VCU Pro User Interface
Introduction
A minimal Web user interface for the VCU Pro automotive gateway. It displays important status information and allows basic maintenance actions. Written in python, based on bottle webserver.
Features
- Display of most important system information
- System date/time, load, temperature
- Mobile link information (registration state, signal strength, bearer information)
- Determine GSM cell location, including geographic position (uses OpenCellId and OpenStreetMap)
- Execute test ping over mobile network
- Create TCP service for u-Center GNSS tool
- Restart GSM modem
- Restart system (not yet implemented)
Preview
Requirements
- VCU Pro Hardware with developer image installed
- Python 3.7+
Quickstart
- Install the module with
pip install vcu-ui - Start webserver from shell
vcu-ui-start - Open the website with your browser
10.42.0.1
Run from Python
from vcuui.server import run_server
run_server(port=80)Installation as systemd service
Create the following service file vcu-ui.service in /usr/lib/systemd/system/vcu-ui.service. The service file is also available on Github
[Unit]
Description=VCU Pro Minimal WebUI
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/vcu-ui-start
PIDFile=/run/vcu-ui.pid
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Manage the service with the following systemd commands.
systemctl daemon-reload # Tell systemd to search for new services
systemctl enable vcu-ui # Enable service for next startup
systemctl start vcu-ui # Start service right now
