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==Meteobridge Hardware== | ==Meteobridge Hardware== | ||
| − | + | Meteobridge is available for dedicated 3rd party router platforms from TP-LINK, ASUS and D-Link, for Raspberry Pi and dedicated hardware from smartbedded GmbH. Please keep in mind that you will void your manufacturer warranty when installing alien firmware und 3rd party routers. Installing Meteobridge firmware into the router is nothing illegal, you are free to use a device you own in a way you like, but you are on your own when doing so. | |
==OpenWrt== | ==OpenWrt== | ||
| − | The | + | The Meteobridge firmware you can download as explained in "Getting Started" section consists of two parts. The main part is a OpenWrt distribution. OpenWrt is an Open Source router software, which can be installed on many routers from different manufacturers. The routers from TP-LINK (for example) are well supported by OpenWrt as TP-LINK does comply in a good way to Open Source/GPL obligations, that enforce to make source code and toolchain available when you ship a product based on GPLed code, which is true for Linux in general. As the OpenWrt part of the Meteobridge firmware is 99% stock OpenWrt, we do not make the complete OpenWrt sources available but provide a tar archive which the kernel config for TL-WR703N and TL-MR3020 and the additional files which are included into OpenWrt via an overlay file system. You find this archive hre: [[File:meteobridge-addons.tgz]]. Used OpenWrt distribution including toolchain and Linux sources can be downloaded as explained below (will setup initial config for TL-MR3020). |
| − | Meteobridge firmware does not | + | |
| + | <pre>cd ~ | ||
| + | svn checkout svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk/ mr3020 | ||
| + | |||
| + | cd ~/mr3020 | ||
| + | cat > ~/mr3020/feeds.conf <<EOF | ||
| + | src-svn packages svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/packages | ||
| + | src-svn luci http://svn.luci.subsignal.org/luci/trunk/contrib/package | ||
| + | EOF | ||
| + | |||
| + | ./scripts/feeds update -a | ||
| + | ./scripts/feeds install -a | ||
| + | |||
| + | mkdir ~/.openwrt | ||
| + | cat > ~/.openwrt/defconfig <<EOF | ||
| + | CONFIG_TARGET_ar71xx=y | ||
| + | CONFIG_TARGET_ar71xx_generic=y | ||
| + | CONFIG_TARGET_ar71xx_generic_TLMR3020=y | ||
| + | # CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_JFFS2 is not set | ||
| + | CONFIG_PACKAGE_block-mount=y | ||
| + | CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci=y | ||
| + | CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-proto-3g=y | ||
| + | CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-fs-ext4=y | ||
| + | CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-usb-serial=y | ||
| + | CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-usb-serial-option=y | ||
| + | CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-usb-storage=y | ||
| + | CONFIG_PACKAGE_usb-modeswitch=y | ||
| + | CONFIG_PACKAGE_usb-modeswitch-data=y | ||
| + | EOF | ||
| + | |||
| + | # select the ar71xx target before running defconfig | ||
| + | echo CONFIG_TARGET_ar71xx=y > .config | ||
| + | |||
| + | # run defconfig if you are fine with the settings from above. | ||
| + | # builds an image for the TP-Link TL-MR3020 including | ||
| + | # support for LuCI web UI, 3G USB dongels and extroot. | ||
| + | make defconfig | ||
| + | |||
| + | # or run menuconfig if you like to make additional changes | ||
| + | make menuconfig | ||
| + | |||
| + | # build OpenWrt with | ||
| + | make | ||
| + | |||
| + | # or if you have an multi-core CPU system you can also enable | ||
| + | # parallel building with | ||
| + | make -jN # N is the number of cores</pre> | ||
| + | |||
| + | Meteobridge firmware does not lock you out from full OpenWrt access, you can login via ssh as user "root" with password "meteobridge" and can reach the OpenWrt web interface at "http://<ip-of-meteobridge>/cgi-bin/luci". | ||
==Meteobridge Application SW== | ==Meteobridge Application SW== | ||
| − | Having OpenWrt installed on your device converts it to a fine router. So all features around | + | Having OpenWrt installed on your device converts it to a fine router. So all features around network (LAN and WLAN) are there and Meteobridge application SW stack does not need to care about that anymore. On top of OpenWrt Meteobridge provides programs to connect to weather stations, to read data from it and to transfer it to selected weather networks. This application software resides in folders "/root", "/home/meteohub" and "/home/meteobridge". Executables in these folders are not Open Source but copyrighted by and intellectual property of smartbedded GmbH. As these applications are only linking to LGPLed Linux libraries, there is no GPL viral effect and Open Source license obligations are not violated. Connection with GPLed components is purely done by file-based communication (files, pipes, sockets) which also does not violate GPL terms. As you see, we are respecting Open Source rules and we are taking care of not breaking Open Source licenses. If you have doubts, please contact "license(at)smartbedded.com" so that we can settle any potential issue. |
| − | In order to support Open Source development smartbedded | + | In order to support Open Source development smartbedded GmbH is a donator for the OpenWrt project at "Software in the Public Interest, Inc" (Donation Order Number: 1212220808558810211). |
Latest revision as of 22:22, 14 January 2021
Your meteobridge device consists of three components from different sources and with different license conditions.
Meteobridge Hardware
Meteobridge is available for dedicated 3rd party router platforms from TP-LINK, ASUS and D-Link, for Raspberry Pi and dedicated hardware from smartbedded GmbH. Please keep in mind that you will void your manufacturer warranty when installing alien firmware und 3rd party routers. Installing Meteobridge firmware into the router is nothing illegal, you are free to use a device you own in a way you like, but you are on your own when doing so.
OpenWrt
The Meteobridge firmware you can download as explained in "Getting Started" section consists of two parts. The main part is a OpenWrt distribution. OpenWrt is an Open Source router software, which can be installed on many routers from different manufacturers. The routers from TP-LINK (for example) are well supported by OpenWrt as TP-LINK does comply in a good way to Open Source/GPL obligations, that enforce to make source code and toolchain available when you ship a product based on GPLed code, which is true for Linux in general. As the OpenWrt part of the Meteobridge firmware is 99% stock OpenWrt, we do not make the complete OpenWrt sources available but provide a tar archive which the kernel config for TL-WR703N and TL-MR3020 and the additional files which are included into OpenWrt via an overlay file system. You find this archive hre: File:Meteobridge-addons.tgz. Used OpenWrt distribution including toolchain and Linux sources can be downloaded as explained below (will setup initial config for TL-MR3020).
cd ~ svn checkout svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk/ mr3020 cd ~/mr3020 cat > ~/mr3020/feeds.conf <<EOF src-svn packages svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/packages src-svn luci http://svn.luci.subsignal.org/luci/trunk/contrib/package EOF ./scripts/feeds update -a ./scripts/feeds install -a mkdir ~/.openwrt cat > ~/.openwrt/defconfig <<EOF CONFIG_TARGET_ar71xx=y CONFIG_TARGET_ar71xx_generic=y CONFIG_TARGET_ar71xx_generic_TLMR3020=y # CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_JFFS2 is not set CONFIG_PACKAGE_block-mount=y CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci=y CONFIG_PACKAGE_luci-proto-3g=y CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-fs-ext4=y CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-usb-serial=y CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-usb-serial-option=y CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-usb-storage=y CONFIG_PACKAGE_usb-modeswitch=y CONFIG_PACKAGE_usb-modeswitch-data=y EOF # select the ar71xx target before running defconfig echo CONFIG_TARGET_ar71xx=y > .config # run defconfig if you are fine with the settings from above. # builds an image for the TP-Link TL-MR3020 including # support for LuCI web UI, 3G USB dongels and extroot. make defconfig # or run menuconfig if you like to make additional changes make menuconfig # build OpenWrt with make # or if you have an multi-core CPU system you can also enable # parallel building with make -jN # N is the number of cores
Meteobridge firmware does not lock you out from full OpenWrt access, you can login via ssh as user "root" with password "meteobridge" and can reach the OpenWrt web interface at "http://<ip-of-meteobridge>/cgi-bin/luci".
Meteobridge Application SW
Having OpenWrt installed on your device converts it to a fine router. So all features around network (LAN and WLAN) are there and Meteobridge application SW stack does not need to care about that anymore. On top of OpenWrt Meteobridge provides programs to connect to weather stations, to read data from it and to transfer it to selected weather networks. This application software resides in folders "/root", "/home/meteohub" and "/home/meteobridge". Executables in these folders are not Open Source but copyrighted by and intellectual property of smartbedded GmbH. As these applications are only linking to LGPLed Linux libraries, there is no GPL viral effect and Open Source license obligations are not violated. Connection with GPLed components is purely done by file-based communication (files, pipes, sockets) which also does not violate GPL terms. As you see, we are respecting Open Source rules and we are taking care of not breaking Open Source licenses. If you have doubts, please contact "license(at)smartbedded.com" so that we can settle any potential issue.
In order to support Open Source development smartbedded GmbH is a donator for the OpenWrt project at "Software in the Public Interest, Inc" (Donation Order Number: 1212220808558810211).
