Node-RED doesn't see images

[stas-malavin]

Hi Ethan,

I'm trying to set up pallet-segmenter on my Ubuntu laptop.
Followed the instructions, everything seems to work fine (except that there's just one edge brunch instead of main in README.md).
However, I can't see any folder in the Node-RED dashboard, while the File Browser works and sees what is supposed.

Another question, how do I run the pallet-segmenter without pulling the images each time with sudo -E forklift plt apply?
Should I run all the Docker containers one by one manually?

Thank you,
Stas

[ethanjli]

Hi, Stas - thanks so much for trying out this repository and reporting these issues! To address each item:

• edge branch instead of main in README.md: good catch, thanks for mentioning this typo! I've fixed this error in the README now.
• forklift plt apply pulling images every time: Two weeks ago I updated the forklift tool to a new version (v0.7.0, though now the latest version is v0.7.1) which changes the behavior of forklift plt apply - but I had forgotten to update the usage instructions in this repository's README to change the commands in the usage instructions so that they account for the changed behavior of the forklift tool. I've updated the README now - can you confirm that you're running v0.7.0 or v0.7.1 of forklift (by running forklift --version), and then see if the updated README instructions solve the problems you had with the Docker container images being pulled at unnecessary/inconvenient times?
• Node-RED dashboard doesn't see any folders even though File Browser sees folders: I've pushed a commit now which simplifies how the pallet makes the data folder available to the Node-RED dashboard, to match what the pallet does for the File Browser - hopefully this will fix the problem. Can you see if the issue is resolved if you just follow the updated README instructions?

[stas-malavin]

Hi Ethan,
Sorry for the late reply — thank you for the answer!
Unfortunately, I still can't see the ~/.local/share/planktoscope/data/img folder (or any other) from Node-RED dashboard. The list of folders is just empty…
I'm running forklift v0.7.1. sudo -E forklift stage apply command works like a charm.

Here's a log, not sure if the error is somehow related to the problem or not
2024-05-15_18-42-24_252151.log

[ethanjli]

Hi, Stas - sorry about the slow response on my end. The situation leading to the problem you're experiencing seems to be a bit complicated, so it'll take some more time for me to figure out some next steps for troubleshooting this problem. I'll send another reply once I have some things for you to try out!