GPS Tracker - first real test

The first “real-world” test of the GPS Tracker was this last weekend when we went for a bit of a cruise through the state forest on our way home from Toodyay. It was a good test of how it performed recording slow, winding tracks as well as extended periods without GSM  coverage. The report generated… continue reading

GPS/GSM Tracker MK1

This is the GPS datalogging device I’ve been working on and finally installed in the car: [http://www.tribalchicken.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/photo-1.jpg] [http://www.tribalchicken.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/photo-2.jpg] This device periodically (Default every 30 seconds) collects geospatial data (Plus a few other things, currently… continue reading

Migrating iRedMail + SOGo to a new server

A while ago [http://www.tribalchicken.com.au/?p=56] I setup a fully-fledged groupware server with a combination of iRedMail [http://www.iredmail.org] and SOGo [http://www.sogo.nu]. Last week I have migrated this setup to a new server which was incredibly painless (Actually easier than I expected). Although being a personal… continue reading

Finding trips in a mess of events, with confidence.

As part of the GPS / GSM Tracker I am working on [http://www.tribalchicken.com.au/?p=202]I send data back to a server periodically to be parsed and stored in a database. This data includes things such as the time, position, speed, altitude, HDOP, etc. In the context of this project, I refer… continue reading

Arduino: Scheduling multiple SoftwareSerial ports

The SoftwareSerial library included with the Arduino environment is fantastic, and allows you to have multiple software serial ports in addition to the hardware UART. Unfortunately though, you can only receive data on one port at a time. You can easily select which port to listen to using the inbuilt > softwareserial.listen(); Any incoming… continue reading