Balloon payload telemetry over APRS
Project description
PacketRaven
PacketRaven is a front-end data aggregator / dashboard, designed to track the progress of high-altitude balloon payload flights via location telemetry.
pip install packetraven
Usage:
to start the client, run the following:
packetraven
usage: packetraven [-h] [-k APIKEY] [-c CALLSIGNS] [-s] [-p PORT] [-l LOG] [-o OUTPUT] [-t INTERVAL] [-g]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-k APIKEY, --apikey APIKEY
API key from https://aprs.fi/page/api
-c CALLSIGNS, --callsigns CALLSIGNS
comma-separated list of callsigns to track
-s, --skipserial skip attempting to connect to APRS packet radio
-p PORT, --port PORT name of serial port connected to APRS packet radio
-l LOG, --log LOG path to log file to save log messages
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
path to output file to save packets
-t INTERVAL, --interval INTERVAL
seconds between each main loop
-g, --gui start the graphical interface
Python API:
to retrieve packets directly from https://aprs.fi:
from packetraven import DEFAULT_CALLSIGNS, APRSfiConnection
callsigns = ['W3EAX-8', 'W3EAX-12', 'KC3FXX', 'KC3ZRB']
api_key = '' # enter your APRS.fi API key here - you can get a free API key from https://aprs.fi/page/api
aprs_fi = APRSfiConnection(callsigns, api_key)
aprs_fi_packets = aprs_fi.packets
print(aprs_fi_packets)
or parse packets from a radio sending parsed APRS over a USB connection:
from packetraven import APRSPacketRadio
serial_port = None # leave None to let PacketRaven guess the port name
radio = APRSPacketRadio(serial_port)
radio_packets = radio.packets
print(radio_packets)
or connect to a PostGreSQL database running PostGIS:
from packetraven import APRSPacketDatabaseTable
hostname = 'bpp.umd.edu:5432'
database = 'bpp'
table = 'packets'
username = 'username'
password = '1234'
table = APRSPacketDatabaseTable(hostname, database, table, username=username, password=password)
table_packets = table.packets
print(table_packets)
Features:
current:
- parse APRS packets from USB radio
- retrieve packets from https://aprs.fi
- output packets to file
- plot altitude
in development:
- flight track plotting
- live track prediction
- Iridium telemetry and commands
- live chase navigation
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