Accessing Data from the BEVO Beacon

Data collected by the BEVO Beacon can be accessed through one of two ways:

1. SSHing directly into WiFi-enabled devices
2. Configuring automatic uploads to AWS S3

Each of these methods is described in detail below.

SSH

BEVO Beacons are operated by a Raspberry Pi (RPi) micro-computer which, once connected to WiFi, can be accessed remotely via Secure Shell (SSH) -- see here for more. Using the devices IP address, users can access the BEVO Beacon from the command line via:

ssh pi@<ip_address>

We use (and recommend) a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service. We use Tailscale which is a free service (up to a certain limit), has good documentation, and a no-nonsense interface. Once you have created an account, you simply download Tailscale to your machine and the RPi. Each machine can be configured to you account for seamless access. A bit more on setting up the RPi device with Tailscale can be found on one of our sister projects.

Once the RPi is set up on Tailscale, use the same command above, but with the new IP address as designated by Tailscale on the "Machines" tab.

Automatic Uploads to AWS S3

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