YuShanNet - Base Station Installation Guide

 

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  Overview - Base Station Functionality

Helping forwarding the user tags' information to the server.

Using 3G communicate to the server.

 

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  Install Debian From USB CD-ROM

Do NOT install any addiction package (space is limited)

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  Install required package

apt-get install libdevice-serialport-perl

apt-get install expect

apt-get install wvdial

apt-get install rsync

apt-get install beep

apt-get install ntpdate

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  Change time zone

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Taipei /etc/localtime

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  Edit wvdial.conf

vim /etc/wvdial.conf

 

[Dialer Defaults]

Init1 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0

Modem Type = USB Modem

IDSN = 0

New PPPD = yes

Phone = *99#

Modem = /dev/ttyUSB1

Username = default

Password = default

Ask Password = 0

Dial Command = ATD

Stupid Mode = yes

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   Create udev rule for serial device

vim /etc/udev/rules.d/taroko.rules 

 

kerne;="ttyUSB*", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0403", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6001", SYMLINK="TAROKO"

vim /etc/udev/rules.d/battery.rules

 

KERNEL=="ttyUSB*", SYSFS{idVendor}=="067b", SYSFS{idProduct}=="2303", SYMLINK="BATTERY"

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   Edit rc.local

vim /etc/rc.local

 

/usr/bin/wvdialconf

/usr/bin/wvdial &

sh /root/BaseStation/run &

sh /root/BatteryMonitor/run &

sh /root/check.sh

exit 0

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  Copy and extract Base Station file to /root

 File structure

 

    /root

    |
    |-- BaseStation
    |   |-- SerialForwarder.pl
    |   |-- run
    |   |-- send
    |   |   `-- message
    |   `-- wildernessnet.sql
    |-- BatteryMonitor
    |   |-- SerialBattery.pl
    |   `-- run
    |-- check.sh
    `-- cmdSender.sh

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   Add crontab tasks

crontab -e

 

# m h  dom mon dow   command

*        *    *     *       *       sh /root/cmdSender.sh "/sbin/ifconfig" "/root/BaseStation/send/message/" "network.log"

*/10    *    *    *       *       sh /root/cmdSender.sh "sh /root/check.sh" "/root/BaseStation/send/message/" "check.log"

*        *    *    *       *       rsync -av --compress --remove-source-files --timeout=10 --progress /root/BaseStation/send/ YuShanNet@140.112.42.162:/home/nas/YuShanNet/StarBox/data > /root/rsync.log 

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   Add ssh key to server

ssh-keygen at StarBox (no passphrase)

copy the content of id_rsa.pub to the authorized_keys at the server

 

 

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   Programs description

SerialForwarder.pl      Receive the message from user's tag and forward to PC

SerialBattery.pl         Communication with the battery
check.sh                   PC self-check procedure

cmdSender.sh           Dump command inforamtion

 

All data that needed to send to the server will be placed under BaseStation/send directory.

Once the data is sent successfully, the data will be deleted.