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Direct Server Connection

Increase your TAK server's off-grid situational awareness by connecting your TAK server to Somewear.

Background

Somewear is able to give you & your team full situational awareness of your operations, even while off-grid. This data isn't in a silo on Somewear, it can be shared with your TAK server. Here's some examples of what you can do with TAK server connections in Somewear:

  • Visualize Somewear data on WinTAK.

  • Give non-Somewear ATAK/iTAK users on your TAK server the same situational awareness without requiring them to install the Somewear plugin.

Architecture

In the following guide, you can enable one-way TAK server data flow by setting up Somewear to connect your TAK server.

Somewear server simulates a standard TAK client and sends COT data to your TAK server.

Install

  1. Navigate to the Create TAK Server page on the web app by clicking Account > Settings > Add Server Connection.

  1. Input your TAK server address & port. Upload your client certificates if required.

  1. After a successful connection, you need to configure how data flow to/from your TAK server. Click the Settings icon to the right of your TAK server connection.

  1. Toggle the Workspaces you'd like to share data from and click Apply changes.

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