Ground Station

Intro

This is a Python project for connecting all of the various parts of the AERO ground station software suite. The ground station will receive images and telemetry, store all of this data into a database, and interface with the web client software to support in finding and documenting targets of interest.

Requirements

• Python3
• MongoDB

Getting started

1. Install Python3 here
2. Install MongoDB here
3. Install Pip Requirements using python setup.py install while in the groundstation directory.

• NOTE There may be some Python requirments not installed through the install script, just pip3 install <package name> for any dependencies that have not been installed yet.

Usage

1. Run mongod in terminal

2. To run the project(while in the groundstation directory), use the following command:

   python start.py

This will start the various servers and continue running.

• If on-board-computer is running and configured properly on the network, images should start populating the images directory in this repository.