.gitignore

@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ env/
 # Distribution / packaging
 build/
 dist/
+Output/
 *.egg-info/
+*.spec
 
 # -------------------------
 # Logs + runtime artifacts

build.bat

@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@ echo Building series3-watcher.exe...
 pip install pyinstaller pystray Pillow
 
 REM Check whether icon.ico exists alongside this script.
-REM If it does, include it; otherwise build without a custom icon.
+REM If it does, embed it as the .exe icon AND bundle it as a data file
+REM so the tray overlay can load it at runtime.
 if exist "%~dp0icon.ico" (
-    pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --name series3-watcher --icon="%~dp0icon.ico" series3_tray.py
+    pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --name series3-watcher ^
+        --icon="%~dp0icon.ico" ^
+        --add-data "%~dp0icon.ico;." ^
+        series3_tray.py
 ) else (
     echo [INFO] icon.ico not found -- building without custom icon.
     pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --name series3-watcher series3_tray.py

config-template.ini

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ MISSING_HOURS = 24
 
 # Logging
 ENABLE_LOGGING     = True
-LOG_FILE           = C:\SeismoEmitter\agent_logs\series3_watcher.log
+LOG_FILE           = C:\Program Files\Series3Watcher\agent_logs\series3_watcher.log
 LOG_RETENTION_DAYS = 30
 
 # Console colors - (Doesn't work on windows 7)

installer.iss

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [Setup]
 AppName=Series 3 Watcher
-AppVersion=1.4.0
+AppVersion=1.4.1
 AppPublisher=Terra-Mechanics Inc.
 DefaultDirName={pf}\Series3Watcher
 DefaultGroupName=Series 3 Watcher
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ PrivilegesRequired=admin
 [Tasks]
 Name: "desktopicon"; Description: "Create a &desktop icon"; GroupDescription: "Additional icons:"; Flags: unchecked
 
+[Dirs]
+; Create the agent_logs folder so the watcher can write logs on first run
+Name: "{app}\agent_logs"
+
 [Files]
 ; Main executable — built by build.bat / PyInstaller
 Source: "dist\series3-watcher.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion

series3_tray.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Series 3 Watcher — System Tray Launcher  v1.4.0
+Series 3 Watcher — System Tray Launcher  v1.4.1
 Requires: pystray, Pillow, tkinter (stdlib)
 
 Run with:  pythonw series3_tray.py   (no console window)
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ def apply_update(download_url):
 
 # --------------- Paths ---------------
 
+# When frozen by PyInstaller, __file__ points to a temp extraction dir.
+# sys.executable is always the real .exe location — use that instead.
+if getattr(sys, "frozen", False):
+    HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.executable))
+else:
     HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(HERE, "config.ini")
 
@@ -141,11 +146,50 @@ COLORS = {
 }
 
 ICON_SIZE = 64
+ICON_FILE = os.path.join(HERE, "icon.ico")
+
+# Load base icon once at startup; fall back to None if missing.
+# When frozen, bundled data files live in sys._MEIPASS.
+def _load_base_icon():
+    candidates = [ICON_FILE]
+    if getattr(sys, "frozen", False):
+        candidates.insert(0, os.path.join(sys._MEIPASS, "icon.ico"))
+    for path in candidates:
+        try:
+            img = Image.open(path)
+            img = img.convert("RGBA").resize((ICON_SIZE, ICON_SIZE), Image.LANCZOS)
+            return img
+        except Exception:
+            continue
+    return None
+
+_BASE_ICON = _load_base_icon()
 
 
 def make_icon(status):
-    """Draw a solid filled circle on a transparent background."""
+    """
+    Use icon.ico as the base and overlay a small status dot in the
+    bottom-right corner. Falls back to a plain colored circle if the
+    ico file is not available.
+    """
     color = COLORS.get(status, COLORS["starting"])
+
+    if _BASE_ICON is not None:
+        img = _BASE_ICON.copy()
+        draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
+        # Dot size and position — bottom-right corner
+        dot_r = ICON_SIZE // 5          # radius ~12px on 64px icon
+        margin = 2
+        x0 = ICON_SIZE - dot_r * 2 - margin
+        y0 = ICON_SIZE - dot_r * 2 - margin
+        x1 = ICON_SIZE - margin
+        y1 = ICON_SIZE - margin
+        # White outline for contrast on dark/light backgrounds
+        draw.ellipse([x0 - 2, y0 - 2, x1 + 2, y1 + 2], fill=(255, 255, 255, 220))
+        draw.ellipse([x0, y0, x1, y1], fill=color + (255,))
+        return img
+
+    # Fallback: plain colored circle
     img = Image.new("RGBA", (ICON_SIZE, ICON_SIZE), (0, 0, 0, 0))
     draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
     margin = 6

series3_watcher.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Series 3 Watcher — v1.4.0
+Series 3 Watcher — v1.4.1
 
 Environment:
 - Python 3.8 (Windows 7 compatible)
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Key Features:
 
 import os
 import re
+import sys
 import time
 import json
 import threading
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ def load_config(path: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         "OK_HOURS": float(get_int("OK_HOURS", 12)),
         "MISSING_HOURS": float(get_int("MISSING_HOURS", 24)),
         "ENABLE_LOGGING": get_bool("ENABLE_LOGGING", True),
-        "LOG_FILE": get_str("LOG_FILE", r"C:\SeismoEmitter\agent_logs\series3_watcher.log"),
+        "LOG_FILE": get_str("LOG_FILE", r"C:\Program Files\Series3Watcher\agent_logs\series3_watcher.log"),
         "LOG_RETENTION_DAYS": get_int("LOG_RETENTION_DAYS", 30),
         "COLORIZE": get_bool("COLORIZE", False),  # Win7 default off
         "MLG_HEADER_BYTES": max(256, min(get_int("MLG_HEADER_BYTES", 2048), 65536)),
@@ -216,7 +217,19 @@ def scan_latest(
 
 
 # --- API heartbeat / SFM telemetry helpers ---
-VERSION = "1.4.0"
+VERSION = "1.4.1"
+
+
+def _read_log_tail(log_file: str, n: int = 25) -> Optional[list]:
+    """Return the last n lines of the log file as a list of strings, or None on failure."""
+    if not log_file:
+        return None
+    try:
+        with open(log_file, "r", errors="replace") as f:
+            lines = f.readlines()
+        return [l.rstrip("\n") for l in lines[-n:]]
+    except Exception:
+        return None
 
 
 def send_api_payload(payload: dict, api_url: str) -> Optional[dict]:
@@ -301,7 +314,10 @@ def run_watcher(state: Dict[str, Any], stop_event: threading.Event) -> None:
       state["log_dir"]       — directory containing the log file
       state["cfg"]           — loaded config dict
     """
-    here = os.path.dirname(__file__) or "."
+    if getattr(sys, "frozen", False):
+        here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.executable))
+    else:
+        here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) or "."
     config_path = os.path.join(here, "config.ini")
 
     state["status"] = "starting"
@@ -441,6 +457,7 @@ def run_watcher(state: Dict[str, Any], stop_event: threading.Event) -> None:
                 if now_ts - last_api_ts >= interval:
                     hb_payload = build_sfm_payload(latest, cfg)
                     hb_payload["version"] = VERSION
+                    hb_payload["log_tail"] = _read_log_tail(cfg.get("LOG_FILE", ""), 25)
                     response = send_api_payload(hb_payload, cfg.get("API_URL", ""))
                     last_api_ts = now_ts
                     # Surface update signal to tray

settings_dialog.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ DEFAULTS = {
     "MISSING_HOURS":        "24",
     "MLG_HEADER_BYTES":     "2048",
     "ENABLE_LOGGING":       "true",
-    "LOG_FILE":             r"C:\SeismoEmitter\agent_logs\series3_watcher.log",
+    "LOG_FILE":             r"C:\Program Files\Series3Watcher\agent_logs\series3_watcher.log",
     "LOG_RETENTION_DAYS":   "30",
     "COLORIZE":             "false",
 }
@@ -206,7 +206,12 @@ class SettingsDialog:
 
         # Connection
         self.var_api_enabled        = tk.BooleanVar(value=v["API_ENABLED"].lower() in ("1","true","yes","on"))
-        self.var_api_url            = tk.StringVar(value=v["API_URL"])
+        # Strip the fixed endpoint suffix so the dialog shows just the base URL
+        _raw_url = v["API_URL"]
+        _suffix = "/api/series3/heartbeat"
+        if _raw_url.endswith(_suffix):
+            _raw_url = _raw_url[:-len(_suffix)]
+        self.var_api_url            = tk.StringVar(value=_raw_url)
         self.var_api_interval       = tk.StringVar(value=v["API_INTERVAL_SECONDS"])
         self.var_source_id          = tk.StringVar(value=v["SOURCE_ID"])
         self.var_source_type        = tk.StringVar(value=v["SOURCE_TYPE"])
@@ -277,10 +282,40 @@ class SettingsDialog:
 
         _add_label_check(f, 0, "API Enabled", self.var_api_enabled)
 
-        _add_label_entry(
-            f, 1, "terra-view URL", self.var_api_url,
-            hint="http://192.168.x.x:8000/api/heartbeat",
+        # URL row — entry + Test button in an inner frame
+        tk.Label(f, text="Terra-View URL", anchor="w").grid(
+            row=1, column=0, sticky="w", padx=(8, 4), pady=4
         )
+        url_frame = tk.Frame(f)
+        url_frame.grid(row=1, column=1, sticky="ew", padx=(0, 8), pady=4)
+        url_frame.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
+
+        url_entry = ttk.Entry(url_frame, textvariable=self.var_api_url, width=32)
+        url_entry.grid(row=0, column=0, sticky="ew")
+
+        # Placeholder hint behaviour
+        _hint = "http://192.168.x.x:8000"
+        if not self.var_api_url.get():
+            url_entry.config(foreground="grey")
+            url_entry.insert(0, _hint)
+            def _on_focus_in(e):
+                if url_entry.get() == _hint:
+                    url_entry.delete(0, tk.END)
+                    url_entry.config(foreground="black")
+            def _on_focus_out(e):
+                if not url_entry.get():
+                    url_entry.config(foreground="grey")
+                    url_entry.insert(0, _hint)
+                    self.var_api_url.set("")
+            url_entry.bind("<FocusIn>", _on_focus_in)
+            url_entry.bind("<FocusOut>", _on_focus_out)
+
+        self._test_btn = ttk.Button(url_frame, text="Test", width=6,
+                                    command=self._test_connection)
+        self._test_btn.grid(row=0, column=1, padx=(4, 0))
+
+        self._test_status = tk.Label(url_frame, text="", anchor="w", width=20)
+        self._test_status.grid(row=0, column=2, padx=(6, 0))
 
         _add_label_spinbox(f, 2, "API Interval (sec)", self.var_api_interval, 30, 3600)
 
@@ -289,6 +324,40 @@ class SettingsDialog:
 
         _add_label_entry(f, 4, "Source Type", self.var_source_type, readonly=True)
 
+    def _test_connection(self):
+        """POST a minimal ping to the Terra-View heartbeat endpoint and show result."""
+        import urllib.request
+        import urllib.error
+
+        self._test_status.config(text="Testing...", foreground="grey")
+        self._test_btn.config(state="disabled")
+        self.root.update_idletasks()
+
+        raw = self.var_api_url.get().strip()
+        if not raw or raw == "http://192.168.x.x:8000":
+            self._test_status.config(text="Enter a URL first", foreground="orange")
+            self._test_btn.config(state="normal")
+            return
+
+        url = raw.rstrip("/") + "/health"
+
+        try:
+            req = urllib.request.Request(url)
+            with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=5) as resp:
+                if resp.status == 200:
+                    self._test_status.config(text="Connected!", foreground="green")
+                else:
+                    self._test_status.config(
+                        text="HTTP {}".format(resp.status), foreground="orange"
+                    )
+        except urllib.error.URLError as e:
+            reason = str(e.reason) if hasattr(e, "reason") else str(e)
+            self._test_status.config(text="Failed: {}".format(reason[:30]), foreground="red")
+        except Exception as e:
+            self._test_status.config(text="Error: {}".format(str(e)[:30]), foreground="red")
+        finally:
+            self._test_btn.config(state="normal")
+
     def _build_tab_paths(self, nb):
         f = self._tab_frame(nb, "Paths")
 
@@ -376,13 +445,12 @@ class SettingsDialog:
         if source_id.startswith("Defaults to hostname"):
             source_id = ""
 
-        # Resolve api_url placeholder
+        # Resolve api_url — append the fixed endpoint, strip placeholder
         api_url = self.var_api_url.get().strip()
-        if api_url.startswith("http://192.168"):
-            # This is the hint — only keep it if it looks like a real URL
-            pass  # leave as-is; user may have typed it intentionally
-        if api_url == "http://192.168.x.x:8000/api/heartbeat":
+        if api_url == "http://192.168.x.x:8000" or not api_url:
             api_url = ""
+        else:
+            api_url = api_url.rstrip("/") + "/api/series3/heartbeat"
 
         values = {
             "API_ENABLED":          "true" if self.var_api_enabled.get() else "false",