Summary

Start testing this code. Might need to rework seperate functions to perform tasks for this.

Problem Explanation

https://docs.python.org/2/library/unittest.html

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Summary

aprslib provides parsing of scaling values and channel names. We should use these...

http://aprs-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/parse_formats.html#telemetry-configuration

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Summary

Remove use of configuration files as use is simple and we can rely on command line arguments ever time we need to run the code and that seems much more simple.

Problem Explanation

It seems like a lot of work to keep supporting configuration files and this program aims to be simple. I think we should just use command line arguments instead.

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• Remove Configuration Files
• Ensure use of command line arguments in all spots where configs were loaded before

Summary

Should run as a linux service able to start/stop/restart. Operation should also be in background.

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16420092/how-to-make-python-script-run-as-service

Summary

Pull in CWOP weather stations from the CWOP source. This is distinctly different than APRS-IS. I've known about this for a few weeks but poking from @el-iso makes me think this is probably more useful than originally thought.

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• https://madis-data.ncep.noaa.gov/MadisSurface/?CenterLAT=33.67&CenterLON=-118.01&Zoom=10.00&StationID=FRCC1
• http://wxqa.com/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Weather_Observer_Program

Summary

Make this program more robust, It seems to exit often. Maybe I should log to file as well so I can figure out what goes wrong easier.

Problem Explanation

For some reason the program exits every hour or so. I am not sure if it is running out of memory or a network connection is failing. Need to investigate more.

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Summary

I am missing some information provided my aprslib which Faraday doesn't send. I should also consider compressed formats.

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• Save all relevant information for uncompressed packets to influxdb
• Parse and save all relevant compressed packets to influxdb
• Separate parsing and consumer functions better

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Uncompressed

aprs2influxdb_UncompressedPackets.zip is a zip file of valid (should be) uncompressed packets over about 30 seconds. Should contain most relevant data

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Summary

Pretty sure this gets lost in the uncompressed format parsing but never parse out the special keys such as rain levels.

Problem Explanation

http://aprs-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/parse_formats.html#comment-field

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Summary

Logging into APRS-IS appears to require unique callsigns. This is problematic because I only have one! I want to connect faraday-aprs client to APRS-IS and also aprs2influxdb. What ends up happening is that APRS-IS just ignores the second connection. This means if aprs2influxdb is connected then Faraday data never gets to APRS-IS. Need a path around this.

Problem Explanation

ping @PhirePhly would you know any fix for this? Seems pretty restrictive.

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Summary

Mic-E format packets can send data in the destination address ("TO") which aprs2influxdb currently creates tags from. This isn't good since that would increase the tag values substantially for each station. This slows the server down.

Problem Explanation

http://www.aprs.org/doc/APRS101.PDF

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Summary

Not all packets are as expected. I have seen some compressed packets that have some super long comments and have altitudes among other items such as timestamps. I should support them.

Problem Explanation

This could easily be proper APRS format but the aprslib documentation led me not to know if this is to be expected. Moving on and not supporting at the time of this ticket creation. Will do later.

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{'comment': u'L3>4JOAlBXLAAzE9JOAlBXLAA+g4JOAlBXLAAip4JOAlBXLAAAo9JOAlBXLAAnk9JOAlBXLAA"<3JOAlBXLAA]k8JOAlBXLAABh3JOAlBXLAANn3JOAlBXLAA4Y3JOAlBXLAAZc4JOAlBXLAALO4JOAlBXLAA-08JOAlBXLAAT(3JOAlBXLAAVs3JOAlBXLAA', 'via': u'DL7AD', 'from': u'DL7AD-13', 'to': u'APECAN', 'messagecapable': False, 'altitude': 0.3048, 'format': 'compressed', 'longitude': 0.0, 'raw': u'DL7AD-13>APECAN,WIDE1-1,qAO,DL7AD:/044031h/NN!!NN!!O!!6L3>4JOAlBXLAAzE9JOAlBXLAA+g4JOAlBXLAAip4JOAlBXLAAAo9JOAlBXLAAnk9JOAlBXLAA"<3JOAlBXLAA]k8JOAlBXLAABh3JOAlBXLAANn3JOAlBXLAA4Y3JOAlBXLAAZc4JOAlBXLAALO4JOAlBXLAA-08JOAlBXLAAT(3JOAlBXLAAVs3JOAlBXLAA', 'symbol_table': u'/', 'timestamp': 1507610431, 'latitude': 0.0, 'path': [u'WIDE1-1', u'qAO', u'DL7AD'], 'symbol': u'O', 'raw_timestamp': u'044031h'}

Summary

Allow logging to file from command line option. This is useful to allow proper packet saving for debug as well as error handling.

Problem Explanation

Use Python logging to log to file properly.

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• https://docs.python.org/2/library/logging.html
• https://fangpenlin.com/posts/2012/08/26/good-logging-practice-in-python/

Summary

Provide a generic configuration file setup for a base install of influxdb settings. Allow user to edit this as needed with command line options.

Problem Explanation

Installation should be easy and configuration also easy.

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Summary

Use setuptools and pbr much like faraday-software to install aprs2influxdb

Problem Explanation

Running aprs2db on a server should be simple and therefore this should be installed via pip

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Summary

Timestamps are local to when the server receives the APRS-IS packet. Not sure there's much I can do about this with APRS-IS as I don't think many stations at all provide a timestamp. I should put some thought into this however.

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Summary

Using a virtualenv to install makes the installation work better. This is also self-contained and apparently suggested practice in general. It's difficult to install between Linux and Windows without virtual environments too.

Problem Explanation

Installing on Windows and Debian Linux is a pain without virtualenv. This makes sense to move to and it just streamlines the operation.

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I don't feel that it's necessary to isolate just this program with virtualenv but the user should probably specially use one OR just use one that they use for all packages on their computer as to isolate the python bin/