From 5e0f6b09a7752ab52637e964f9ddd91c506203a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sierra Guequierre Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:48:30 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] minor feedback from jack and answer ai question --- docs/data-ai/capture-data/advanced/how-sync-works.md | 1 + docs/data-ai/capture-data/capture-sync.md | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/data-ai/capture-data/advanced/how-sync-works.md b/docs/data-ai/capture-data/advanced/how-sync-works.md index 8c738c0d28..d187b3aa15 100644 --- a/docs/data-ai/capture-data/advanced/how-sync-works.md +++ b/docs/data-ai/capture-data/advanced/how-sync-works.md @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Avoid configuring data capture to higher rates than your hardware can handle, as Data capture is frequently used with cloud sync. You can start and stop capture and sync independently. You can also enable cloud sync without data capture and it will sync data in the capture directory, as well as the additional sync paths configured in the `viam-server` config. +If you place data like images or files in the the `~/.viam/capture` directory or another directory set up for sync with the data manager, for example with the `"additional_sync_paths"` config attribute, it will sync this data to the cloud. {{% /tab %}} {{% tab name="viam-micro-server" %}} diff --git a/docs/data-ai/capture-data/capture-sync.md b/docs/data-ai/capture-data/capture-sync.md index 5c8ac3d0c4..887b2ad2bb 100644 --- a/docs/data-ai/capture-data/capture-sync.md +++ b/docs/data-ai/capture-data/capture-sync.md @@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ aliases: - /use-cases/image-data/ --- -You can use the data management service to capture and sync data from your machine to the cloud. -You can capture data from [supported components and services](#supported-resources) or from arbitrary folders on your machines. +You can use the data management service to capture data from [supported components and services](#supported-resources), then sync it to the cloud. +You can also sync data from arbitrary folders on your machine. ## Configure the data management service @@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ This example configuration captures data from the `CaptureAllFromCamera` method {{% tab name="Remote parts" %}} Viam supports data capture from {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="resource" text="resources" >}} on {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="remote-part" text="remote parts" >}}. -For example, if you use a {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="part" text="part" >}} that does not have a Linux operating system or that does not have enough storage or processing power, you can still process and capture the data from that part's resources by adding it as a remote part. +For example, if you use a {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="part" text="part" >}} that does not have a Linux operating system or does not have enough storage or processing power to run `viam-server`, you can still process and capture the data from that part's resources by adding it as a remote part. Currently, you can only configure data capture from remote resources in your JSON configuration. To add them to your JSON configuration you must explicitly add the remote resource's `type`, `model`, `name`, and `additional_params` to the `data_manager` service configuration in the `remotes` configuration: From 24f8f5027687cf893d49439c54fd0aeb3e129aa2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sierra Guequierre Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:50:56 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fixup --- docs/data-ai/capture-data/advanced/how-sync-works.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/data-ai/capture-data/advanced/how-sync-works.md b/docs/data-ai/capture-data/advanced/how-sync-works.md index d187b3aa15..3225531d0c 100644 --- a/docs/data-ai/capture-data/advanced/how-sync-works.md +++ b/docs/data-ai/capture-data/advanced/how-sync-works.md @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Avoid configuring data capture to higher rates than your hardware can handle, as Data capture is frequently used with cloud sync. You can start and stop capture and sync independently. You can also enable cloud sync without data capture and it will sync data in the capture directory, as well as the additional sync paths configured in the `viam-server` config. -If you place data like images or files in the the `~/.viam/capture` directory or another directory set up for sync with the data manager, for example with the `"additional_sync_paths"` config attribute, it will sync this data to the cloud. +If you place data like images or files in the `~/.viam/capture` directory or another directory set up for sync with the data manager, for example with the `"additional_sync_paths"` config attribute, it will sync this data to the cloud. {{% /tab %}} {{% tab name="viam-micro-server" %}}