Tuesday, June 30th, 2015

Today I will work on establishing a home-base for the Mars Server. Previously I have been running it off of one of the laptops, but with the constant sleeping and restarting of the small device, the server is often inoperable until I restart it manually. Dr. Wiecking given me space on one of the larger machines for the server. I plan to set that up today with extensive testing. Also, I will research multi-thread handling for implementation in the Mars Server Program. Finally, I am compiling a list of parts for the construction of additional modules.

Progress was slow today. The majority of time was spent trying to identify a compilation error that processing spits out when introduced to a new OS. This was remedied by exporting the application in the same version of Mac OS that it is intended to be used on. I ran intro further trouble after exportation because processing does not export hidden files and folders. After replacing some key folders, The application finally started up. I will be running it on slab-conference-east at 10.14.4.141 or wordpress.hpa.edu.

I also modified the Mars Module to accommodate an LCD screen. I reprogrammed the board and it now responds to the module with the name of the user. This is a highly tasking upgrade, however, for the physical space inside the enclosure is limited. Also, the RFID reader once again overheated with the excessive compilation and on-off cycling during development. I plan to let it rest, or stick it in the fridge.

Tomorrow will be spent sorting out the communication protocol between a module and a server not directly linked to the server device.

I joined the robotics class briefly today. A good group of kids. I look forward to working with them.

Today: 10

Week: 19

Total: 152.5