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# Environmental sensor
## Components
@@ -53,6 +54,59 @@ You'll probably need to adjust some paths in the
[`Makefile`](Makefile), then you can `make flash` to build and flash
the software.
+### Serial protocol
+
+`make monitor` (or `make run` if you want to build+flash+monitor)
+lets you interact with the serial line.
+
+Lines starting with `#` are debug information, lines starting with `!`
+are errors / warnings.
+
+You can send tagged commands, and get tagged responses. For example,
+you write:
+
+ 1 logwipe
+
+and you get back:
+
+ # reading
+ # 1 logwipe
+ # <1|logwipe>
+ # file: quality.csv
+ 1 wiped
+
+and the logged data has been removed from the SD card.
+
+Then you write:
+
+ 2 logcat
+
+and get:
+
+ # reading
+ # 2 logcat
+ # <2|logcat>
+ 2 begin
+ secs, co2, temp, humid, pm1, pm2.5, pm4, pm10, batt
+ 162, 639, 18.1, 33.7, 1.1, 0.1, 0.0, 0.0, 4.26
+ 168, 637, 17.8, 34.2, 1.1, 0.1, 0.0, 0.0, 4.26
+ 174, 637, 17.8, 34.2, 1.1, 0.1, 0.0, 0.0, 4.26
+ 180, 637, 17.8, 34.2, 1.1, 0.1, 0.0, 0.0, 4.26
+ 187, 637, 17.8, 34.2, 1.1, 0.1, 0.0, 0.0, 4.26
+ 193, 637, 17.8, 34.2, 1.1, 0.1, 0.0, 0.0, 4.26
+ 2 end
+
+which is the whole contents of the data log from the SD card.
+
+There's also `setco $int`, to force-calibrate the CO₂ sensor, but I
+haven't tested it yet.
+
+#### Helper programs
+
+If you install `Path::Tiny` and `IO::Termios` on your Perl, you can
+use [`utils/get-data`](utils/get-data) to get the logged data off the
+sensor.
+
## Enclosure
Render with [OpenSCAD](https://openscad.org/), then print.