RBNB Sink Actor Design And API

There currently exist two prototype Kepler actors that retrieve and output data from RBNB servers, and a few workflows that use them. We will likely merge these actors into one, as well as continue to add functionality to them in the future.

RBNBToKepler outputs streaming data from an RBNB server. It is currently hardcoded to localhost.

RBNBToKepler2 operates on a timeslice of data from an RBNB server. The user specifies server, time range, and optionally channels to ignore, and the actor then retrieves and outputs data and associated timestamps through multiports.

There are two demonstration workflows that use the RBNBToKepler2 actor that you can try from the CVS version of Kepler:

• workflows/neon/RBNBToKeplerDisplay4SDF.xml (Creates plots)
• workflows/reap/TerrestrialRBNB_QAQC.xml (Emails alerts)

Attached below are some plots from the RBNBToKepler2 actor, results of sensor data being pulled from an RBNB server and plotted. For more details please see the Terrestrial UseCase Hardware page

RBNBToKeplerDisplay4SDF_tmp_screenshot.jpg		140599 bytes
WS_ms_Avg.jpg		46804 bytes
qsosun_Avg.jpg		72442 bytes
Rain_mm_Tot.jpg		40860 bytes
VW_Avg_new.jpg		53973 bytes
lqs70_Avg(1).jpg		74036 bytes
air_temp_C.jpg		76472 bytes
records.jpg		52778 bytes
VW_Avg_2_new.jpg		44366 bytes
VW_Avg.jpg		58128 bytes
relative_humidity.jpg		67579 bytes
lqs70_Avg(2).jpg		70280 bytes
VW_Avg_2.jpg		45425 bytes
Batt_Volt_Mins.jpg		72261 bytes