"use strict";(self.webpackChunkdocs_openc3_com=self.webpackChunkdocs_openc3_com||[]).push([[9711],{3956:(e,n,t)=>{t.r(n),t.d(n,{assets:()=>d,contentTitle:()=>o,default:()=>u,frontMatter:()=>s,metadata:()=>a,toc:()=>c});var i=t(2322),r=t(5392);const s={title:"Bridges"},o=void 0,a={id:"guides/bridges",title:"Bridges",description:"COSMOS Bridges provide an easy solution for getting data from devices that don't speak Ethernet into COSMOS.",source:"@site/docs/guides/bridges.md",sourceDirName:"guides",slug:"/guides/bridges",permalink:"/tools/staticdocs/docs/guides/bridges",draft:!1,unlisted:!1,editUrl:"https://github.com/OpenC3/cosmos/tree/main/docs.openc3.com/docs/guides/bridges.md",tags:[],version:"current",frontMatter:{title:"Bridges"},sidebar:"defaultSidebar",previous:{title:"Guides",permalink:"/tools/staticdocs/docs/guides"},next:{title:"COSMOS and NASA cFS",permalink:"/tools/staticdocs/docs/guides/cfs"}},d={},c=[{value:"Bridges are Generally Just an Interface and Router",id:"bridges-are-generally-just-an-interface-and-router",level:2},{value:"Host Requirements for Running Bridges",id:"host-requirements-for-running-bridges",level:2},{value:"Bridge Configuration: bridge.txt",id:"bridge-configuration-bridgetxt",level:2},{value:"Bridge Commands: openc3cli",id:"bridge-commands-openc3cli",level:2},{value:"Example Bridge Gems",id:"example-bridge-gems",level:2},{value:"Note on Serial Ports",id:"note-on-serial-ports",level:2}];function l(e){const n={a:"a",admonition:"admonition",code:"code",h2:"h2",li:"li",p:"p",pre:"pre",ul:"ul",...(0,r.a)(),...e.components};return(0,i.jsxs)(i.Fragment,{children:[(0,i.jsx)(n.p,{children:"COSMOS Bridges provide an easy solution for getting data from devices that don't speak Ethernet into COSMOS.\nSerial ports are the most common, but other devices such as USB, PCI cards, and Bluetooth devices can also be\nsupported by using bridges to convert from a host computer accessible device, into an Ethernet byte stream that\nCOSMOS can process from inside of containers."}),"\n",(0,i.jsx)(n.admonition,{title:"Bridges are Meant to be Dumb",type:"warning",children:(0,i.jsx)(n.p,{children:"The purpose of bridges is to get bytes into COSMOS. 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The LISTEN_ADDRESS is set to 127.0.0.1 in this example to prevent access from outside of the host system. Docker running on the same machine can access\nthis server using the host.docker.internal hostname and the configured port (2950 in this example)."}),"\n",(0,i.jsx)(n.h2,{id:"bridge-commands-openc3cli",children:"Bridge Commands: openc3cli"}),"\n",(0,i.jsx)(n.p,{children:(0,i.jsx)(n.code,{children:"openc3cli bridgesetup"})}),"\n",(0,i.jsx)(n.p,{children:"Generates a bridge.txt example file"}),"\n",(0,i.jsx)(n.p,{children:(0,i.jsx)(n.code,{children:"openc3cli bridge [filename] [variable1=value1] [variable2=value2]"})}),"\n",(0,i.jsx)(n.p,{children:"Runs a bridge from a given configuration file. Defaults to bridge.txt in the current directory. 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