unisat_data_local (UniSat Data Provider)

#implements: PSoTT Local

Installing

Install Python3

• Linux
  • sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-dev python3-venv
• Mac
  • ``` brew update && brew upgrade && brew install python3``
• Windows
  • Error: Platform Not Supported

Installing this Package

Download the package (or git clone ) to /home/pi/<any folder>/

Run python3 -m venv venv

Run source venv/bin/activate

Run python3 -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel

Run pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Running

Run Docker Containers

Install docker according to the official docker documentation.

docker compose up -d

Run data-backend with systemd

Open the unisat.service file inside the system.d folder, and edit contents

[Unit]
Description=UniSat Data Backend Publisher Service for POsTT
After=multi-user.target

[Service]
Type=idle

WorkingDirectory=/home/azat/Developer/test_python_service/python_test
ExecStart=/home/azat/Developer/test_python_service/venv/bin/python main.py
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

You should at least edit this two lines:

For further info: https://azat.cc/2021/01/18/server-snippets.html#systemd

Configuring the Package

open config.ini file with any supported text editor. You need to edit several configuration values,

DEV_ID : This unique id should be added as the same value that comes from the serial as devID.

UART_PORT: This should be the correct port, which receives the serial data.

DEFAULT_SYNCING_INTERVAL : (in seconds) time interval to sync data between devices and cloud. (set this to some larger value such as 300 (5 minute) if local storage is small)

LOG_LEVEL : If anything works not correctly, set log level as debug