Code06 now available with radical enhancements
There are always improvements to be made but the latest version of the logging software is now available. Code06 is a radical development on the previous version and can be found here.Objective to provide a low cost logger supporting multiple nodes
The objective is to be able to log data from a network of XBee's and analyse the data using the Google Docs suite of software. In particular the spreadsheet application which has a very powerful graphing capability. In addition the objective is to develop a low cost instrument with minimal equipment requirements.Summary of latest functionality
Here's a summary of the new functionality etc.- It's now a pure Java application.
- The development environment is Eclipse.
- An unlimited number of XBee nodes can be supported.
- Configuration is via a text file.
- Logging nodes are registered in the configuration file.
- Logging interfaces are registered in the configuration file.
- Data from nodes not in the configuration file is discarded.
- Received data can be recorded as raw values e.g. ADC output value, or converted e.g. temperature.
- User friendly names can be used to identify the nodes and interfaces.
- Data is recorded in a comma delimited text file.
- The data recording process is a separate process to the capture process.
- Data is stored as it is received.
- Log records are written at programmed intervals. e.g. 1 min, 1 hour, 1 day
- A new log file is created per day.
- Debugging is provided by log4j
- Debugging is configured via a configuration file
- Debugging provides low level data packet inspection
- Debugging provides monitoring of the application operation
- Debug output is written to a logging file or console.
At the moment my development facilities include only two XBee's which is not really a network! Therefore I'm waiting for another to arrive in the next few days and then I will be able to test the multi node operation.
