a3em 1.0.4

A3EM Management Dashboard

Overview

This package provides a graphical interface called the A3EM Management Dashboard, which should be used for setup and preparation of all live A3EM deployments. Once installed, it can be accessed from any location in a command terminal by entering:

a3em

Installation

The easiest way to install this tool is through pip by entering:

python3 -m pip install a3em

If you wish to install the package manually or develop it further, you should first clone the A3EM Dashboard repository to your hard drive, cd into the root directory of the repository, then issue the following command in a terminal:

python3 -m pip install -e .

Upon configuration and completion of a deployment, all audio and log files should be properly labeled and accessible on the SD card of the deployed A3EM device.

Available Configuration Options

TODO: Finish this list and add descriptions

• Deployment Options:

  • Device Label

  • Timezone

  • Start Date and Time

  • End Date and Time (optional)

  • Set RTC to Start Date/Time at Magnet Detect (yes/no)

  • LEDs enabled (yes/no)

  • If LEDs enabled:

    • For how many seconds after deployment starts

  • VHF Radio Start Date and Time

• Audio Recording Options:

  • Mode: Threshold-Triggered, Time-Scheduled, Interval-Scheduled, Continuous

  • If Threshold-Triggered:

    • Max num events per unit time

    • Threshold level (right now in percent of max, but prob should map dB to percent)

  • If Time-Scheduled:

    • List of start/end times (i.e., 6AM-11AM, 6PM-10PM)

  • If Interval-Scheduled:

    • Record every X time units

  • Clip length in seconds (even for continuous, should segment into clips)

  • Extend clip length if continuous audio detected (yes/no)

  • Audio sampling rate

  • Microphone amplification level (low, medium, high)

• IMU Recording Options:

  • Mode: Threshold-Triggered, Audio-Triggered (store IMU data whenever audio clip is recording)

  • If Threshold-Triggered:

    • Threshold level

  • Degrees of Freedom (only 3 available on current chip)

  • IMU sampling rate