barnacles-logfile

barnacles-logfile writes IoT data to local logfiles in CSV (or equivalent) format for easy manipulation and analysis in spreadsheets.

barnacles-logfile ingests a real-time stream of raddec and dynamb objects from barnacles which it writes to a local logfile specific to each type. It couples seamlessly with reelyActive's Pareto Anywhere open source IoT middleware.

barnacles-logfile is a lightweight Node.js package that can run on resource-constrained edge devices as well as on powerful cloud servers and anything in between.

Pareto Anywhere integration

A common application of barnacles-logfile is to write IoT data from pareto-anywhere to local logfiles. Simply follow our Create a Pareto Anywhere startup script tutorial using the script below:

#!/usr/bin/env node

const ParetoAnywhere = require('../lib/paretoanywhere.js');

// Edit the options to customise the logfiles
const BARNACLES_LOGFILE_OPTIONS = {};

// ----- Exit gracefully if the optional dependency is not found -----
let BarnaclesLogfile;
try {
  BarnaclesLogfile = require('barnacles-logfile');
}
catch(err) {
  console.log('This script requires barnacles-logfile.  Install with:');
  console.log('\r\n    "npm install barnacles-logfile"\r\n');
  return console.log('and then run this script again.');
}
// -------------------------------------------------------------------

let pa = new ParetoAnywhere();
pa.barnacles.addInterface(BarnaclesLogfile, BARNACLES_LOGFILE_OPTIONS);

Hello barnacles-logfile

The following code will log simulated raddec data to a file named raddec-YYMMDD-HHMMSS.csv where the date and time represent the local time the log was created. The simulated data is provided by barnowl which is typically run in conjunction with barnacles. Install the barnowl, barnacles and barnacles-logfile packages using npm before running the code.

const Barnowl = require('barnowl');
const Barnacles = require('barnacles');
const BarnaclesLogfile = require('barnacles-logfile');

let barnowl = new Barnowl();
barnowl.addListener(Barnowl, {}, Barnowl.TestListener, {});

let barnacles = new Barnacles({ barnowl: barnowl });
barnacles.addInterface(BarnaclesLogfile, { /* See options below */ });

Options

barnacles-logfile supports the following options:

Property	Default	Description
eventsToLog	{ raddec: {}, dynamb: {} }	See default event-specific properties below

For example, the complete (default) options would be specified as:

{
  eventsToLog: {
    raddec: {
      folderPath: "./",
      logfileExtension: ".csv",
      logfileDelimiter: ",",
      minutesToRotation: 60,
      numberOfReceiversToLog: 1
    },
    dynamb: {
      folderPath: "./",
      logfileExtension: ".csv",
      logfileDelimiter: ",",
      minutesToRotation: 60,
      propertiesToLog: [ /* acceleration, ..., uptime */ ]
    }
  }
}

Event-specific property	Default	Description
folderPath	"./"	Path to folder where logfiles written
logfileExtension	".csv"	File extension to use
logfileDelimiter	","	Field delimiter
minutesToRotation	60	Period between logfile rotations

raddec-specific property	Default	Description
numberOfReceiversToLog	1	Number of receivers to log in columns

dynamb-specific property	Default	Description
propertiesToLog	[ all ]	dynamb properties to log in columns

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License

MIT License

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