Ware needs network connectivity for deployments in order to transfer data and communicate with drones remotely.
Ware needs internet connectivity in order to receive data captured from drones (images/videos/metadata) for processing. Ware also needs to connect remotely to the drones in order to configure flight plans, monitor aircraft health, update firmware, and more.
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Connection Method |
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Requirements |
Security |
Notes |
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Ethernet direct to facility internet network |
1 |
Physical Ethernet cable plugged into an Ethernet port with access to the internet to speak with Ware servers. |
No access to your corporate intranet/network is required. Only access to internet to speak with Ware servers. We will provide network ports and endpoints requirements for production deployment. |
The NUC ethernet network needs access to the Balena Cloud IoT service over VPN to manage the NUC software and needs access to Ware AWS (Amazon Web Services) to upload images to the Ware Cloud. |
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Ware-provided mobile device connected to facility WiFi (guest) |
2 |
Ware provided you a mobile device. Connect mobile device’s WiFi to the facility's WiFi. |
No access to your corporate intranet/network is required. Only access to internet to speak with Ware servers. We will provide network ports and endpoints requirements for production deployment. |
Try Guest WiFi if main WiFi network is not available. Using a terminal server is not an option. |
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Ware-provided mobile device to device’s cellular network |
3 |
Ware provided you a mobile device. Ensure that the device is receiving cellular data service where the data upload will take place. |
Google Fi cellular network (MVNE). Ware provides the cellular service for data upload. |
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Bring NUC offsite and find connectivity elsewhere |
4 |
NOTE: Wifi to the drone is always WPA, the drone is the wifi server. The drone wifi is only used by the phone to launch the drone. The drone wifi is used by the NUC to configure the drone and offload image data.