Author Archives: pgfeldman

Dong Shin 04.25.2010

Spent sometime configuring the new server

  • blog installed and configured, but needs restore from Edge Blog
  • wiki installed and configured, but needs restore from Edge Wiki
  • uploaded Visibility3.war and deployed, not successful
  • changed the tomcat server password, but would not take it or don’t know how to bounce the server….
  • SVN up and running with SSH
    • SVN setup:
      port: 5868
      user: vizncomsvn
      password: 10sImw
      path: /home/vizncom/SVN
      access example: svn –username vizncomsvn checkout svn://viz-n.com:5868/test
  • tried to restore SVN back up, but the server needs Pre-revision property change hook set up – waiting for resolution from hosthava.net

Phil 4.23.2010

7:30 – 3:30

  • Made screenshots for Brian
  • Got python code to add a column to a table. Pretty easy, actually
  • Worked with Dong to debug
  • Started to set up viz-n.com

Dong Shin 04.23.2010

  • create SQLPanel to run any SQLs
  • added Date type to TableDataEditor
  • blocked out from vis-n.com?
  • looking into backing up all the data…
    • SVK to back up the SVN repository?
      • svk mirror <host> <local repo>- to set up
      • svk sync <local repo> – to back up
      • VisualSVN installed on laptop-13
        • dongshin created
    • Blog has its own back up/restore
    • Wiki??
    • hostjava.net – bkane@fgm.com
  • SVN backup took 5 hours(!) thru VPN 
    • svnsync sync %dst_repo%
	--source-username buildserver --source-password 1234
	--sync-username user --sync-password 1234
    svnsync init %dst_repo% %src_repo%
	--source-username buildserver --source-password 1234
	--sync-username sync_user --sync-password 1234

Phil 4.22.2010

7:30 – 3:30

  • Put links for all the outputs into VisibilityScriptingServer/index.html
  • Working on my SOLR generator. Works! Need to add some capability to DbTable. Nope. Instead put the capability in the python code. split functions are quite nice…

Feldman Project Log

  • Fixed the sensor stick using epoxy to seal it instead of the silicone.  This seems to have fixed the rust like discoloring.  The rust may have been the reason for the strain gauges touching the metal of the stick.
  • Got the square in my Glut simulation to move when pressure is applied to the sensor stick.
  • Tried to get the motor to move on simulated “collision” but the approach was a bit messy and hard to debug.  Working on a dictionary class to get all the variables that need to be passed between classes together.

Dong Shin 04.22.2010

  • Reworked Funding Data in ProjectViewer to show only the FY ranges
  • Added toolTips to ProjectViewer
    • “Click to edit or enter new data” for editable cells
    • “Double Click to view Invoices Data” for the cell being edited
  • Modified DataEditorPanel, DataEditorWindow, and DataEditorField
    • supports Add and Delete
    • primary keys can be string or int with auto_increment – Add requires string key format or auto_increment generate it automatically
    • may need set whole tableStructure to an Object instead of individual ones
    • added StringValidator to DataEditorField to ensure needed data is entered
  • Added more validations to CreateProjectPanel

Phil 4.21.2010

8:00 – 4:30

  • Sent out an announcement on new VISIBILITY capabilities
  • Found some bugs in scripting. Fixed
  • Loading scripting onto Laureldemo for integration with Dong’s code – done. Updated Data Navigator too. Need to have Tom put up the documentation
  • Need to write a SOLR generator to show bridging capability to VISIBILITY
  • Need to handle JVM error for things like infinite loops. Not sure how to handle that yet
  • Autoindent is still buggy – fixed

Dong Shin

  • Continue going down the meeting notes
  • Created Invoice table and added some data
  • Created _projects_invoices tables for Project and Invoice relation
  • Click/DoubleClick events conflict in Flex….
  • Went over entire project to change static DBUserInfo
  • Added more information to FormBuilderassetsdatauserinfo.xml to separate database access info

Phil 4.20.2010

8:00 – 4:00

  • Still need to allow alert creation and deletion on the AlertServlet.
  • Delete in
  • Add in – had to make it more restrictive about accepting uids
  • List in
  • Show single alert in

Phil 4.19.2010

7:30 – 4:00

  • Rolled in Mikes changes – everything seems to be working fine – until we have a user touch things, of course.
  • Worked on the properties a bit for scripting – databases are now actually listed in the properties files. It’s good enough to bring in at this point to see how it behaves running on onsite servers.
  • Need to write up “This visibility Story” – done
  • Still need to allow alert creation and deletion on the AlertServlet.

Dong Shin 04.19.2010

  • Continue going down the list of the S14 meeting notes
    • all obligations/outlays added upon project creation.
    • spreadsheet shows up per year now – two sets for two year project
    • % value rows are added per $ rows – calculated….
    • highlight current month

Mike 4.18.10

Lots to post, checked in at least a week ago:

  • Reverted the changes to remove all dollar signs and commas from the data
  • Fixed the issues that the extra characters caused in the widgets

checked in today:

  • Created a new panel type called “ConfigurablePanel” which has a new button in the top right for configuring panel details.  A menu slides up from the bottom when it is clicked and slides away on the next click.
  • Started working on removing the hardcoded “name” column from TrendWidgets but ran in to problem after problem until the latest one: In AdvQueryWidget, when a user wishes to trend several rows of data, the AdvQW generates a query to give to the trend widget.  The query contains the specific rows the user selected by adding where clauses based on the ‘name’ column (the only column we used to think was unique).  Which is the problem I’m not sure how to solve…
  • Ended up creating a popup menu and asked the user to select the appropriate column based on a list of columns containing only unique values
  • Tested the new TrendWidget mechanism: saving, loading, and thresholds all seem to be working now
  • Created a status list similar to our old orb status display.  If a column called “status” exists, a TileList is added to the accordian and each item will be represented by an icon from the library: it tries to match the row’s status to an icon.  For example, if an item’s status is “normal” it displays the icon titled normal.  If a user uploads an icon called “purplemonkeydishwasher” and an row has the corresponding status, that icon will be displayed.  If no matching icon is found, a default file not found icon is displayed.  All text is displayed in a tooltip similar to the map tooltips.  I didn’t want to display a name under each icon since we have no knowledge of the column titles.
  • Added a set of 6 default icons much better than the previous weather icons.  They are: a green checkmark, red error “X”, blue help “?”, blue information “i”, yellow/orange warning “!”, and red forbidden “-“.  Sadly I found that flex cannot dynamically load SVG files (it can only embed them, wtf?) so I had to convert them to 64×64 PNGs which don’t scale as well.
  • Fixed bug in TrendWidget load method that was checking table permissions incorrectly and would never pass
  • The save and load panels are now moved to the top of the z-order when they are made visible instead of being half hidden by the query builder or other windows
  • Got rid of the annoying extra scroll bar that VisContainer was making on small resolution screens (1280 x 800), they may still appear on screens shorter than 800 high but hopefully we won’t have to worry about running on an iphone…

Next in the queue: SlideShows!

Feldman Project Log

  • Was able to get Glut running by making it the main executive
  • Transposed whetstone bridges to a circuit board.  Had to start over cause the soldering was too messy on first attempt.  Glad I waited for Phil to bring in the other solder because it actually melts at the right temperature.
  • Set up everything to attach to the new board both bridges work great.
  • Somehow the strain gauge is touching the bar again despite many tests to make sure this wasn’t happening before.  Might be do to the rust or whatever the yellow stuff is factor.
  • The other stick I made is still testing properly but needs a shim.
  • I think I fixed a problem when the input stick was still sending go commands to the other one when it was in a stopped state due to a collision.  Can’t know for sure with only one stick though.