diff --git a/handbook/baseops.html b/handbook/baseops.html index 558455bb2..0cb1caf8e 100644 --- a/handbook/baseops.html +++ b/handbook/baseops.html @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ These are stuck up on the walls of the hut.

Base camp and top camp both have phones using highly-reliable, low-bandwidth Austrian phone company SIMs. We use phone calls and text messages to coordinate callout times for -caving trips. See these instructions for using these and for renewing the SIM each year. +caving trips. See these instructions for using these and for renewing the SIM each year.

Whiteboards

There is a whiteboard in the potato hut and another in the Steinbrückhöhle top camp. @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ and Hilda asked us to use river water if possible.

Computer, printer and scanner

We have a complex installation of internet-connected computer hardware and WiFi in the potato hut - all running on donated or loaned gear. -This is primarily for recording the surveys of the cave we discover during expo. See base camp computers for more details. +This is primarily for recording the surveys of the cave we discover during expo. See base camp computers for more details.

History of base camps

See our photo gallery of base camp through the years. We have been diff --git a/handbook/cavelink.html b/handbook/comms/cavelink.html similarity index 96% rename from handbook/cavelink.html rename to handbook/comms/cavelink.html index 4eff23ade..9aefac55d 100644 --- a/handbook/cavelink.html +++ b/handbook/comms/cavelink.html @@ -9,10 +9,12 @@

CUCC Expo Handbook: Cavelink

Cavelink

-

The Cavelink provides through-rock communcations for deep camps.

+

The Cavelink system provides through-rock communcations for deep camps.

English Manual (PDF)

+

See expo phones for how to use the basecamp and topcamp Austrian SIM phones. +

Setup 2019 (Can and hopefully will be improved for later years):

Unit Names

@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@
  • Select (1)Inbox
  • Use the up and down arrows to scroll through the message that also contains information about when and where it came from
  • use the CAN button to return to the menus
    • - +

    Sending a new message

    @@ -122,7 +124,7 @@
  • battery female to M8 female cable
  • M8 male to M8 male cable
    • - +

    Notes on the 2019 set up for people changing things in the future

    - diff --git a/handbook/cavelink.jpg b/handbook/comms/cavelink.jpg similarity index 100% rename from handbook/cavelink.jpg rename to handbook/comms/cavelink.jpg diff --git a/handbook/phone.htm b/handbook/comms/phone.html similarity index 99% rename from handbook/phone.htm rename to handbook/comms/phone.html index d9061af55..48bcabb1d 100644 --- a/handbook/phone.htm +++ b/handbook/comms/phone.html @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ however the reception was not as good as B-Free.)

    More credit comes either by paying online or in the form of a receipt with a printed code or a card with a scratch-off secret number.

    -

    Robust phone

    +

    Robust phone

    We use "feature phones" with real buttons not smartphones with touch sensitive screens. The top camp phone is particularly robust Russian diff --git a/handbook/computer.html b/handbook/computing/computer.html similarity index 63% rename from handbook/computer.html rename to handbook/computing/computer.html index 41c102593..153093686 100644 --- a/handbook/computer.html +++ b/handbook/computing/computer.html @@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ still upright and have not been knocked sideways.

    Since 2018 we now have proper internet access in the tatty hut so the set-up on expo is exactly the same -as the rest of the year. An Expo laptop is also provided, but you should be +as the rest of the year. One or two Expo laptops are provided, but you should be able to use your own computer in exactly the same way (if you brought one) as you do at home.

    +
    + +
    Tony Rooke at computer in 1991 - in the old potato hut
    +

    We have our own WiFi ("tattyhut" and usual cavey:beery password) which is connected (deviously) to the Gasthof campsite WiFi. So please don't stream video or do a lot of operating system updates using it @@ -32,32 +36,27 @@ Gasthof campsite reception.

    Nerding

    -
    -
    - -
    Training weekend laptop in 2018
    -
    + +

    Expo now requires so much nerding that it is part of the pre-expo training. +

    Expo laptop

    -

    The Expo laptop in the tatty hut is a 2011 Dell Latitude E4200 laptop (on loan from Philip -Sargent) which is connected to the router by a cable and also by WiFi -(it's wifi configuration was fixed by Sam in 2019). It +

    The primary Expo laptop in the tatty hut is a 2011 Dell Latitude E4200 laptop (on loan from Philip +Sargent) which is connected to the router by a cable (but not by WiFi as it needs an updated driver fix). It also has an external numberpad as a couple of vital keys are dead -(e.g. down-arrow). It runs Linux (Debian[Cinnamon]) and has installed all the software -for talking to the server for: -

    -
    - -
    Basecamp computer in 1991 - in the old potato hut
    -
    -
    +(e.g. down-arrow, del - it has a new keyboard in 2023 but the contacts on the ribbon cable need cleaning). +

    The Expo laptop runs Linux [Cinnamon/Debian] and is configured as both +an Expo survey laptop with Tunnel and Therion and as an +Expo bulk update laptop. + +

    It is mostly used for:

    +which can actually be done using any internet browser or a phone.

    Any laptop or phone can connect to the server via the "tattyhut" WiFi and, with some configuration, can be set up to do all those things too. New expoers @@ -65,13 +64,6 @@ are advised to use the Expo laptop first to see how it all works.

    The laptop is usually connected to an extra LCD screen so that you can see surveys more easily as the laptop itself is small. -

    For experienced expo surveyers the Expo laptop is also set up to use the version control system to -synchronise cave data. New expoers should use the web forms, which work from any browser on any laptop. You can -configure your own laptop to do bulk upload of many files and manage the version control yourself, but -initially it is easier to use the Expo laptop as the software is already set up (cryptographic key -exchange etc. is pre-configured). See the Basic Expo Laptop for info -on how to do that.

    -

    Through the miracle of the distributed version control system, everyone can edit the data on multiple laptops at the same time and it should all get merged.

    @@ -79,12 +71,25 @@ data on multiple laptops at the same time and it should all get merged.

    (though we will, as we will want to do operating system updates during the year and maybe fix that keyboard) as all the caving data updates are continuously synchronised with the public server expo.survex.com during the expo.

    +

    Bulk updates

    +

    For experienced expo surveyers the Expo laptop is also set up as an +Expo bulk update laptop with file-transfer and version control capability to the expo server. New expoers should use the web forms, which work from any browser on any laptop. + +

    You can +configure your own laptop to do bulk upload of many files and +manage the version control yourself, but +initially it is easier to use the Expo laptop as the software is already set up (cryptographic key +exchange etc. is pre-configured).

    + +
    + +
    Training weekend laptop in 2018

    Printing and Scanning

    We have A4 printer and scanner attached via usb cables and a usb hub to the Expo laptop. In 2018 we also connected the printer to the router with an ethernet cable and this made things more reliable. Configuring the scanner to be used via WiFi is yet to be done, but the printer is "shared" by the -Expo laptop and so canbe used by any laptop. (The printer has WiFi itself and so should be useable +Expo laptop and so can be used by any laptop. (The printer has WiFi itself and so should be useable directly but we haven't got this configured properly yet.) Use a usb stick to transfer files for printing if you can't get your own laptop or phone to work with the printer. @@ -92,19 +97,25 @@ if you can't get your own laptop or phone to work with the printer.

    The expo laptop is called "Crowley". Crowley was rather too ill to be useful during the 2022 expo (being left in the potato hut for 3 years was not a healthy experience) but is now feeling much better... apart from the WiFi which died in typical fashion just 10 minutes before a training session (a software driver update issue, but Crowley is connected to the ethernet cable so this is not vital).

    In 2023 we will have another general-use laptop (it was also on expo in 2019). This is not connected by any cabling and just uses WiFi. Like the expo laptop it is running Debian and has the same set of software installed - (survex/aven, tunnelx, therion, git etc.) and you login to it using the username "expo" and the usual cavey:beery password. It has the [Gnome/Wayland] window manager, so looks a bit different to the [Cinnamon] desktop on Crowley. It is a big, heavy R61 14-inch Thinkpad on loan from Michael Sargent and it is called "Aziraphale". Azirophale has a big enough solid-state drive (128GB, new for 2023) to hold /expofiles/ (but note that Azirophale's SD code slot doesn't work). + (survex/aven, tunnelx, therion, git etc.) and you login to it using the username "expo" and the usual cavey:beery password. It has the identical[Cinnamon/Debian] configuration and survey software installed as Crowley. It is a big, heavy R61 14-inch Thinkpad on loan from Michael Sargent and it is called "Aziraphale". Azirophale has a big enough solid-state drive (128GB, new for 2023) to hold /expofiles/ (but note that Azirophale's SD code slot doesn't work). -

    Both laptops have had RAM upgrades and solid-state disc upgrades over winter 2022/23. +

    Both laptops have had RAM upgrades and solid-state disc upgrades over winter 2022/23. They each hold a local complete copy of expofiles and the expoweb, loser, drawings and troggle repositories but do not have the troggle software configured to run locally, though this could be enabled if necessary. -

    Networking Hardware - experts only

    - -

    The networking hardware is an Acer Aspire netbook which keeps us logged in to the Gasthof and does firewalling -to provide local connectivity and local WiFi. The antenna which we use to connect to the Staudnwirt WiFi -is a dual antenna WiFi tiny black box on a small shelf high above the sink/stove area and connected via a usb cable to the tiny dark-blue Acer netbook 'tclaspire3'. In 2023 there will be no separate router: routing is will all be done by this Acer notebook [PENDING CORRECTION/UPDATE].

    - + +
    AA1 netbook - ours is less shiny
    +
    +
    +

    Networking Hardware - experts only

    +

    The networking hardware is an Acer Aspire One netbook which keeps us logged in to the Gasthof and does firewalling +to provide local connectivity and local WiFi. The antenna which we use to connect to the Staudnwirt WiFi +is a dual antenna WiFi tiny black box on a small shelf high above the sink/stove area and connected via a usb cable to the tiny dark-blue Acer netbook 'tclaspire3'. In 2023 there may be no separate router: routing may all be done by this Acer notebook [PENDING UPDATE - correct as of 20 March 2023].

    + +
    +
    +
    Hut Network - click to enlarge
    @@ -112,12 +123,11 @@ is a dual antenna WiFi tiny black box on a small shelf high above the sink/stove

    The potato hut WiFi is running DHCP and allocating IP addresses of the form 192.168.1.x where x is a number between 11 and 99 .

    The Expo laptops have a dynamic local address of this form, as does any other laptop connecting to this WiFi. -

    The Acer Aspire netbook ("tclaspire3") is on a static address 192.168.1.100.

    The Gasthof WiFi - which you can still use - is "StaudnGast" and has no WiFi password but there is a login webpage. It allocates IP addresses in the range 192.168.2.x etc. The antenna is now on the first-floor balcony within sight of the tatty hut window. -

    The Acer Aspire is on 192.168.1.100 on WiFi. +

    The Acer Aspire One ("tclaspire3") is on a static address 192.168.1.100 on WiFi but 192.168.200.100 on the ethernet cable. This is the address to use for configuring it using ssh when everything else has failed. So to manage the connection to the Gasthof WiFi you would use 

    @@ -126,13 +136,13 @@ ssh expo@192.168.200.100
 to run Mark Shinwell's script (re-edited by Sam 2019) 
 
    /root/fakenet/runfakenet
 
    
-This typically needs to be run once or twice a day when the internet stops working. 
-Sometimes you have to walk over to the blue Acer Aspire netbook and run this script directly by typing on its keyboard
+This used to need running once or twice a day when the internet stops working, but it was radically fettled in 2022 and so should be much more reliable. 
+Sometimes you may have to walk over to the blue Acer Aspire netbook and run this script directly by typing on its keyboard
 as the network has collapsed so badly that ssh doesn't work.
 
-
    The Acer netbook needs to have its persistent networking set up correctly in addition to the script. This is the
+
    The netbook needs to have its persistent networking set up correctly in addition to the script. This is the
 wicd gui program that has an icon in the top-right of the sceen in the system panel. (Or search in all applications in the Internet section
-for the wicd application). Set the checkboxes so that the Acer does connect to any network except the Staudingast wifi network, 
+for the wicd application). Set the checkboxes so that the netbook does connect to any network except the Staudingast wifi network, 
 and also tick the 'automatica;lly reconnect' checkbox for the "StaudnGast" network.
 
 
    Historical Note
    
@@ -146,10 +156,10 @@ pushing the changes to the distributed version control system on
 
    
 
 
    In 2017 the hard-drive on our server died which triggered the general reconfiguration 
- to connect the tattyhut to the internet continuously and not to have our own local server. This coincides with 
-a much-improved WiFi service at the Gasthof in recent years. 
+ to connect the tattyhut to the internet continuously and not to have our own local server. This coincided with 
+a much-improved WiFi service at the Gasthof. 
 
-
    In 2018 and 2019 we had good Internet access at basecamp, but the router was returned to its owner and in 2022 Wifi reception from the gasthaus was poor. A new Wifi device (not a router, just a dual-antennae receiver) is to be used in 2023, pending configuration with the acer aspire laptop, wich we hope will improve everything to how it was in 2019.
+
    In 2018 and 2019 we had good Internet access at basecamp, but the router was returned to its owner during Covid and in 2022 Wifi reception from the gasthaus was poor. A new Wifi device (not a router, just a dual-antennae receiver) is to be used in 2023, pending configuration with the acer aspire netbook, which we hope will improve everything to how it was in 2019.
 
 
 
    
diff --git a/handbook/computing/onlinesystems.html b/handbook/computing/onlinesystems.html
index c16797a0e..d77b8f42a 100644
--- a/handbook/computing/onlinesystems.html
+++ b/handbook/computing/onlinesystems.html
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ This page is the overview. The online systems manuals are split into these secti
 
  • Uploading typed logbooks
    • 
 
  • Uploading GPS tracks
    • 
 
  • Recording a new cave discovery
    • 
-  
  • Bascamp computers and network - what there is in the potato hut
+  
  • Bascamp computers and network - what there is in the potato hut
 
  • Data maintenance - finding and updating cave survey data using online tools
 
  • Configuring your own laptop - for managing drawings and survey files, photographs and scanned images
    • 
 
diff --git a/handbook/computing/upload-simple.html b/handbook/computing/upload-simple.html
index 435586618..fd1156e11 100644
--- a/handbook/computing/upload-simple.html
+++ b/handbook/computing/upload-simple.html
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ See phone app if you do not know how to copy files from y
 
  • After copying your files to a laptop, use the the Upload Photos form to upload them.
 
 
    Complete beginners can also put all their files into their own folder within the folder 
-/home/expo/expofiles/uploads/ on the expo laptop and 
+/home/expo/expofiles/uploads/ on the expo laptop and 
 ask a more experienced user to upload them.
 
 
    Blog photos
    
diff --git a/handbook/fester.html b/handbook/fester.html
index b303782f6..cb2189f22 100644
--- a/handbook/fester.html
+++ b/handbook/fester.html
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ continuously during use or, very rarely, (d) worked perfectly. The temptation
 to 'improve' it during time (d) resulted in hours being spent fettling it in
 states (a) to (c). For better (probably) or worse, this activity is now pretty
 much a thing of the past, owing to the advent of mobile phones.
+href="comms/phone.html">mobile phones.
 
 
    Ropewashing
 
    Communication
 Need to get in touch with someone during expo? Look here (See "Join the online groups" above for general comms).
 
      
-  
    • Phone numbers and setup - Topcamp and basecamp numbers, adding credit.
      • 
+  
    • Phone numbers and setup - Topcamp and basecamp numbers, adding credit.
      • 
   
    • RESCUE - How and when to call rescue. (read before you need!)
      • 
-  
    • Cavelink - The VLF radio system that enables communication between topcamp and underground.
      • 
+  
    • Cavelink - The VLF radio system that enables communication between topcamp and underground.
      • 
 
    
 
    
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Things that are likely to be relevant at basecamp.
 
diff --git a/handbook/travel.html b/handbook/travel.html
index 2e5991cc5..e3df06a22 100644
--- a/handbook/travel.html
+++ b/handbook/travel.html
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ We don't want to create work for Karin by making her keep a lot of packages care
 we have an Amazon account registered in Germany which can do next day delivery to Staudnwirt. Ask Wookey for details.
 
 
    Contacting Expo to say when you are arriving
    
-
    Put the basecamp phone number into your phone address book before you leave home.
+
    Put the basecamp phone number into your phone address book before you leave home.
   
  
    By Train
    
   
    This is (these days) pretty easy to arrange and has the advantage