[Olsr-users] olsr position update plugin configuration
Teco Boot
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Wed Nov 28 15:12:18 CET 2012
Op 28 nov. 2012, om 05:52 heeft Bidur Devkota het volgende geschreven:
> Hi Ferry,
> I would like to thank you for your support.
>
> Thank You.
> Bidur
>
> P.S.: By going through the PUD plugin name (Position Update) and reading the release document (olsrd-0.64/lib/pud/pud.odt), it made me feel that this plugin will dynamically read the GPS information and update the that information to the neighbors periodically.
Sure it does.
If you have GPS feed, just make it available. If GPS is on serial, you can redirect to UDP. Or patch the plugin, if this is of any importance to you.
Use socat for enhanced redirecting.
Teco
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Ferry Huberts <(spam-protected)> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Ferry Huberts
>
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bidur Devkota
> Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
>
>
>
>
> --
> Ferry Huberts
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bidur Devkota
> Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
>
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