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filesGet your PD and perl files hereUbuntu Versions 6.06 LTS and 6.1 & Debian You will need to install the following module sudo apt-get install liblwp-protocol-http-socketunix-perl Things to do: Anyone can download these files and use them all the ".pl" files available on the list download as "<filename>.pl.txt", you will need to rename this file "<filename>.pl" just chop off the txt extension. This is especially important if using PD and Perl on M$ Windows. Some of the perl files available cannot be used directly without specifying the interpreter you are going to use thus: perl "<fiiename>.pl" You can get around this by editing the perl script, at the beginning of the file make the following entry #/usr/bin/perl Remainder of script...... This alone is not enough you also need to modify the properties of the file chmod +x <filename>.pl This so you can run from the command line directly without preceding this with perl. As this adj site develops manuals will be added to explain how to use the files available, and what data can be derived. If you have any recommendations for alterations to the manuals available please direct them to derek at soslug dot org. There are two types of programs available from this page the first is perl programs this is code that has been specially written by one or more of our developers to perform a specific funtion, where possible details on specific Perl programs are described below. The second is PD Patches, PureData is the program application we run to interface between the sound and visual outputs of a given PC and the data. PD is a visual programming aid which allows you to draw your connections to specific modules that are placed within the workspace environment. Perl programs:"squirrel.pl" There are some 73 or more base's in the Antarctic at the moment, most of them provide environmental data that can accessed my the likes of you and I. Squirrel.pl is a perl application written by Anthony Shaper (well not quite the original code was supplied by Graham Harwood and modified my Anthony) this will retrieve the environmental data and place this in a text based file. To enable the various musician and developers to work with this data first it must be retrieved, this is essential what squirrel.pl does, all 73 known bases that hold environmental data are accessed and the data that is retrieved saved to a file. Their are many components that make up the experience that is the Antarctic Data Jam, this i s but one of them. It should be possible for anyone with Perl installed on their PC to retrieve this data but it is beyond the scope of this project to provide support or perl module support if things fail to run as expected. Perl files will want to download with a .txt eg squirrel.pl.txt when you save this or any other perl file available remove the ".txt" extension during or after saving the file.
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