/____doc/pud.odt;hb=HEAD
>         <http://olsr.org/git?p=olsrd.__git;a=blob_plain;f=lib/pud/__doc/pud.odt;hb=HEAD>
>
>
>     <http://olsr.org/git?p=olsrd.__git;a=blob_plain;f=lib/pud/__doc/pud.odt;hb=HEAD
>     <http://olsr.org/git?p=olsrd.git;a=blob_plain;f=lib/pud/doc/pud.odt;hb=HEAD>>
>
>
>
>
>
>         and an example config file (with all parameters documented) at
>         http://olsr.org/git?p=olsrd.____git;a=blob;f=lib/pud/doc/____olsrd.conf.default.pud;h=____7cf142737a89f228afed348d366bcf____adb95d5f40;hb=HEAD
>         <http://olsr.org/git?p=olsrd.__git;a=blob;f=lib/pud/doc/__olsrd.conf.default.pud;h=__7cf142737a89f228afed348d366bcf__adb95d5f40;hb=HEAD>
>
>
>     <http://olsr.org/git?p=olsrd.__git;a=blob;f=lib/pud/doc/__olsrd.conf.default.pud;h=__7cf142737a89f228afed348d366bcf__adb95d5f40;hb=HEAD
>     <http://olsr.org/git?p=olsrd.git;a=blob;f=lib/pud/doc/olsrd.conf.default.pud;h=7cf142737a89f228afed348d366bcfadb95d5f40;hb=HEAD>>
>
>
>
>         raw file:
>         http://olsr.org/git?p=olsrd.____git;a=blob_plain;f=lib/pud/____doc/olsrd.conf.default.pud;hb=____HEAD
>         <http://olsr.org/git?p=olsrd.__git;a=blob_plain;f=lib/pud/__doc/olsrd.conf.default.pud;hb=__HEAD>
>
>
>     <http://olsr.org/git?p=olsrd.__git;a=blob_plain;f=lib/pud/__doc/olsrd.conf.default.pud;hb=__HEAD
>     <http://olsr.org/git?p=olsrd.git;a=blob_plain;f=lib/pud/doc/olsrd.conf.default.pud;hb=HEAD>>
>
>
>
>
>
>         If you enable the httpinfo plugin as well, then you get a tab with
>         the pud position. I think the data is also available by means of the
>         jsoninfo plugin but I've never used that.
>
>         If after reading these you still have questions, mail again
>
>         On 23/11/12 12:22, Bidur Devkota wrote:
>
>         Hi All,
>
>         I was searching for ways to share the position between the nodes in
>         OLSR network. Luckly, I got to know about pud plugin for OLSR. I
>         tried to install  it and access the data. Like for dot_draw and
>         txtInfo plugin, we can see the plugin result by monitoring in the
>         assigned port number (in /etc/olsr.conf) . For example
>         127.0.0.1:2006 <http://127.0.0.1:2006> <http://127.0.0.1:2006>
>         <http://127.0.0.1:2006>. I am
>
>         hoping that there should be some similar ways to see the pud plugin
>         data as well. But I did not find any luck. Even searching the web
>         could not link me to some examples showing the way to configure and
>         access pud plugin. Are there any special configuration required for
>         pud? It would be of great helo if I can get through some exaples for
>         it.
>
>         Thanks !
>
>         Bidur
>
>
>
>
>         -- Ferry Huberts
>
>
>
>
>         -- Regards, Bidur Devkota
>
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>
>
>     --
>     Ferry Huberts
>
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bidur Devkota
> Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
>
>
>

-- 
Ferry Huberts