New qMp map tool

Altermesh maps - 28/06/2013

The qMp firmware has a new map agent based on the Altermesh map tools which can be found here1. The difference with the one included in qMp (b6m) is that this second one is distributed and altermap is centralized and needs a central server to work.

It is very simple, easy to use and it consumes a very few amount of resources in the node, so I have thought it would be nice to have it in parallel with b6m. For quick deployments where nodes are moving, using it does not have any sense but b6m yes.

To use it you need to have the last qMp version. Once it boots, every hour it will send some information about the node to the central server (which is currently managed by AlterMundi people). Execute "altermap-agent" to force the refresh of the information.

Then the node owner must go to this site2, select the qMp.cat network and click the button "Add node". In the field have to be introduced the exact hostname of the node (i.e GSalcolea46-fs), and then pick the map position and you are done!!

I hope you enjoy it!

[1] https://bitbucket.org/guidoi/altermesh-packages/
[2] http://map.qmp.cat


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