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CydandClaude Fable 5 cb7c655530 Promote vPOD to a top-level project (Console/vPOD -> vPOD/)
vPOD has outgrown its home inside the console's folder: it now emulates both
halves of a pod (Munga game client + TeslaLauncher service / provisioning),
so it lives at the repo root beside Console/, Launcher/, Contract/ and
SecureConfig/, like the peer it has become.

Accompanying changes: project references rebased (Contract, SecureConfig,
the console's vendored Munga Net.dll), solution + DiffTests reference paths,
the console csproj's now-obsolete vPOD source exclusion removed, and the
root README / Apps.xml / vPOD README path mentions updated. pack.ps1 is
self-relative and now emits vPOD/dist/vPOD.zip.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-10 09:52:59 -05:00

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# TeslaSuite
The Tesla cockpit-pod software, in one repository:
| Folder | What it is | Target |
|--------|------------|--------|
| [`Console/`](Console/) | **TeslaConsole** — the operator console (WinForms) that configures and drives the pods. A decompiled reconstruction of the original `TeslaConsole.exe` (now the modernized 4.11.4.x line), with a differential test suite pinning it to the original 4.11.3.37076 baseline. | .NET Framework 4.8 |
| [`Launcher/`](Launcher/) | **TeslaLauncher** — the pod-side Service (Session 0 RPC listener) + Agent (user-session app launcher). A clean rewrite of the original launcher. | .NET Framework 4.8 |
| [`Contract/`](Contract/) | **Tesla.Contract** — the shared Console↔Launcher RPC contract: wire types, the client, and the framed-JSON protocol. Emits assembly `TeslaConsoleLaunchLib`. | .NET Framework 4.8 |
| [`SecureConfig/`](SecureConfig/) | **Tesla.SecureConfig** — the first-boot pod provisioning protocol (UDP beacons, OFB crypto, RSA key exchange). Emits assembly `TeslaSecureConfiguration`. | .NET Framework 4.8 |
| [`vPOD/`](vPOD/) | **vPOD** — a virtual pod for testing the consoles without cockpit hardware: impersonates both the game client (Munga, TCP 1501) and the pod's TeslaLauncher service (provisioning + Site Management / Install Product on TCP 53290). | .NET Framework 4.8 |
The console and launcher talk over **TCP 53290** using **length-prefixed
`System.Text.Json` frames over an OFB-encrypted stream** ([`Contract/PodRpcProtocol.cs`](Contract/PodRpcProtocol.cs)),
dispatched by method name. The wire contract lives in one source project
([`Contract/`](Contract/)) referenced by both sides — a single source of truth, no
duplication or hand-syncing.
> **Note:** Red Planet game *control* uses a separate protocol (Munga, TCP 1501) via the
> vendored `Munga Net.dll` — not the RPC channel above. The game itself is C++ and lives
> in its own repo (`gitea.mysticmachines.com/VWE/RP411.git`).
## Building
```
dotnet build TeslaSuite.sln -c Release
dotnet test Console/tests/TeslaConsole.DiffTests # differential + protocol + crypto guards
```
**Pod deployment:** [`Launcher/build.bat`](Launcher/build.bat) publishes the
framework-dependent net48 package into `Launcher/dist/` (~1.6 MB zipped — no runtime to
install, since .NET Framework 4.8 ships in Windows 10/11), and
[`Launcher/install.bat`](Launcher/install.bat) deploys it on a cockpit PC (registers the
Service, sets up the Agent for auto-login, hardens the box). The operator console packages
the same way: [`Console/build-package.bat`](Console/build-package.bat) → `Console/dist/`,
installed with [`Console/install.bat`](Console/install.bat). vPOD packages with
[`vPOD/pack.ps1`](vPOD/pack.ps1) → `vPOD/dist/vPOD.zip`, deployable to a pod via the
console's Install Product (or run directly on any machine).
## Layout notes
- `Console/original/TeslaConsole.exe` — the **4.11.3.37076** reference baseline the
differential tests compare against. Keep it.
- `Console/lib/*.dll` — the remaining vendored binary dependencies (`Munga Net`,
`BitmapLibrary`, `WeifenLuo` docking). The original `TeslaConsoleLaunchLib.dll` and
`TeslaSecureConfiguration.dll` are also kept here, but **only as byte-compatibility test
baselines** — both are now built from source (`Contract/`, `SecureConfig/`).
- `Console/RedPlanet/Apps.xml` — the data-driven product catalog (see the console's
Site Management → Add Product / Register Product on Pods).
## History
The system was modernized in 2026: the duplicated wire contract was extracted to a single
source project, `BinaryFormatter` (an RCE sink, and what pinned the launcher to an old
runtime) was replaced with the framed-JSON protocol, and the launcher was rebuilt — briefly
on net8/x64, then settled on net48 to match the console and ship a tiny, runtime-free
package. The whole console↔pod path (provisioning, install, launch) is validated on real
pods.