How to Set Up Automatic Downloads
Instructions for using cron to automatically download updates to your datasets.
The basic day-to-day operation of SOS is discussed in the Operation and System Administration Manual and in the Display Software Manual. Most questions about how to use SOS should be answered there. Further, a number of common tasks and “How To” topics are treated in our collection of SOS Video Tutorials. The following is a collection of documents discussing miscellaneous system administration and maintenance tasks.
If you need technical support for your SOS system, please email sos.support@noaa.gov.
Instructions for using cron to automatically download updates to your datasets.
Instructions for connecting your iPad to your SOS computer over Bluetooth instead of wifi
Tips for cleaning your Science On a Sphere®.
Instructions for setting up a desktop icon to launch SOS in Verbose Mode for debugging.
Calculator for the Science On a Sphere® “field of view” (FOV) needed for configuration with non-standard projector layouts.
Instructions for calculating the minimum and maximum allowed distance from your projectors to your sphere: the “throw distance”.
Calculator for the positions of the eyebolts used to mount Science On a Sphere®.
Minimum requirements and recommendations for the SOS Public Kiosk touchscreen hardware
Useful scripts and command-line options.
Instructions for how to add a moving PIP to a dataset, including an example of finding and formatting data.
This tutorial will walk you through the basics of using QGIS to create SOS-formatted maps.
Instructions for creating and playing MPEG4 movies.
This tutorial will walk you through the basics of using a Web Map Service as layer data in an SOS dataset.