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- We will use the amity anonymous FTP server to gather the data.
- They will add the GPS coordinates (lat/long) to the MA data. This will enable looking at mobile PingER measurements.
- We have requested (emails 3/6/2019, 3/15/2019) to know how the extra information on lat/long will be added to the records (I.e. the format of the android records) since accommodating that will require changes in the gathering/storage/analysis to be backward compatible. Thus it needs to be algorithmically simple to identify and extract the extra information. For example providing a simple separator between the old data format and the new extra lat/long data, such as a semi-colon.
Work Flow for the PingER App
1. The user opens the application. The layout consists of a ListView displaying the hardcoded IP addresses from the SLAC website along with two buttons- one to ping the beacons and the other to get the location of the user.
2. On Clicking the “Ping” Button each of the hardcoded IP addresses is pinged and the output is displayed on the screen.
3. On Clicking the “Get Location” button the current location of the user is displayed. Google Geolocation API is used to implement this feature.
Flowchart of the Application
Bebo will contact Topher, and look at installing on a spare Android at Bebo's home in San Francisco. We could also do that at SLAC.
- Topher will get us some Android phones when he gets back. Topher is in Ecuador at the moment, he and Bebo will be meet in April.
- At this time Topher will install the latest version of the App in the Androids
- Les will contact Amity to see if they will have an update to the Android/Pinger by 2nd week in April. Ideally, such an update would include the location information for the MA when the measurement is made. Email sent to Amity 3/15/2019, reminder sent 4/4/2019.
- Topher (the person with the Android phones) is currently in Ecuador and he and Bebo will meet early April. At that time Topher will install the latest version of the Amity Android/PingER MA App in some Android phones for testing and evaluation. Thus it would be helpful if you could aim for say Monday, April 8th, 2019 for a release of the App.
As I mentioned 3/6/2019, it would be good to make the following addition to the App:To track measurements made by a mobile device requires one to know its location at the time of the measurement. This information needs to be recorded together with each measurement. We need to decide how the extra information on lat/long will be added to the records (I.e. the format of the android records) since accommodating that will require changes in the existing gathering/storage/analysis to be backwards compatible. It needs to be algorithmically simple to identify and extract the extra information. For example providing a simple separator between the old data format and the new extra lat/long data, such as a semi-colon. This new location data might be appended at the end of each current measurement following the semi-colon.
- Topher (the person with the Android phones) is currently in Ecuador and he and Bebo will meet early April. At that time Topher will install the latest version of the Amity Android/PingER MA App in some Android phones for testing and evaluation. Thus it would be helpful if you could aim for say Monday, April 8th, 2019 for a release of the App.
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