{"id":3796,"date":"2017-07-06T21:29:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T21:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=3796"},"modified":"2019-09-06T17:28:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T17:28:24","slug":"hiding-caster-table-entry","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/knowledge-base\/hiding-caster-table-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiding a Caster Table Entry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under some conditions a <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>SNIP<\/strong><\/span> operator may not want other unauthorized parties to be aware of every Base Station data stream their <a href=\"\/kb\/knowledge-base\/question-what-is-an-ntrip-caster\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>SNIP<\/strong><\/span> Caster<\/a> provides.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>SNIP<\/strong><\/span> provides a &#8220;<strong>private<\/strong>&#8221; Caster Entry option for this need which you can enable or disable (the default) for any Caster Table entry.\u00a0 This option is not available on the free <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Lite<\/strong><\/em><\/span> model of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>SNIP<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Only those <a href=\"\/kb\/knowledge-base\/question-what-is-an-ntrip-client\/\">NTRIP Clients<\/a> (users) who are aware of the &#8220;secret&#8221; mountPt name can connect to the data stream in the usual manner.\u00a0 Other parties (unauthorized NTRIP Clients, or various web browsers and search engines) will not see any details about data streams for a Base Station marked as &#8220;<strong>private<\/strong>&#8221; in the returned Caster Table.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Aside<\/strong><\/em><\/span>:\u00a0 Regardless of the &#8220;<strong>private<\/strong>&#8221; settings used, only those users whom you allow to connect to the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>SNIP<\/strong><\/span> node can connect to your Caster.\u00a0 See the article on <a href=\"\/kb\/knowledge-base\/managing-the-caster\/\">Managing Your Caster<\/a> for instructions on how to open or close your <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>SNIP<\/strong><\/span> Caster to users.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to enable the &#8220;<strong>private<\/strong>&#8221; Caster Entry option is made for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">each<\/span> data stream type during its setup process.\u00a0\u00a0 In each case, a simple checkbox switch is provided.\u00a0 The default is to leave this UN-checked which means that the data stream will appear in the Caster Table when data is streaming from that source.\u00a0 The value selected persists in the *.ini file, so (as an example) a data stream which is marked as &#8220;<strong>private<\/strong>&#8221; will remain so the next time <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>SNIP<\/strong><\/span> is run.<\/p>\n<p>Here are further instructions for this feature for each of the major <a href=\"\/kb\/knowledge-base\/stream-types\/\">stream types<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Serial Streams<\/h3>\n<p>For this <a href=\"\/kb\/knowledge-base\/the-serial-streams-tab\/\">type<\/a> of data stream, the &#8220;<strong>private<\/strong>&#8221; Caster Entry option is set as part of the Caster Table set up dialog.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3826\" src=\"\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CasterTableDataEntry-HideMountPt.png\" alt=\"CasterTableDataEntry-HideMountPt\" width=\"412\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CasterTableDataEntry-HideMountPt.png 412w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CasterTableDataEntry-HideMountPt-272x300.png 272w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CasterTableDataEntry-HideMountPt-45x50.png 45w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CasterTableDataEntry-HideMountPt-320x353.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Relay Streams<\/h3>\n<p>For this <a href=\"\/kb\/knowledge-base\/the-relay-streams-tab\/\">type<\/a> of data stream, the &#8220;<strong>private<\/strong>&#8221; Caster Entry option is set as part of the Relay Streams New Caster setup dialog.\u00a0 Because a Relay stream will provide its own Caster Table Entry, the above dialog box cannot be used.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3828\" src=\"\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Relay_NewCasterStream_HideMountPt.png\" alt=\"Relay_NewCasterStream_HideMountPt\" width=\"590\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Relay_NewCasterStream_HideMountPt.png 590w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Relay_NewCasterStream_HideMountPt-300x285.png 300w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Relay_NewCasterStream_HideMountPt-50x47.png 50w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Relay_NewCasterStream_HideMountPt-320x304.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>PUSH-In Streams<\/h3>\n<p>For <a href=\"\/kb\/knowledge-base\/the-pushed-streams-tab\/\">this<\/a> type of data stream, the &#8220;<strong>private<\/strong>&#8221; Caster Entry option is set as part of the <strong>Set Up Reservations<\/strong> dialog to create a reservation.\u00a0 Press the <strong>Configure<\/strong> button next to the mountPt entry and an <strong>Edit Caster Entry<\/strong> dialog is displayed (the same dialog as is shown above for Serial data streams).\u00a0 This option is not available for PUSH-In streams making connections without options.<\/p>\n<h3>PUSH-Out Streams<\/h3>\n<p>For <a href=\"\/kb\/knowledge-base\/the-pushed-out-streams-tab-output-data\/\">this<\/a> type of data stream, the &#8220;<strong>private<\/strong>&#8221; Caster Entry option does not apply.\u00a0\u00a0 This tab deals with sending data <em>from<\/em> your Caster <em>to<\/em> another remote Caster.\u00a0 How the data is dealt with at the receiving side is up to that machine.<\/p>\n<h3>NEARest Streams<\/h3>\n<p>For this <a href=\"\/kb\/knowledge-base\/nearest-streams-tab\/\">type<\/a> of data stream, the &#8220;<strong>private<\/strong>&#8221; Caster Entry option is not supported.\u00a0\u00a0 Hiding this type of stream (which is itself made up of other Base Station data streams) makes little sense.\u00a0 At this point in time, no one has suggested that is desired.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Note<\/strong><\/span>: Please do contact the development team at the support email if you feel this would be a desirable feature for you.<\/p>\n<h3>Raw TCP\/IP Streams<\/h3>\n<p>For <a href=\"\/kb\/knowledge-base\/the-pushed-streams-tab\/\">this<\/a> type of data stream, the &#8220;<strong>private<\/strong>&#8221; Caster Entry option is set as part of the <strong>Edit Raw Tcp Server Slot<\/strong> dialog. The <strong>Configure<\/strong> button, next to the mountPt name opens the <strong>Caster Table<\/strong> set up dialog for reservations\u00a0 (the same dialog as is shown above for Serial data streams).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Confirming You wish to Hide the Entry<\/h3>\n<p>Because hiding a Caster Table entry can create problems for your end user who may expect to find it, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>SNIP<\/strong><\/span> presents a confirmation dialog when the check box is initially selected. Be sure and inform the users you wish to be able to connect to this stream of the name you select, including capitalization details.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ConfirmHiddenCasterEntry.com_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3853 size-full\" src=\"\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ConfirmHiddenCasterEntry.com_.png\" alt=\"ConfirmHiddenCasterEntry.com\" width=\"400\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ConfirmHiddenCasterEntry.com_.png 400w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ConfirmHiddenCasterEntry.com_-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ConfirmHiddenCasterEntry.com_-50x20.png 50w, https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ConfirmHiddenCasterEntry.com_-320x128.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under some conditions a SNIP operator may not want other unauthorized parties to be aware of every Base Station data stream their SNIP Caster provides.\u00a0 SNIP provides a &#8220;private&#8221; Caster Entry option for this need which you can enable or disable (the default) for any Caster Table entry.\u00a0 This option [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[285],"ht-kb-tag":[224,348,349],"class_list":["post-3796","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-base-station-setup","ht_kb_tag-caster-table","ht_kb_tag-entry","ht_kb_tag-hidden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/3796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3796"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/3796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3863,"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/3796\/revisions\/3863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=3796"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.use-snip.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=3796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}