ponstar

ponstar - A simple controller for PON Optical Line Terminals (OLTs) that support the VOLTHA project's Openolt api.

Install ponstar in a Python virtual environment

$ virtualenv myenv
.. some output ..

$ source myenv/bin/activate
(myenv) $ pip install ponstar

Check ponctl is installed

$ which ponctl
...myenv/bin/ponctl

ponctl help

$ ponctl --help
Usage: ponctl [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  ponctl - Command-line utility for managing PON whiteboxes

  Options:
    --help  Show this message and exit.

    Commands:
      devinfo  Get device info from OLT_HOST_PORT.
        ind      Get device info from OLT and, optionally, send them to Kafka...

Use ponctl to display OLT device info

$ ponctl devinfo 10.90.0.114:9191
vendor: "EdgeCore"
model: "asfvolt16"
firmware_version: "BAL.2.6.0__Openolt.2018.10.04"
...

Use ponctl to display streaming indications from OLT

$ ponster ind 10.90.0.114:9191
2019-06-10 15:03.07 Southbound Grpc Rx
2019-06-10 15:03.07 Indications initialized
2019-06-10 15:03.07 openolt grpc starting
2019-06-10 15:03.07 openolt grpc started
waiting for indication...
olt_ind {
  oper_state: "up"
  }
  waiting for indication...
...

If running a local kafka broker, check indications on kafka bus:

confluent-kafka/consumer.py localhost:9092 foo openolt.ind-10.90.0.114

Develop

git clone git@github.com:shadansari/openolt.git
cd ponstar 
pipenv shell
pipenv install -e .

Rebuild protobufs if changed:

make protos