What is Orbicraft for?
Assembling the OrbiCraft 3D
OrbiCraft 3D interfaces
Work with earth-based VHF
Work with Wifi
Work through the WEB interface
Houston Control Center Software
Arduino-Based payload
Laboratory equipment
Feedback
What is Orbicraft for?
Assembling the OrbiCraft 3D
OrbiCraft 3D interfaces
Work with earth-based VHF
Work with Wifi
Work through the WEB interface
Houston Control Center Software
Arduino-Based payload
Laboratory equipment
Feedback
Houston Telnet Client connects to Houston Server (address 0x1) via TCP / IP protocol, from where commands are transmitted via ground UHF via radio channel to onboard UHF via AX.25 protocol. Commands are sent from the onboard UHF via the CAN bus to the Raspberry Pi, where the onboard Houston Server converts them from CAN to TCP / IP. Then the commands go through the socat utility, which transmits a stream of characters from TCP / IP to the bash terminal.
As a result of executing commands, files from the Raspberry Pi are transmitted via UHF and saved in the corresponding folder of the Houston Telnet Client.
Install the Houston Telnet Client program from the page Required Software
Start the Houston Server program, which the Houston Telnet Client uses to communicate with the UHF ground transceiver.
Connect the ground UHF transceiver to the computer via USB, open the Windows Device Manager and make sure that the new device appears in the COM and LPT ports section.
Run the Houston Telnet Client software, the TCP / IP connection status will be displayed in the status bar.
Buttons description:
Houston Telnet Client settings window
The settings window allows you to configure the following parameters:
/home/pi/scripts/shot.sh 0 jpg
Local paths - local (ground) photo directories and directories for another file uploads.
Последовательность действий по загрузке фотографий с бортового Raspberry Pi на компьютер через УКВ.
Downloading photos from the onboard Raspberry Pi to a computer via VHF:
1. Make sure that the status Server: connected is displayed in the status bar of the main window. If not, check the Telnet port parameter in the Settings and connect to the Houston Server.
2. Press the End line button. A shell prompt should appear in the terminal's text box.
3. Press the List Photos button. A list of photo files should appear in the text box of the terminal. Suppose the filenames match the following pattern: # .jpg.
4. Enter the photo number in the text box to the right of the List Photos button. Then snap the Receive Thumbs button to upload thumbnails or Receive Photo to upload photos. When the download starts, the Houston Telnet Client window looks like this:
5. Wait for the file transfer to complete. The estimated download speed and progress bar are displayed in the status bar. At the end of the transfer, the Houston Telnet Client window looks like this (a message appears in the log (“File receive ends”):
6. Press the “End line” button. The shell prompt should appear in the terminal text field.
The downloaded files will be in the corresponding folders of the Houston application telnet Client, photos in the “photos” folder, and thumbnails in the “thumbs” folder.