Software: Sunray v2024.0.0-alpha.0

[ethanjli]

The v2024.0.0 software release, which is part of the "Sunray" series of software releases started with v2023.9.0, includes fixes for various problems and improvements to existing functionality with the PlanktoScope software. Significant behind-the-scenes changes are also included in this release.

About this pre-release

Software v2024.0.0-alpha.0 is a pre-release version for developers to test out. It definitely has undiscovered software bugs, breakage, and other problems. If you decide to try out this pre-release, please file bug reports on GitHub Issues and/or let us know about any bugs you discover in the #6-dev-software channel on the PlanktoScope Slack workspace!

Changelog

This changelog only lists items we think users are likely to notice or to need to know about; for a full list of changes, please refer to software/CHANGELOG.md.

Added:

• Added network configuration support for a few additional network interfaces (USB tethering, USB Wi-Fi dongle, and USB-to-Ethernet adapter). Thus, the PlanktoScope now shares internet access over its Wi-Fi hotspot and Ethernet port(s) from a phone connected to it in USB tethering mode.
• On the Node-RED dashboard, the System Monitoring page now shows a prompt for the user to reset the PlanktoScope’s system clock to match the time from their web browser, if the two clocks differ by more than one minute.

Changed:

• In the Node-RED dashboard, various input elements have been improved for better usability.
• On the Node-RED dashboard, the System Monitoring page’s monitoring panel has been replaced with an embedded Grafana dashboard, with additional graphs available in an expandable subpanel. The Grafana dashboard can be customized by advanced users.

Fixed:

• The Node-RED dashboard’s “Sample” page’s Filtered Volume field is now exported as the sample_total_volume metadata field for all sample types; previously it was only exported for horizontal plankton tow samples.
• Startup is now faster.

Known Problems

(known problems are not catalogued in alpha pre-releases)

Pull Requests

• Try to fix GitHub Actions permissions for docker/build-and-push action by @ethanjli in Try to fix GitHub Actions permissions for docker/build-and-push action #338
• build(deps): bump caddy from 2.7.5 to 2.7.6 in /documentation by @dependabot in build(deps): bump caddy from 2.7.5 to 2.7.6 in /documentation #337
• build(deps): bump actions/configure-pages from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in build(deps): bump actions/configure-pages from 3 to 4 #331
• build(deps): bump mkdocs-material from 9.5.1 to 9.5.3 in /documentation by @dependabot in build(deps): bump mkdocs-material from 9.5.1 to 9.5.3 in /documentation #336
• build(deps): bump actions/deploy-pages from 2 to 4 by @dependabot in build(deps): bump actions/deploy-pages from 2 to 4 #329
• build(deps): bump actions/upload-pages-artifact from 2 to 3 by @dependabot in build(deps): bump actions/upload-pages-artifact from 2 to 3 #330
• build(deps): bump actions/setup-python from 4 to 5 by @dependabot in build(deps): bump actions/setup-python from 4 to 5 #328
• build(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in build(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 3 to 4 #327
• build(deps): bump mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin from 1.2.1 to 1.2.2 in /documentation by @dependabot in build(deps): bump mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin from 1.2.1 to 1.2.2 in /documentation #332
• build(deps): bump mkdocs-glightbox from 0.3.5 to 0.3.6 in /documentation by @dependabot in build(deps): bump mkdocs-glightbox from 0.3.5 to 0.3.6 in /documentation #335
• build(deps): bump pymdown-extensions from 10.5 to 10.7 in /documentation by @dependabot in build(deps): bump pymdown-extensions from 10.5 to 10.7 in /documentation #334
• Fix issue with required status checks not running by @ethanjli in Fix issue with required status checks not running #339
• build(deps): bump mkdocs-minify-plugin from 0.7.1 to 0.7.2 in /documentation by @dependabot in build(deps): bump mkdocs-minify-plugin from 0.7.1 to 0.7.2 in /documentation #333
• Fix some issues with running the distro setup scripts on RPi OS 12 (bookworm) by @ethanjli in Fix some issues with running the distro setup scripts on RPi OS 12 (bookworm) #324
• Allow running Docker commands without sudo by @ethanjli in Allow running Docker commands without sudo #341
• Bump pallet-standard to add Dozzle by @ethanjli in Bump pallet-standard to add Dozzle #342
• Update hostname separately from the /etc/hosts file by @ethanjli in Update hostname separately from the /etc/hosts file #344
• build(deps): bump gitpython from 3.1.40 to 3.1.41 in /documentation by @dependabot in build(deps): bump gitpython from 3.1.40 to 3.1.41 in /documentation #345
• build(deps): bump jinja2 from 3.1.2 to 3.1.3 in /documentation by @dependabot in build(deps): bump jinja2 from 3.1.2 to 3.1.3 in /documentation #347
• Add Prometheus+Grafana-based monitoring of host machine, enable resetting system time to browser time by @ethanjli in Add Prometheus+Grafana-based monitoring of host machine, enable resetting system time to browser time #346
• Run forklift plt apply with parallelization by @ethanjli in Run forklift plt apply with parallelization #348
• os/pallet: Move some scripts and local files over into management by forklift by @ethanjli in os/pallet: Move some scripts and local files over into management by forklift #350
• Add support for usb0, eth1, and wlan1 interfaces by @ethanjli in Add support for usb0, eth1, and wlan1 interfaces #351
• Deploy the backend segmenter with forklift rather than the distro setup scripts by @ethanjli in Deploy the backend segmenter with forklift rather than the distro setup scripts #352
• Replace <object> tags with <iframe> tags by @ethanjli in Replace <object> tags with <iframe> tags #361
• Don't suppress wget errors in the docs's non-standard install commands by @ethanjli in Don't suppress wget errors in the docs's non-standard install commands #362
• Replace slider with text input to set pump volume by @ethanjli in Replace slider with text input to set pump volume #363
• Export the filtered volume metadata field on all sample types by @ethanjli in Export the filtered volume metadata field on all sample types #364
• Repopulate input fields of input forms on Sample page by @ethanjli in Repopulate input fields of input forms on Sample page #365
• Bump mkdocs-material to bump pillow to resolve dependabot alert by @ethanjli in Bump mkdocs-material to bump pillow to resolve dependabot alert #366
• build(deps): bump mkdocs-glightbox from 0.3.6 to 0.3.7 in /documentation by @dependabot in build(deps): bump mkdocs-glightbox from 0.3.6 to 0.3.7 in /documentation #367
• build(deps): bump mkdocs-minify-plugin from 0.7.2 to 0.8.0 in /documentation by @dependabot in build(deps): bump mkdocs-minify-plugin from 0.7.2 to 0.8.0 in /documentation #368
• Bump changelog version number for v2024.0.0-alpha.0 by @ethanjli in Bump changelog version number for v2024.0.0-alpha.0 #369

Full Changelog: software/v2023.9.0...software/v2024.0.0-alpha.0

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