Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of UltracamApi

Timestamp:

Jan 24, 2008 9:51:37 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

Andy Vick

Comment:

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UltracamApi

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 When designing '''UCam''' there were several goals in mind, conclusions that were
 based on extensive use of earlier
-,VxWorks based SDSU systems. The main goals we hoped to achieve were;
+,!VxWorks based SDSU systems. The main goals we hoped to achieve were;
 
 Simple, effecient real-time layer:: 
  We wanted the real time
- layer to be as simple as possible. Previous systems had used <nop>VxWorks
+ layer to be as simple as possible. Previous systems had used !VxWorks
  throughout and bug fixes had been applied at all levels. Real-time layers are
  difficult to code and test, and we felt that by minimising the compelxity and
@@ -208 +208 @@
 
 === XML usage in Ultracam ===
-There are, conceptually, three levels of XML files in Ultracam;
+The XML files in Ultracam are used to store (almost) all information about the system, from the lowest level DSP executable code to user comments about the data sets. The standard set up of Ultracam includes three levels of files;
 
 Low level files::
@@ -218 +218 @@
 Intermediate files::
   these are hand written, and are used to apply validation to variables using '''condition_check''' tags and to describe the data format using
-  an '''application_data''' section.
+  an '''application_data''' section. There are also ancillary files which describe the SDSU hardware, telescope details etc.
 
 Top level files::
   these are the files that get sent to the system by an interface. They contain '''set_parameter''' tags (in a '''configure_XXX''' section) and 
   (potentially) a '''user''' section
+
+
+It should be noted that this three layer structure is entirely arbitrary - since the XML files reference each other (see XML Message Execution below)   Ultracam could use 1 or more files. Three levels just seems to be optimal from a human point of view.  
+
+== XML Message Execution ==
+The following details the conceptual order of processing when an XML message is sent to one of the servers (camera or filesave).
+
+