Altruist outdoor sensor

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A smart sensor that collects environmental data - noise, dust, and temperature, and stores them on a decentralized sensor map.

Become a provider of environmental data to your friends and neighbors in the area. Access truly decentralized measurements of air quality, noise, temperature, and other environmental conditions on the sensor map.

Available for members

Usage

Into the map

Connect your device as simple as other smart devices and look at your environmental outdoor data on a decentralized fully distributed sensor map, this or any other independent fork.

Open-source under the hood: check our firmware

Join the Connectivity

Data processing is always a sensitive issue. That's why we offer a fully open-source connectivity module giving you the freedom to choose which servers to use for processing. No closed clouds, no opaque code.

Use Robonomics Connectivity

Robonomics established three Connectivity hubs to ensure a stable connection. This option switched on by default on the station.

Create your own Connectivity

You may launch your own hub for receiving data from Altruist Civil Station and further processing.

Steps to set up your Connectivity

Deploy Connectivity
Technical requirements:
- 2 CPU cores;
- 4 GB RAM;
- 40 GB storage;
- Static IP.
Than set up connectivity module and follow the instructions.
Connect a station to your connectivity
1. Open your sensor settings by its IP.
2. Go to APIs settings.
3. Check the checkbox for sending data to custom API and fill corresponding fields (server IP, ports, etc.).
Join with your setup to global map (optional)
If you want to publish data to the global map, you need to make two pull requests:
1. Add IPFS ID of your Connectivity to agents list of sensor map: https://github.com/airalab/sensors.social/blob/master/src/agents.json
2. Add parachain address of your Connectivity to template agents list of long-term storage server: https://github.com/airalab/RoSeMAN/blob/master/config/agents.template.json

Open-source under the hood: check our connectivity module

Your own air quality map

You have an opportunity to become the administrator of a sovereign sensor infrastructure, giving you full control over how data is collected, processed, and shared within your own independent network.

Steps for launching your own map

Deploy web interface
1. Fork the map repository: https://github.com/airalab/sensors.social
2. Edit the settings to customize your map, including the domain, provider, starting viewpoint, and your connectivity IPFS ID for the list of agents.
3. Deploy your own version of the web interface and begin receiving real-time data from your sensor.
Full guide here: https://github.com/airalab/sensors.social?tab=readme-ov-file#setup-your-own-map
Launch long-term storage
Simply collecting data from sensors is not enough; it needs to be processed. Tweak a server for collecting sensor’s data based on with open-source node.js software Robonomics Sensors Measure Analytics and Archive Node (RoSeMAN) and get your own working server for long-term map data storage.
Technical requirements:
- 2 CPU cores;
- 4 GB RAM;
- 40 GB storage;
- Static IP.
Steps for launching a storage:
1. Fork the RoSeMAN repository: https://github.com/airalab/RoSeMAN
2. Choose Docker or Node.js (required MongoDB database) version.
3. Add a parachain address of your Connectivity to agents list.
4. Add RoSeMAN domain to remote provider of map.
5. Run the project.

Open-source under the hood: check our server-side software