Bidirectional communication...

...between the web admin screen and the DL Uplink application



Test case: since remote administrators may not know what settings are stored on the DL2000 receiver, we added a "reset device to a known state" button. This transmits all saved settings on the male-side DL Uplink application to the receiver, and sends these settings to the server, to be displayed to the administrator.

This is ADVANCED functionality to be used only by remote administrators who will not have personal access to the male's DL Uplink application. In fact this feature is only useful if the administrator suspects the male may have altered the settings.

Combined with any form of video conferencing to ensure the receiver is mounted and online (and lights flashing as packets are received), this feature allows secure remote management sessions: the administrator knows what settings are stored on the receiver before activating them.

With regards to remote configuration of these settings, some are actually problematic like the pulse levels. For safety reasons these should not be customized "online" but in person.

Given that we plan to allow people to upload their settings, a good way of ensuring safety while allowing remote configuration would be something along these lines:

- administrator wants to change some settings on the male's receiver

- she finds a suitable pattern via a name search or parameter search

- all presets uploaded to the site must first be transmitted to the receiver somewhere (to encourage people to actually test their presets before uploading)

- this means a remote user who never had access to a product can't just set parameters remotely and send them

- presets can be commented on (like, don't like, safety, etc)

- having found a preset, she prompts the male to accept it for download and transmission to the DL2000 receiver

- male can normally accept or refuse having reviewed the comments made on the preset and the parameters (unless he chooses to waive this right when interacting with particular users).

Possible exceptions to the above rules could be commands that are innocuous or could be made innocuous, such as:

- vibration only commands
- timed pulses (a maximum per minute or hour can be selected as a permission granted to specific users, thus enforcing some degree of safety)

We're trying to keep complexity as low as possible while accommodating the unique nature of the device which requires attention to safety and the unique trust relationships between all the players involved. It would be easier to just give unlimited access to set parameters, but there's a liability aspect to this too.

Does this seem like a good compromise to everyone? If you can think of a simpler way to handle this, feel free to make your voice heard.

Comments

By simoon at 2010-10-23 08:28:14 Reply

First of all, this is amazing that it works remote like this ! realy great!
Question or Suggestion can the smartphone be used like the usb drive?
i don`T know how the USD drive communicates with the DL2000 but if it is bluetooth, than i think its just a software question! so the Smartphone could work like the USB drive.
That would enable mobile remotecontrol, in combination with a little gps device in the DL2000 and in the phone could be a powerfull tool.
Best Regards
Smoon

By dreamloverlabs at 2010-10-23 08:50:24 Reply

It is not bluetooth.