[evla-sw-discuss] Delay models to station boards

[Sonja Vrcic]

Barry Clark wrote:
> Kevin has a valid point that we don't know whether datagrams will work
> adequately without a test.  However, I don't see how to arrange a 
> realistic test without having the whole correlator room networking in
> place.  (Although actually, I am more concerned that datagrams might 
> get lost within the mchost stack than I am about the network.)  What 
> should we do to test deliveries?   (At a minimum, we should put a sequence
> number in the document.)
>
>   
Proposal: User should specify how often the models are sent, either in 
advance, as a part of the subarray configuration; or in the delay model 
itself (by specifying how long the model is valid). If the (next) delay 
model is not received on time, CMIB generates an alert.