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This Week in OpenNMS: Testing the iPhone and iPad

by Benjamin Reed: June 21, 2010

It’s time for This Week in OpenNMS. In the last week, we did some more work in preparation for 1.8.1, worked on the iPhone/iPad app some more, and other bugfixing.

Project Updates

• 1.8: Current Release is 1.8.0
  1.8.0 is the current stable release, tagged June 7th. The first major stable release in the 1.8 series, it adds a whole slew of new features compared to 1.6. For a high-level overview, see the “New and Noteworthy” page on the OpenNMS wiki. While we consider this release to be stable, a ton has changed. It is recommended that you back up your database, and test an upgrade on non-production hardware before moving to 1.8 in production.
• 1.8: Hibernate Updates
  Seth did some work optimizing the Hibernate queries used for the remote poller maps.
• 1.9: Port JEXL Code
  Seth ported the JEXL code recently introduced in trunk away from the JSR223 API, so that we can continue to support Java 1.5.
• 1.8: Remote Poller Map Updates
  Donald, Matt, and I have been working on the remote poller code some more. Matt and I are working on refactoring and cleaning it up some; Donald added support for click and double-click handling.
• 1.9: MAC Address Handling
  Seth worked on handling OCTET-STRING MAC addresses in traps.

Bugs Fixed Since Last TWiO

• #3662: Cpu Usage graph missing when using rrdtool
• #3869: Data Collection Failed Event (dataCollectionFailed) not informative
• #3900: dashboard user has security issues
• #3901: add support for click/double-click handlers

iPhone and iPad Beta Testers Wanted

I’ve wrapped up what will become version 1.0 of the OpenNMS iPhone application. I’d like to get some iPhone and iPad beta testers, especially people on older iPhone OS releases (the app supports as low
as 3.0) or using older hardware, like the original iPhone 2G and iPhone 3G. Depending on feedback, we’ll send it to the app store in the next couple of weeks.
If you are interested in helping test it out, we have a limited number of developer slots on our iPhone development account that we can hand out (first come, first serve). We’ll add you as an OpenNMS iPhone developer, and you will have the ability to distribute the app to your own devices.
If you already have an iPhone developer account for your own use, you can build and install the iPhone app right now, by following the steps here.
For those of you who have already received this notice and responded to me, don’t worry, you’re on the list. I’m still working out the best way to do Ad-Hoc distribution. You’ll get an email soon about the next steps.

Upcoming Events

• July 7th-9th, 2010: Ben will be speaking at OpenStreetMaps’ State of the Map 2010, in Girona, Spain.
• July 21st, 2010: Tarus will be giving his “So, You Think You Want to Start an Open Source Business?” talk at OSCON
• July 26th-30th, 2010: OpenNMS Dev-Jam 2010 will be held at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN

If you have anything to add to the events list, please let me know.

Until Next Week…

As always, if there’s anything you’d like me to talk about in a future TWiO, or you just have a comment, criticism, or actual working Ad-Hoc iPhone distribution instructions that work that you’d like to share, don’t hesitate to say hi.

Tags: 1.8, bugs, dev-jam, hibernate, ipad, iphone, jexl, mac address, maps, oscon, osm, remote poller, stateofthemap, This Week in OpenNMS