Charging Script Setup

While a device is set to Charge mode, it's unavailable for use and cannot be communicated with through GigaFox. Although Data mode will charge a device, Charge mode may be required for some devices to properly fill their batteries, for example an Amazon Kindle.

To avoid having a device be unavailable during testing hours, a scheduled crontab script can be set to routinely change a device's mode during off hours.

To set up crontab charge script on the GigaFox GEM:

1. Open terminal and navigate to the deviceConnect folder: /usr/local/deviceConnect.
2. Create a folder to store charging scripts (This folder does not need to have a specific name, but for this tutorial, it will be called deviceChargingScripts):

   mkdir deviceChargingScripts
    

3. Navigate into deviceChargingScripts:

   cd deviceChargingScripts
    

4. Using Vim or GNUnano create a Charge mode script file:

   vi deviceChargeScript.sh
    

5. In the deviceChargeScript.sh file, enter the Charge mode script:

   curl -XPOST -u : "http://$service/apiv1/Device/UsbPort?update&id=&usbHubPortState=Charge"
    

6. Enter command ZZ to save changes to the file and quit.
7. Using Vim or GNUnano, create a Data mode script:

   vi deviceChargeScript.sh
    

8. In the deviceDataScript.sh file, enter the Data mode script:

   curl -XPOST -u : "http://$service/apiv1/Device/UsbPort?update&id=&usbHubPortState=Data"
    

9. Enter command ZZ to save changes to the file and quit.
10. Open the crontab scheduler:

   sudo crontab -e
   

11. Enter the time to routinely run the Charge and Data mode scripts in the following crontab format:
    
    Example: To automatically run the deviceChargeScript.sh script everyday at 2:30am and run deviceDataScript.sh script at 6:30am everyday:

   30 02 * * * bash /usr/local/deviceConnect/deviceChargingScripts/deviceChargeScript.sh 
   30 06 * * * bash /usr/local/deviceConnect/deviceChargingScripts/deviceDataScript.sh
    

12. Enter ctrl+x to save changes and run the scripts.