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2 | #+TITLE: Ninfacyzga-01 Manual |
3 | #+AUTHOR: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval | |
f7628e90 | 4 | #+EMAIL: baltakatei@gmail.com |
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5 | ** About |
6 | This document was created by Steven Baltakatei Sandoval on | |
7 | ~2020-06-29T12:14Z~ under a [[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/][Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license]]. It | |
8 | was updated by Steven Baltakatei Sandoval on ~2020-10-07T23:08Z~ | |
9 | ||
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10 | ** Narrative |
11 | Ninfacyzga-01 records (logs) its position in time and space using a | |
12 | [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_navigation_device][GPS receiver]]. The NMEA location data produced by the receiver is | |
13 | converted into the more commonly used GPS data storage formats of GPX | |
14 | and KML. All three types of data are then compressed and encrypted | |
15 | against a set of public keys. The encrypted data is then written to | |
16 | disk. Data produced by the receiver is segmented into 60-second chunks | |
17 | before being processed and written to disk. | |
18 | ** Description | |
19 | *** Hardware | |
20 | **** Raspberry Pi Zero W | |
21 | See the [[https://www.raspberrypi.org/pi-zero-w/][OEM]] webpage for this product. | |
22 | **** PiZ UpTime 2.0 | |
23 | See the [[https://alchemy-power.com/piz-uptime-2-0/][OEM]] webpage for this product. | |
24 | *** Software | |
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25 | ~bklog~ : A bash script that saves its stdin stream to a tar file. The |
26 | file may be compressed by ~gzip~ and encrypted by ~age~. It is an | |
27 | executable file contained within this repository at ~exec/bklog~. It | |
28 | should be copied to ~$HOME/.local/bin~. | |
29 | ||
30 | ~bkgpslog~ : A legacy bash script similar to ~bklog~ but narrower in | |
31 | scope in that it only records output from ~gpspipe~. | |
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32 | |
33 | ~gpsd~ : A background daemon app capable of interfacing with the | |
34 | Ozzmaker BerryGPS-IMU's GPS submodule. Installed and initialized by | |
35 | ~apt~. | |
36 | ||
37 | ~gpspipe~ : A command line app that polls ~gpsd~ and produces a stream | |
38 | stdout consisting of GPS data lines in NMEA format. Installed via | |
39 | ~apt~. | |
40 | ||
41 | ~gpsbabel~ : A command line app that converts GPS data from one format | |
aedd19f6 | 42 | into another. ~bklog~ may be used to convert NMEA data into GPX and |
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43 | KML. Installed via ~apt~. |
44 | ||
45 | ~gzip~ : A simple command line app that compresses stdin into a | |
46 | smaller stdout stream. | |
47 | ||
48 | ~age~ : A simple command line app that encrypts stdin against public | |
49 | keys specified in its options. Produces encrypted stdout. Is an | |
50 | executable file contained within this repository at ~exec/age~. It | |
51 | should be copied to ~$HOME/.local/bin~. | |
52 | ||
53 | **** Narrative | |
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54 | ~bklog~ may be used to log location data by receiving stdout produced |
55 | by ~gpspipe~. ~bklog~ contains options that allow file writes to be | |
56 | performed at adjustable time intervals (default: 300 seconds), | |
57 | compressed (with ~gzip~), and encrypted (with ~age~). Files are | |
58 | written in the form of appendages to a ~tar~ archive saved to a | |
59 | specified location. The NMEA data produced by ~gpspipe~ may be | |
60 | processed via a ~gpsbabel~ command string specified as an option to | |
61 | ~bklog~, assuming ~gpsbabel~ is installed. | |
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62 | |
63 | *** Output | |
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64 | |
65 | Several output file formats have been tested with ~bklog~. | |
66 | ||
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67 | **** File Formats |
68 | ***** NMEA | |
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69 | ~NMEA~ is an acronym for National marine Electronics Association. The |
70 | NMEA format described in this document follows the NMEA 0183 | |
71 | standard. It is a newline-delimited streaming text format that encodes | |
72 | global positioning system (GPS) data such as WGS84 location, time and | |
73 | date information, satellite count, accuracy, and other | |
74 | information. Each line is an "NMEA sentence". Descriptions of various | |
75 | NMEA sentences can be found on [[http://aprs.gids.nl/nmea/][this]] webpage. | |
76 | ||
77 | See the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NMEA_0183][Wikipedia page for NMEA 0183]] for this. This file format is the | |
78 | default output of the ~gpspipe -r~ command. | |
170f63ba | 79 | ***** GPX |
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80 | See the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_Exchange_Format][Wikipedia page]] for this. [[http://wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/WGS84][WGS84]] is the datum used. An NMEA file |
81 | may be converted to this format using ~gpsbabel~. | |
170f63ba | 82 | ***** KML |
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83 | See the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole_Markup_Language][Wikipedia page]] for this. [[http://wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/WGS84][WGS84]] is the datum used. An NMEA file |
84 | may be converted to this format using ~gpsbabel~. | |
85 | ||
170f63ba | 86 | **** Encryption Method |
7b09912b | 87 | See [[file:../setup/README.org][Main Setup]] procedures. |
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89 | ** Operating Procedures |
90 | *** Initial Startup | |
27a8996a | 91 | See OEM (Ozzmaker) [[https://ozzmaker.com/berrygps-berrygps-imu-quick-start-guide/][quickstart guide for the BerryGPS-IMU]]. |
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92 | **** Physical Setup |
93 | ||
94 | BerryGPS-IMU must be electrically connected to the correct pins on the | |
95 | GPIO header of a Raspberry Pi Zero W. | |
96 | ||
97 | *Optional*: stack together with PiZ Uptime 2.0 module. No GPIO pins | |
98 | conflict so a simple stacking and soldering with long header pins is | |
99 | possible. | |
100 | ||
101 | **** Software Setup | |
27a8996a | 102 | ***** Install Executables |
7b09912b | 103 | See [[file:../setup/README.org][Main Setup]] procedures. |
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104 | |
105 | Install ~gpsd~, ~gpspipe~, ~git~, and this repository for location | |
106 | logging capability. | |
107 | ||
27a8996a | 108 | ***** Automatic Start Configuration |
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109 | It is recommended to create a daily ~cron~ job that executes a bash |
110 | script that starts ~bklog~ jobs to record location along with other | |
111 | types of data recording. An example of such a script is below: | |
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112 | |
113 | #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE | |
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114 | #!/bin/bash |
115 | ||
116 | # Log location | |
117 | gpspipe -r | /bin/bash "$HOME/.local/bin/bklog" -c -e -z "UTC" -t "/dev/shm" \ | |
118 | -r age1kza7pfshy7xwygf9349zgmk7x53mquvedgw9r98qwyyqhssh830qqjzlsw \ | |
119 | -r age1ce3pvzrqfcn2pc6zqzglc8ac8yjk3fzukpy08cesqjjwns53xywqmaq7xw \ | |
120 | -R "$HOME/.config/bklog/recipients" -w ".nmea" -b "300" -B "day" \ | |
121 | -o "$HOME/Sync/Evanescent_Location" -l "location" \ | |
122 | -p "gpsbabel -i nmea -f - -o gpx -F - " ".gpx" \ | |
123 | -p "gpsbabel -i nmea -f - -o kml -F - " ".kml" & | |
124 | # Log pressure | |
125 | python ~/.local/bin/bmp388.py | /bin/bash "$HOME/git-OC/ninfacyzga-01/exec/bklog" \ | |
126 | -c -e -z "UTC" -t "/dev/shm" \ | |
127 | -r age1kza7pfshy7xwygf9349zgmk7x53mquvedgw9r98qwyyqhssh830qqjzlsw \ | |
128 | -r age1ce3pvzrqfcn2pc6zqzglc8ac8yjk3fzukpy08cesqjjwns53xywqmaq7xw \ | |
129 | -R "$HOME/.config/bklog/recipients" -w ".txt" -b "300" -B "day" \ | |
130 | -o "$HOME/Sync/Evanescent_Location" -l "pressure" & | |
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131 | #+END_EXAMPLE |
132 | ||
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133 | This script, if it were saved at |
134 | ~"$HOME/.local/bin/cron/dailylog.sh"~ would then be added as a | |
135 | line in the ~crontab~ file as shown below: | |
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136 | |
137 | #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE | |
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138 | $ crontab -e |
139 | 0 0 * * * /bin/bash ~/.local/bin/cron/dailylog.sh | |
140 | @reboot /bin/bash ~/.local/bin/cron/dailylog.sh | |
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141 | #+END_EXAMPLE |
142 | ||
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143 | In the example script, the options are: |
144 | ||
145 | : -c : tells bklog to compress output | |
146 | : -e : tells bklog log to encrypt output | |
147 | : -r : tells bklog to interpret the next argument as a pubkey string | |
148 | : -R : tells bklog to interpret the next argument as a directory | |
149 | : where public keys may be found (first line of each file is | |
150 | : read). | |
151 | : -o : tells bklog to write output files to the directory represented | |
152 | : -t : tells bklog to interpret the next argument as a directory | |
153 | : for storing temporary files | |
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155 | : -p : tells bklog a command string through which output is piped |
156 | : before being compressed and encrypted. Also expected is a | |
157 | : file extension to be appended before the compression and | |
158 | : encryption file extensions. | |
159 | : -w : tells bklog to save the unprocessed stdin with a specified | |
160 | : file extension (instead of the default '.stdin'). | |
161 | : -b : tells bklog how long each buffer round (time between file | |
162 | : writes) lasts in seconds. | |
163 | : -B : specifies the time-to-live for the bklog script. A valid value may | |
164 | : one of the time elements such as "day" or "hour". | |
165 | : -l : specfies a custom string to be used in output file names to | |
166 | : help differentiate tar files produced via bklog from different | |
167 | : sources of data. | |
168 | : -z : specifies a time zone to be used to determine the script time-to-live. | |
169 | : By default, bklog uses whatever time is specified by the TZ | |
170 | : environment variable. | |
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173 | See [[file:../setup/README.org][Main Setup]] procedures. |
174 | ||
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175 | Log files may be shared to other machines via ~syncthing~. See [[https://docs.syncthing.net/][this]] |
176 | manual for how to set up a shared folder and add Ninfacyzga-01 as a | |
177 | device. Syncthing's directory synchronization capability allows a | |
178 | remote machine to delete files from Ninfacyzga-01 by deleting from the | |
179 | shared folder that they both share. | |
180 | ||
181 | When log files are removed from Ninfacyzga-01 is not within the scope | |
182 | of this document. | |
183 | ||
184 | ***** Key Generation | |
7b09912b | 185 | See [[file:../setup/README.org][Main Setup]] procedures. |
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170f63ba | 187 | *** Normal Startup |
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188 | Turn on Ninfacyzga-01 by supplying 5VDC power to the Raspberry Pi. No |
189 | further interaction should be required. | |
190 | *** Normal Operation | |
191 | No interaction beyond continually supplying approximately 100mA of | |
192 | 5VDC power and occasionally removing log files to conserve disk space | |
193 | is required. | |
194 | **** Log Transfer | |
195 | Log files may be transferred by use of ~syncthing~ shared folders. | |
196 | **** Automatic Updates | |
197 | The ~automatic-upgrades~ package, if installed, should automatically | |
198 | install security patches to packages installed via ~apt~. | |
170f63ba | 199 | *** Normal Shutdown |
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200 | The system may be shutdown via SSH by running: |
201 | ||
202 | : $ sudo shutdown -r 0 | |
203 | ||
170f63ba | 204 | *** Unscheduled Shutdown |
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205 | Ninfacyzga-01 as described and setup should tolerate unscheduled power |
206 | loss. Log files being written every 60 seconds means, at most, 60 | |
207 | seconds worth of location data may be lost. | |
170f63ba | 208 | *** End of Life Disposal |
7b09912b | 209 | See [[file:../setup/README.org][Main Setup]] procedures. |