hughes-bgan

An extensible scripting interface for Hughes BGAN AT command terminals.

usage

The module is programmed to check BGAN_HOST, BGAN_PORT, BGAN_PASSWORD for configuration options. If desired, you may also provide a configuration object (host, port and password) to any of the module's exposed functions.

// retrieving bgan device metrics:
var bgan = require('hughes-bgan');
bgan.metrics({host: 'localhost', port: 1234}, function(err, res) {
    if (err) throw err;
    console.log(res);
});

example output:

{
    "faults": 0,
    "gps": {
        "lat": "-33.92500",
        "lon": "18.44848",
        "fix": "3D",
        "status": "allowed",
        "date": "15/02/27",
        "time": "10:59:21"
    },
    "ethernet": 1,
    "usb": 1,
    "signal": 68,
    "satellite_id": 6,
    "temp": 31,
    "beam_id": 104,
    "imsi": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "imei": "xxxxxx-xx-xxxxxx-x"
}

extending

• run npm run clean from the module's root directory to convert the source back to coffeescript
• add a script in lib (refer to lib/example.coffee) or rename and modify lib/example.coffee
• add an entry in lib/index.coffee for exposing your script
• an example awk script is present at ext/example.awk for jsonifying the bgan output should you wish to use the awk interface (lib/awk.coffee) - otherwise, you can parse the output line by line via the data and end event handlers
• run npm run build from the module's root directory to compile your additions back to javascript
• your additions should now be available as a top level export of the module