Software History and why V2
The original Sensorgnome software was written and maintained by John Brzustowski from 2016 to 2018 and was designed for Beaglebone and Raspberry Pi models 1 and 2 single board computers. It used an ingenious but very non-standard "liwixi" filesystem organization and was based on Linux Debian Buster. Communication with Motus servers used SSH tunnels in an effective but unconventional configuration.
The Sensorgnome V2 software is a complete rewrite of the system with the goal of supporting current Raspberry Pi models and using standard filesystem and communication methods.
The V2 software:
uses a standard current Raspberry Pi OS image (based on Debian Bullseye as of 2023) that has Sensorgnome software pre-installed
runs on Raspberry Pi3, Pi4, Zero-2W, and SensorStation V1 (more coming)
exclusively uses HTTPS for Internet communication (SSH commandline access over the LAN is also supported),
implements a new automatic upload mechanism that uploads data files directly to motus.org,
implements a new web UI with more functionality and security to manage the Sensorgnome,
the new web UI provide easy options to download data files to a laptop or phone,
implements remote monitoring and management,
The V2 software uses unmodified software to process radio data and detect tags in the local tag database, thus the data processing path is unchanged.
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