Pitwall Acquisition Plugin

This plugin is to be used with simhub to forward data to a WebApi. This WebApi then exposes an endpoint to feed a prometheus database.

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Pre requisites

• Simhub 9.x installed

To be able to work with the data, please see pit-wall-api documentation.

How does it work ?

Any simulator supported by SimHub can be used with the plugin.

Setup the plugin

• Download the latest release
• Unzip the binaries downloaded archive
• Copy the files in Simhub installation directory
  • If you are updating from an existing version,
    • Ensure Simhub is not running
    • Say yes to replace existing file with the new files
• Start Simhub

First installation

• Go to Settings

• Then plugins

• Ensure plugins is activated

You can check the checbox "Show in the left main menu" to access the plugin directly.

Configuration

• Open the plugin configuration screen
• Set the pilot name and car name

This two informations will be use to group the metrics by car and pilots.

It is recommended to have a unique pilot name by user. Car name can be shared. Doing so will enable you to support driver swap scenarii.

• Set the server address and personal key

Personal key will be checked each time a user tries to send metrics. One server knows one personal key.

• Click save button

Save button updates the configuration. You do not need to restart Simhub.

• Test Connectivity button

Tries to contact the server without authentication. This is to avoid personal key brut force attack.

• OK : server is reachable
• KO : server is unreachable

To setup the server see pitwall api