Export_scnl_ack Configuration File

(last revised 1 June 2006)

1. EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE

#
# export_scnl_ack configuration file
#
# Export_scnl_ack expects to receive an acknowledgment packet for every
# packet that is writes to socket. It keeps a SendQueue of messages it has
# sent and their status. The SocketSend thread will not re-use a slot in
# its SendQueue until the SocketRecv thread has marked that slot as ACKed.
#
# Import/Export send heartbeats to each other, as well as into their
# local earthworm systems. If the socket heartbeat from the distant partner
# is not received whithin the expected time period (RcvAliveInt) the link is
# terminated, and an attempt to reconnect is initiated. If things go
# seriously wrong, the heartbeat into the local earthworm system in
# stopped. The expectation is that "restartMe" has been set in the .desc
# file, and we'll be killed and restarted.
#
# Socket heartbeats are not put in either the message stacking queue
# or in the SendQueue, so they do not take up precious space when
# the connection between import/export is down.
#
# All socket operations are performed with a timeout. This is noramlly
# defaulted, but can be set in this file (SocketTimeout).
#
# Export maintains a circular FIFO buffer of messages to be shipped.
# Let's call this the MessageStacking queue. The depth of this queue
# (RingSize) controls the maximum latency of the data.
#
#
# Configuration notes:
#
# "restartMe" should be uncommented in my .desc file.
#
# The period of our local heartbeat (HeartBeatInt) must be safely smaller
# (faster) than our advertised period in our .desc file (tsec:).
# Otherwise we'll get continually restarted for no good reason.
# Note that tsec:0 implies no heartbeats expected, and so we'll never get
# restarted.
#
# The rate at which we send socket heartbeats to our distant partner should
# be considerably faster than the rate at which our partner expects them.
# Otherwise, a heartbeat delayed in transmission will cause our partner to
# conclude that the link is broken, and cause them to break the link and
# reinitialize. Which will cause us to do the same.
#
# For export, the ServerIPAdr is the address of the port to be used in
# the exporting machine. This is to specify a network card case the
# exporting machine has several network cards.
# Using ServerIPAdr 0.0.0.0 will allow export to answer connections
# on any valid address of the machine.
#
# If SocketTimeout is specified, it should be at least as large as the
# expected period of heartbeats from our distant partner.

# Basic Earthworm setup
#----------------------
MyModuleId MOD_EXPORT_SCNL_ACK # module id for this program
RingName PICK_RING # transport ring to use for input/output
HeartBeatInt 30 # EW internal heartbeat interval (sec)
# Should be >= RcvAliveInt
# Logging Control
#----------------
LogFile 1 # If 0, don't write logfile
# 1, write to logfile and stdout
# 2, write to module log but not stderr/stdout
#Verbose # If uncommented, VERY LARGE logfiles will be
# generated with info about queue status of
# each msg, socket alive msgs sent & received.

# Logos of messages to export to client systems.
#------------------------------------------------
# Installation and Module can be wildcards.
# Knows how to decipher these message types:
# w/ location code: TYPE_TRACEBUF2, TYPE_TRACE2_COMP_UA,
# TYPE_PICK_SCNL, TYPE_CODA_SCNL
# w/o location code: TYPE_TRACEBUF, TYPE_TRACE_COMP_UA,
# TYPE_PICK2K, TYPE_CODA2K msgs
#
# Installation Module Message Type
#--------------------------------------------------------------
GetMsgLogo INST_UNKNOWN MOD_WILDCARD TYPE_TRACEBUF2

# Set up Message Queues
# Note: socket "alive" messages are not put in either queue
#----------------------------------------------------------
MaxMsgSize 4096 # maximum size (bytes) for input/output msgs
RingSize 200 # number of msgs in MessageStacking queue.
# (msgs waiting to be sent to socket)
SendQueueLength 100 # Optional command: #msgs in SendQueue
# (msgs sent, acknowledgments pending)
# Valid range: 1-254 (default 100)
# shipped on export restarts.
#MaxLatency 60 # Optional command: Packets with delay time
# (i.e., time between present and packet
# start time) greater than this amount will be
# filtered out. Time is in minutes. 0 -> time
# is not checked. System time must be accurate.
# Only works on waveform messages.

# Set up server/client communications
#------------------------------------
ServerIPAdr aaa.bbb.ccc.dd # Listen for connections on this IPaddress.
# 0.0.0.0 will use any address on machine.
ServerPort 16005 # Well-known port number to export msgs on

SendAliveText ExpAlive # string sent to client as heartbeat
SendAliveInt 30 # seconds between alive msgs sent to client.
# 0 => no heartbeat
RcvAliveText ImpAlive # text of client's heartbeat (we get this)
RcvAliveInt 60 # seconds between client's heartbeats to us.
# 0 => no heartbeat

# Optional Socket commands:
# SocketTimeout defaults to RcvAliveInt + 3
# If set to -1, all socket calls will block (no timeout).
# SocketTimeout has no effect in export, unless it is set to -1,
# because there is no code in export to handle socket timeouts.
# If set to -1, the program may run slightly more efficiently because
# timeout checking code will not execute.
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
#SocketTimeout 200000 # Timeout length in milliseconds for socket calls

SocketDebug 0 # if 1, socket_ew debug statements are logged
# if 0, socket_ew debug is turned off (default)

# List of station/channel/network/loc codes to export.
#--------------------------------------------------------
# NOTE: Send_scn and Send_scn_remap commands are now obsolete, and
# have been replaced with Send_scnl and Send_scnl_remap (which
# include the location code field). If the old commands are used,
# export_scn sets the location code field to * (wildcard).
#
# Use any combination of Send_scnl (to send data as-is) and
# Send_scnl_remap (to change the SCNL on the fly) commands.
# Use * as a wildcard for any field. A wildcard in the
# "map to" fields of Send_scnl_remap means that field will
# not be renamed.
#--------------------------------------------------------
# send SCNL map to SCNL
Send_scnl JMP ASZ NC 01 # send this specific channel
Send_scnl JPS * NC * # send all components of JPS NC
Send_scnl_remap JGR VHZ NC -- * EHZ * * # change component code only
Send_scnl_remap CAL * NC * ALM * * * # send all component of CAL, but
# change the site code to ALM

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