Setting up and running JeeLib/JeeMon

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Setting up and running JeeLib/JeeMon

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rashidw

I have a JeeNode successfully sending information to my windows pc.
Now just need a hand setting up JeeMon to help decode and show the information.

I took the following steps:
- downloaded JeeMon,JeeLibrary
- created a Jee-setting.txt file
server/ {
histdir c:/JeeMon-win
logdir c:/JeeMon-win
feeds { StartLogging COM10: 57600 }
}

now when I click on JeeMon.exe I only get a hello world (I created applications.tcl in a JeeMon-mods subdirectory to check that something was happening) I don't seem to be connecting to serial port etc.

Am I missing an important step?

do I need to invoke some commands in JeeMon to pickup the JeeLibrary?

Thanks in advacne

Posted 14/02/2010 12:50:00
zooer

rashidw, you might want to use the old JeeMon, c.f. http://talk.jeelabs.net/topic/150.

The new/present JeeMon is very modular and should be easier to use in the future. We as a community need to implement those "rigs" for various uses.

Posted 14/02/2010 13:04:22
rashidw

Thanks Zooer. That would explain a lot.

I managed to find the old version. Now the application reads the config from
C:/JeeMon-win/Jee-settings.txt, but it goes into demo mode. so i am not sure whether it it is picking up the feed.

To check, I opened the feed in a terminal (arduino environment) and it was logging to the terminal. (I closed this so that I would no have any exclusive locking on that port).

Any help would be appreciated.

regard

Posted 14/02/2010 14:33:09
rashidw
In fact, I found some instructions on another thread:

"Try this: move JeeMon.exe to a fresh empty dir, place the Jee-settings.txt file next to it, also place the file Jee-demodata there but rename it to Jee-database. Then launch JeeMon. "

I did this and got further:

14:46:43.965 notify rig.Loaded {Bar Connect Httpd Render Rig Settings Tax Tequila Web Wikify app-init bwired collect dataset decoder devices incoming pachube util}
14:46:44.039 notify main.Init {}
14:46:44.041 notify main.Run
14:46:44.049 reading config from C:/JeeMon/Jee-settings.txt
14:46:44.138 logging data from COM10: @ 57600 baud
14:46:44.139 hook main.Run failed: couldn't open "COM10:": no such file or directory
```
    while executing
so now it does not recognise or find the COM10 port (this is a JEENODE via USB).
I am using the line feeds { StartLogging COM10: 57600 }

which you see has an ":" after the com port number.
thanks
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Posted 14/02/2010 14:49:32
rashidw

ok. I saw on another post that someone had got this running on COM3.

So I renamed the serial port to COM3 from COM10 in device manager.

Seems to have done the trick. I am not sure why this would solve the problem.

Now I get:

15:06:17.793 notify rig.Loaded {Bar Connect Httpd Render Rig Settings Tax Tequila Web Wikify app-init bwired collect dataset decoder devices incoming pachube util}
15:06:17.869 notify main.Init {}
15:06:17.871 notify main.Run
15:06:17.875 reading config from C:/JeeMon/Jee-settings.txt
15:06:17.968 logging data from COM3: @ 57600 baud
15:06:18.718 log file is C:/JeeMon/20100214.txt
15:06:19.741 scanning logfile c:/JeeMon/20100214.txt
15:06:19.742 done scanning logs, 3 entries @ 341.3 ms
15:06:19.790 web server now available on http://localhost:8181/
(JeeMon) 1 %

when I goto url http://localhost:8181/ in IE or Firefox, this manages to crash JeeMon.

Any ideas?

Posted 14/02/2010 15:07:24
jcw

Wow, you guys move fast... the new JeeMon is indeed just an empty shell for now, as Zooer pointed out. Don't expect to get results with it (yet, evidently).

W.r.t. old JeeMon - no error messages? No clues?

PS. Settings file looks ok, but I think you need two different dirs for logdir and histdir (doesn't explain hard crash, though).

Posted 14/02/2010 21:21:04
rashidw

Thanks Jean. I have amende the settings so that logdir and histdir are on seperate directories.

When I access the url though, JeeMon just disappears:

"Tclkit, a standalone runtime for Tcl/Tk has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. etc"

I think it is going to be a problem due to my setup. The windows logs show problems with cplsp.dll. I will instead try Jeemon on SheevaPlug and report back.

Thanks for the great work!

Posted 14/02/2010 23:33:46
jcw

What's "cplsp.dll"? Never heard of it. Can you try on another Windows machine?

Posted 15/02/2010 02:03:19
rashidw

I have some content filtering on that windows box, which maybe clashing.

Anyway, I have successfully run the JeeMon on another windows machine and also got the localhost:8181 url working.

However the url default's to the pachube energy consumption in your house I presume?

How do I get the url to point to the S300TH data that is being collected?

(sorry for all the questions by the way!)

regards

Posted 15/02/2010 21:14:08
jcw

Yeah - the front page is a placeholder, with indeed a hardcoded URL to some Jee Labs readings sent to Pachube. You'll need to unwrap Jee-library (using the SDX tool, it's a starkit) to change that (it's in a file called "site/default.mav"). I don't really want to go into that since JeeMon was never released for general use.

You can get at the collected data via some built-in debug code. Go to the About tab and click on try-datasets.html - you should get a list with a few names in the 1st "Param" column. Go back to the About tab and now click on the try-plot1.html link. Enter the name of the parameter you want to see, a date range, and click on Show. Should give you a graph. You'll also get the raw data logged to one of the directories you specified in your settings.

You're welcome to explore further, but I'm afraid I won't be able to give much support or answer many questions on what is now called "JeeMon2009". The current JeeMon design is going to provide a much more open and modular system, and is being designed right from the start to let others tinker with it and extend it.

Posted 16/02/2010 01:39:04
rashidw

That is completely fine. Thanks for all the information so far. You have been really helpful.

Posted 16/02/2010 21:22:40