Helios-Sentinel

Setup Guide

Required Libraries

• Qt Core
• Qt Gui
• Qt Qml
• Qt Quick
• Qt Serial Port: Used to send data to Mercury
  • Can be installed through Maintenance Tool if it was not originally installed with Qt
• Socat: Used to set up virtual serial ports
  • In a terminal, run the following command:
    • sudo apt install socat (for Linux)
    • brew install socat (for Mac)

Qt Versions

• Currently, we are using version 6.7.2

Before Building

We need to setup two virtual serial port using the socat command. These serial ports connect Sentinel with Mercury. In a terminal, run the following command:

socat -d -d pty,raw,echo=0 pty,raw,echo=0

The terminal will output two virtual serial ports. In either Qt Creator or Visual Studio Code, navigate to src/main.cpp. On line 30, replace the string argument with one of the serial ports from the terminal. Sentinel is now ready to build and run.

Building From Terminal

In a terminal, navigate to the Sentinel repository. Run the following commands:

Step 1

mkdir build

cd build

Step 2

For Linux:

path/to/Qt/6.7.2/gcc_64/bin/qt-cmake ..

For Mac:

path/to/Qt/6.7.2/macos/bin/qt-cmake ..

Step 3

make

Running the Application

./Sentinel

Architecture Diagram