Using SCP under Putty-CAC with PIV

Our Linux host is now PIV login only, so I have to use PuTTY-CAC to access it. The default procedure that I was handed was to also install WinSCP and use that with Pageant selected as a session handler once PuTTY-CAC was set up, but I didn't have an option to install WinSCP. Starting a PuTTY-CAC session with PIV causes Pageant to be started in the background. Theoretically I should be able to use that Pagent session to run pscp.exe but it didn't work the way that I expected.

Here's how to run and install PuTTY-CAC as required by our security policy: https://piv.idmanagement.gov/engineering/ssh/

Here's one of many identical readouts of the pscp man page. Pscp can normally just be run from a CMD window. Way down at the bottom of thie man page it has suggestions for linking up pscp with Pageant. Pscp didn't automatically authenticate using Pageant as advertised, and the -agent argument seemed to have no effect. The one which worked was using a saved PuTTY session name in place of the host. The example was confusing because it showed a download from a remote host, which I hadn't realized was a thing, but just substituting the session name for the upload host name worked just fine. ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pc/network/putty/putty-0.56/htmldoc/Chapter5.html

Also here: http://www.straightrunning.com/puttymanual/Chapter5.html

Here's what my command line looked like with all the paths to things hard coded:

"C:\Program Files\PuTTY\pscp.exe" -r directory host-piv:/home/user

MicroUSB panel mount socket

I didn't want a PCB mount MicroUSB socket, I wanted something that I could mount to a panel and wire to in order to pick off the power lines. So far I have only found one option, a circular hemetic mount which isn't necessarily so bad looking. It comes in PCB pin options but also with a solder pad option.

Here it is at DigiKey: https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/conxall-switchcraft/DCP-USBCB-SC/SC2114-ND/5213112

Lots of ones like these at DigiKey which are PCB mount: https://www.digikey.com/products/en?keywords=USB%20micro%20USB%202.0%20Receptacle%20Connector%20Panel%20Mount%2C%20Through%20Hole%20

Here it is at Mouser: https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Conxall-Switchcraft/DCP-USBCB-SC?qs=WOhmfB76lAZDzcHiw27Ogg%3D%3D

Here is the Conxall datasheet: http://www.switchcraft.com/Documents/npb_c716_sealed_micro_usb_connectors.pdf

Here it is at Newark: https://www.newark.com/switchcraft-conxall/dcp-usbcb-sc/micro-usb-2-0-type-ab-rcpt-panel/dp/14AC6615

Here is Sager's own page on the product line: https://www.sager.com/new-products/harsh-environment-connectivity-solutions/

Here's the kind of crap that comes up from a Google search: https://www.google.com/search?q=panel+mount+micro+usb+feed+through&oq=panel+mount+micro+usb+feed+through

TDK Lambda heater power supplies

Used almost exclusively by Mario, the TDK lambda supplies are cheaper than the Keysight equivalents, but they don't build one until you place an order:

Here is Genesys's store top page. Scroll down to see links for the 750W full and half rack units. I love the half rack units and would have gone for one of them if we hadn't been in such a hurry. https://www.genesysdcstore.com/

Here's TDK's site. It looks strangely out of date. However clicking any button from this page takes you to the Genesys store top page. https://www.us.tdk-lambda.com/hp/product_html/genesys1u.htmhttps://www.us.tdk-lambda.com/hp/product_html/genesys1u.htm

For reference, here is the equivalent Keysight supply. It is humorously duplicative. https://www.keysight.com/en/pd-839913-pn-N5747A/dc-system-power-supply-60v-125a-750w?cc=US&lc=eng

Older political link:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-moment-when-it-really-started-to-feel-insane-an-oral-history-of-the-scaramucci-era/2017/08/01/84ac2232-739b-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html?utm_term=.9238502ec880

Cool thing we did 8/21:
http://totaleclipsecolumbiasc.com/

Political news/diversion:
http://www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/index.ssf/2017/09/who_took_these_dramatic_pictur.html

SpaceX laters landing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eEPOYWD4WU&app=desktop

Irma news:
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article172416297.html

Political news:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/09/10/netanyahus-son-posts-classic-anti-semitic-meme-drawing-praise-from-neo-nazis/?utm_term=.e7794168e288

Cool thing we did this weekend:
https://potterversecon.com

Referenced during the con:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/harry-potter-and-the-prisoners-of-bad-fashion?utm_term=.kvDJ04VlA#.ecA8z3boX

The information in this article is frustratingly confused. Look for some better sources.
www.cnn.com/2017/09/09/africa/egypt-luxor-ancient-tomb/index.html

Political news:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/09/08/four-texas-republicans-just-voted-against-harvey-disaster-aid/?utm_term=.d816a8e68e7a

Bendix 37 pin feedthroughs

After some unfocused googling, I decided to look up the part number for the Bendix 37 pin connector on an old drawing, and found that the internal connector used was part number 973106A-28-21P.

This turned out to be a MIL-DTL-5015 part (Formerly MIL-C-5015), not a MIL 38999 part. It is also known as "type 97".

There is a Digikey catalog page for this part, and they even have 34 in stock. The catalog page for it has a nice image of the pinout:

https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/amphenol-industrial-operations/97-3106A-28-21P/97-3106A-28-21P-ND/341000

Here it is at Newark:

http://www.newark.com/amphenol/97-3106a-28-21p/circular-connector-threaded-circular/dp/09WX9540?MER=sy-me-pd-mi-alte

The way that the part number works is that the last two numbers, 28-21 are the insert type. For some reason neither of these numbers match the number of pins but that's how things are often done by military contractors. Here's a datasheet showing the insert options:

http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/2158844.pdf?_ga=2.223425371.1359845224.1503779982-1653510471.1485545260

Glenair has a lot of MIL-DTL-5015 hermetic connectors, and feedthroughs. I don't presently have an answer for what distinguishes their "Type D" MIL-DTL-5015 feedthroughs from their "regular" MIL-DTL-5015 feedthroughs. For some reason, Glenair seems to have multiple pages for these connectors that have the same information.

https://www.glenair.com/hermetic_connectors/g.htm

https://www.glenair.com/interconnects/mildtl5015/

Mario's vacuum chamber uses 37 pin feedthroughs by Douglas Electrical Components with a part number on the side of SET28896. Sadly, this part number can not be found anywhere on their website or in their current catalog. The catalog does make references to MIL-C-5015 feedthroughs, with one option being 37 contacts, but the table does not seem to have information on how to order or availability.

http://www.douglaselectrical.com/brochures/dec_product_catalog.pdf

Interestingly, Pave Technology does seem to sell these feedthroughs, although their site doesn't offer the option to download drawing PDFs if I'm using IE:

http://www.pavetechnologyco.com/design/pm1_productindex.html

Trying to add an on screen keyboard to Raspberry Pi

For my Pi3 with the 7-inch touch screen, it's a no brainer. Yet the distro that we got with NOOBS didn't come with any. Like everything else with linux, the promise of easy installation was misleading.

First I tried installing "matchbox-keyboard".

However, not initially having access to a network connection, I made the mistake of trying to download the .deb files, for matchbox and two dependencies per this site.

In retrospect, there was no assurance that the .deb files would match my distro. When I ran matchbox from a shell, it spit out piles of Xwindows errors and crashed, leaving the OS inoperable, with no ability to open new windows or even reboot. But I'm not the only moron to encounter this; googling the error message gets tons of hits, none of which have any fixes except 'use xvkbd.'

https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/47865/raspbian-jessie-gui-hangs-after-running-matchbox-keyboard


Later, once I was home and could hook up to my own network, I did an update and then an apt-get install for Florence.


After installation, it didn't run.

https://www.google.com/search?q=florence+couldn%27t+connect+to+accessibility+bus&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS705US706&oq=florence+couldn%27t+connect+to+accessibility+bus

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/230238/starting-x-applications-from-the-terminal-and-the-warnings-that-follow

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/at-spi2-core/+bug/1193236

However a few forum threads helpfully suggested installing the at-spi2-core package.

forums.pimoroni.com/t/florence-will-not-load/3995/2

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=123189

Now it worked, and none of the keys were blacked-out which is a problem that I was experiencing before. It is ergonomic and beautiful... except that when I press the ALT key, the entire pi freezes up. The mouse still works but I can't click on anything, and even a physically connected keyboard no longer works.

https://www.google.com/search?site=&source=hp&ei=b7mBWfuME82cmwHm97lI&q=florence+alt+key+crashes+mouse&oq=florence+alt+key+crashes+mouse&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.3...3236.27726.0.28253.41.40.1.7.7.0.396.3975.24j15j0j1.40.0....0...1.1.64.mobile-gws-hp..0.36.3087.3..0j41j46j0i131k1j0i46k1j0i22i30k1j33i160k1j33i21k1j33i22i29i30k1.c0R5jf7tlbQ



https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS705US706&hl=en-US&ei=vbuBWdbiMYTSmwHPzLnABw&q=florence+alt+stuck&oq=florence+alt+stuck&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.3...336137.340736.0.341190.10.9.1.0.0.0.111.801.7j2.9.0....0...1.1.64.mobile-gws-serp..0.9.697...0j41j33i21k1j33i160k1j0i22i30k1.cgo6dkJeLR4


Unfortunately, there aren't a lot results when googling this problem. The one link that I've found so far just has 'use xvkbd' as the workaround.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=164844

with no solutions, I decided to uninstall Florence:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=9905

Gluten sensitivity science links

This info keeps coming up in response to facebook memes.

The ATI/modern breeds theory:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016508516355032

The weakened intestinal barrier theory:

newsroom.cumc.columbia.edu/blog/2016/07/26/columbia-researchers-find-biological-explanation-wheat-sensitivity-2/