UMD UAS Drone Data Management Application

A bash script for managing and executing commands across multiple drones in the UMD UAS Lab network.

Features

• IP address validation and deduplication
• Support for primary and secondary drone groups
• Variable substitution in commands using $DRONE_NUM
• Comprehensive error handling
• Configurable allowed IP ranges

Usage

./main.bash [-primary|-ip ip_list] [-puser|-user username] [-secondary ip_list] [-suser username] [-cmd command]

Arguments

• -primary, -ip: List of IP addresses for primary group
• -puser, -user: Username for primary group
• -secondary: List of IP addresses for secondary group
• -suser: Username for secondary group
• -cmd: Command to execute on all drones

IP Address Format

• IP addresses are specified using the last octet only (1-255)
• Allowed IP ranges are configured in the script
• Current allowed IPs: 1-10, 15, 17, 20-25

Examples

Execute a command on primary drones:

./main.bash -primary 1 2 3 -user pilot -cmd "echo Drone \$DRONE_NUM ready"

Execute on both primary and secondary groups:

./main.bash -primary 1 2 -user pilot1 -secondary 3 4 -suser pilot2 -cmd "status"

Error Handling

The script includes comprehensive error checking for:

• Invalid IP addresses
• Duplicate IPs
• Missing arguments
• Unauthorized IP ranges
• Invalid command format

Return Values

• 0: Success
• 1: Error (with descriptive message)