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

[Kevin Ryan]

On May 14, 2008, at 3:40 PM, Sonja Vrcic wrote:

>
>
> 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.


This would be more work for the CMIB and more complexity for the  
system.  Policing the rest of the system should not be in the CMIB's  
job description.