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# Run this script in Atom with the FoxDot Extension.
# Make sure "filepath" points to your TCPDump data.
# Set resample to True if you want to continuously resample the wifi packet data,
# if so, you will need to continuously run the TCPDump script which contains the following line:
# sudo tcpdump -y 'IEEE802_11_RADIO' -i en0 -c 3000 -I -ttttt > "filepath"
# set up this script to be run without sudo using visudo.
# at the end of this file, you will have all signals stored in the dictionary signalDictAligned,
# pipe these arrays into foxdot players and jam!
import os
import re
import time as timeLib
filepath = '/Users/xxx/packetDump.txt'
tcpDumpCommand = "sudo /Users/xxx/tcpDump.sh"
resample = False
# -----------------------------------
looping = True
while looping:
signalDict = {}
if resample:
p = os.system(tcpDumpCommand)
with open(filepath) as fp:
line = fp.readline()
cnt = 1
while line:
line = fp.readline()
os.write(2, str.encode(line))
signal = re.search('(\S*)dBm signal', line)
time = re.search('00:00:(\S*)', line)
if signal == None or time == None:
continue
lastTime = float(time.group(1))
key = re.search('Beacon (\S*)', line)
if key == None:
key = re.search('(\S*) \(oui Unknown', line)
if key == None:
continue
address = key.group(1)
if address in signalDict:
signalDict[address].append((signal.group(1), lastTime))
else:
signalDict[address] = [(signal.group(1), lastTime)]
cnt += 1
fp.close()
maxLength = 80
signalDictSorted = []
for address in signalDict:
signalDictSorted.append(signalDict[address])
signalDictSorted.sort(key=len, reverse=True)
signalDictAligned = []
for i, signalList in enumerate(signalDictSorted):
if i > 9:
continue
signalAligned = [None] * (maxLength+1)
for signal in signalList:
time = signal[1]
idx = int(maxLength * (time/lastTime))
if idx > maxLength:
continue
signalAligned[idx] = int(0.4*pow(float(signal[0]),2)/100 + 20)
signalDictAligned.append(signalAligned)
count = 0
execute("Clock.clear()")
count = 0
looping = resample
# --------------------------------------
count = 0
for signals in signalDictAligned:
playerval = "d" + str(count)
count = count + 1
execute(playerval + ">> pads(signals, dur=0.25)")
sudo tcpdump -y 'IEEE802_11_RADIO' -i en0 -c 3000 -I -ttttt > /Users/xxx/packetDump.txt
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FoxDot Wifi Soundscapes

Reveal the intangible dimension of wifi by using TCPDump to capture packets in monitor mode and sonifying their signal strengths with python / FoxDot

Script Tips

[+] Run this script in Atom with the FoxDot Extension.

[+] Make sure filepath points to your TCPDump data.

[+] Set resample to True if you want to continuously resample the wifi packet data,
if so, you will need a bash script which contains the following line:
sudo tcpdump -y 'IEEE802_11_RADIO' -i en0 -c 3000 -I -ttttt > filepath

set up this script to be run without sudo using visudo.

[+] at the end of this file, you will have all signals stored in the dictionary signalDictAligned,
pipe these arrays into foxdot players and jam!

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