The Shuttlebay¶
The Shuttlebay deck shows every device connected to Starbase, by room. Each kind has its own icon. A device says what's wrong only when something is; Details has the rest.
The Captain and First Officer manage devices here. Everyone else sees the shared devices and their own.
Adding a device¶
- Add a device, and pick what it is: a Satellite, a Shuttle or a Starship.
- Follow what it says for that kind of computer:
- Windows: download the Satellite folder from that page, unzip it, and run
install.bat(it asks what this device is, and its name). - Raspberry Pi or Linux, Starship on a Mac or Linux: copy the command from that page into a terminal on the device.
- Windows: download the Satellite folder from that page, unzip it, and run
- The device shows a six-digit code. In the Shuttlebay, under Waiting to pair, check the code matches, pick its room and whose it is (shared, or someone's own), and pair it.
- It says hello on its speaker when it's ready.
Other devices can only pair from home, never through your outside address.
On each device¶
| Test | a quick check of its mic and speaker |
| Sound | which mic and speaker it uses, the AI's volume there, and Never use for ones to skip |
| Edit | its name, room, whose it is, Guests on or off, what it shows at rest, Mobile (a Starship), Outside the home |
| Update | lit when it's behind Starbase's version; Update all does every one |
| More | its Log, Restart, Unpair, Uninstall |
Viewscreens (Screens signed in now) are the browsers signed in right now: they don't pair.
Problems and Ignore¶
When something's wrong with a device (offline for a few minutes, a mic unplugged or sending only silence, a speaker that can't play), the Shuttlebay shows it, Ship status on the Bridge lists it, and the AI cuts in about it on the Captain's or First Officer's next message. Ignore on a problem (a weak mic, say) and it isn't brought up again until Undo; moving on when the AI cuts in does the same.
Updates¶
Devices get updates from Starbase. A device checks it's the program Starbase sent, tries it out, keeps the version it had, installs the new one and starts again. If the new version can't reach Starbase within 10 minutes, it goes back to the one before by itself. A device that's away from home gets an update when it next connects.