Watcher

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Commands

acknowledge

Description: Acknowledge one or more alarms.

EFDB_Topic

Watcher_command_acknowledge

name

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Name of alarm or alarms to acknowledge. Specify a regular expression for multiple alarms.

severity

IDL_Type

int

Units

unitless

Description: Severity level being acknowledged. An AlarmSeverity enum.

acknowledgedBy

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: User who acknowledged the alarm.

mute

Description: Mute one or more alarms.

EFDB_Topic

Watcher_command_mute

name

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Name of alarm or alarms to mute. Specify a regular expression for multiple alarms.

duration

IDL_Type

float

Units

second

Description: Duration of mute.

severity

IDL_Type

int

Units

unitless

Description: Severity level being muted. An AlarmSeverity enum.

mutedBy

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: User who muted the alarm.

showAlarms

Description: Output an alarm event for each active alarm (those with maxSeverity > None). The Watcher GUI should issue this command when it starts up.

EFDB_Topic

Watcher_command_showAlarms

unacknowledge

Description: Unacknowledge one or more alarms. A no-op for alarms that have not been acknowledged or are in the nominal state. Note: when an alarm with severity=None is acknowledged the alarm is reset to nominal state, so unacknowledge will have no effect.

EFDB_Topic

Watcher_command_unacknowledge

name

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Name of alarm or alarms to unacknowledge. Specify a regular expression for multiple alarms.

unmute

Description: Unmute one or more alarms.

EFDB_Topic

Watcher_command_unmute

name

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Name of alarm or alarms to unmute. Specify a regular expression for multiple alarms; “.*” to unmute all alarms.

disable

Description: Transition from state Enabled to Disabled.

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_command_disable

Category

csc

enable

Description: Transition from state Disabled to Enabled.

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_command_enable

Category

csc

exitControl

Description: Transition from state Standby to Offline. For CSCs that start in Standby state this makes the CSC quit. CSCs that start in Offline state, they remain active.

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_command_exitControl

Category

csc

setAuthList

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_command_setAuthList

Category

csc

authorizedUsers

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Comma seperated list of authorized users currently allowed to command this CSC,

in the form user@host. If the first character is +/- then the specified users are added/removed. Duplicates are silently ignored. The CSC’s own user@host is silently ignored, because it is always authorized. For removal, CSCs that are not in the list are silently ignored. Whitespace is allowed after the optional initial +/- and after each comma.

nonAuthorizedCSCs

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Comma seperated list of CSC’s not currently allowed to command this CSC,

in the form name[:index]. An index of 0 is stripped (name:0 becomes name). If the first character is +/- then the specified CSCs are added/removed. Duplicates are silently ignored. For removal, CSCs that are not in the list are silently ignored. Whitespace is allowed after the optional initial +/- and after each comma.

setLogLevel

Description: Set the logging level.

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_command_setLogLevel

Category

csc

level

IDL_Type

int

Units

unitless

Description: Logging level, as a Python logging level: error=40, warning=30, info=20, debug=10.

subsystem

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: If the CSC itself has sub-ordinate components, they may be listed here. An empty string means the setting applies to all such sub-ordinate components, or just to the CSC itself.

standby

Description: Transition from state Offline, Disabled or Fault to Standby.

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_command_standby

Category

csc

start

Description: Transition from state Standby to Disable, in a specified configuration.

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_command_start

Category

csc

configurationOverride

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description:

Configuration override in the form [{name}][:{version}]. For salobj-based CSCs: name is a filename with “.yaml” suffix and version is a git hash; for example:

• “foo.yaml” specifies just a file. Two or three config files are loaded: “_init.yaml”, “_{site}.yaml” (if present), and “foo.yaml”.

• “:37bf936” specifies just a git hash. One or two config files are loaded from the specified git commit: “_init.yaml” and “_{site}.yaml” (if present.

• “bar.yaml:HEAD~2” specifies both a file and a git hash. Two or three config files are read from the specified git commit: “_init.yaml”, “_{site}.yaml” (if present), and “bar.yaml”.

settingsToApply

IDL_Type

string

IDL_Size

256

Units

unitless

Description: DEPRECATED: uae override instead. Name of the selected settings set

Enumerations

AlarmSeverity

• None

• Warning

• Serious

• Critical

Events

alarm

Description: Alarm about a problem.

EFDB_Topic

Watcher_logevent_alarm

name

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Name of alarm. Each alarm has a unique name.

severity

IDL_Type

int

Units

unitless

Description: The current alarm severity. An AlarmSeverity enum.

reason

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: A detailed description of what is wrong.

For example if a voltage is out of range, please specify the measured voltage and the range.

maxSeverity

IDL_Type

int

Units

unitless

Description: The maximum severity seen for this alarm.

Reset to AlarmSeverity_None if alarm is aknowledged while the severity is AlarmSeverity_None. An AlarmSeverity enum.

acknowledged

IDL_Type

boolean

Units

unitless

Description: Has this alarm been acknowledged? true=yes, false=no.

Irrelevant if severity and maxSeverity are both AlarmSeverity_None.

acknowledgedBy

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: User who acknowledged the alarm.

Irrelevant if acknowledged is false.

escalated

IDL_Type

boolean

Units

unitless

Description: Has this alarm been escalated to backup personnel?

escalateTo

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Backup user who was or will be notified if the alarm is escalated.

mutedSeverity

IDL_Type

long

Units

unitless

Description: Severity at which this alarm is muted.

A value of AlarmSeverity_None means not muted. If severity <= mutedSeverity then the alarm is considered muted and should not be displayed by default.

mutedBy

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: User who muted the alarm.

Irrelevant if mutedSeverity is AlarmSeverity_None.

timestampSeverityOldest

IDL_Type

double

Units

second

Description: Time at which severity was originally set to its current value.

timestampSeverityNewest

IDL_Type

double

Units

second

Description: Time at which severity was most recently found to still have its current value.

timestampMaxSeverity

IDL_Type

double

Units

second

Description: Time at which maxSeverity was last changed.

timestampAcknowledged

IDL_Type

double

Units

second

Description: Time at which acknowledged was last changed.

timestampAutoAcknowledge

IDL_Type

double

Units

second

Description: Time at which the alarm will be automatically acknowledged if still stale (not active and not acknowledged).

0 if not relevant in this state or the alarm does not support automatic acknowledgement of stale alarms.

timestampAutoUnacknowledge

IDL_Type

double

Units

second

Description: Time at which the alarm will be automatically unacknowledged if still active. 0 if not relevant in this state or the alarm does not support automatic unacknowledgement.

timestampEscalate

IDL_Type

double

Units

second

Description: Time at which the alarm was or will be escalated to backup personnel (if escalated is true or false, respectively).

0 if not relevant in this state or the alarm does not support escalation.

timestampUnmute

IDL_Type

double

Units

second

Description: Time at which the alarm will be unmuted.

Irrelevant if mutedSeverity = AlarmSeverity_None.

appliedSettingsMatchStart

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_logevent_appliedSettingsMatchStart

Category

configurable

appliedSettingsMatchStartIsTrue

IDL_Type

boolean

Units

unitless

Description: DEPRECATED as a generic event. Few CSCs need something like this, and those that do should provide their own event. True when the configuration matches the start conditions

authList

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_logevent_authList

Category

csc

authorizedUsers

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Comma seperated list of authorized users currently allowed to command this CSC.

nonAuthorizedCSCs

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Comma seperated list of CSC’s not currently allowed to command this CSC.

configurationApplied

Description: Information about CSC’s configuration.

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_logevent_configurationApplied

Category

configurable

configurations

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: A comma-separated list of configurations applied. If configuration comes from a clone of a git repo, or similar directory, then it will be a list of file names, without the file extension. Ignore whitespace after commas.

version

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Version of the configuration source. For a clone of a git repo it will be a git hash.

url

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: URL of the configuration source. For a clone of a git repo this will be a file URL. For a database it will be a standard database URL. This should always match the same-named field in configurationsAvailable.

schemaVersion

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Version of config schema used by the CSC. For a configuration git repo, this is the name of a folder in the config package, and is typically something like “v1”. This should always match the same-named field in configurationsAvailable.

otherInfo

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: A comma-separated list of event topics (without the logevent prefix) used to publish the entire set of configuration parameters loaded by the CSC, and any other pertinent information. Ignore whitespace after commas.

configurationsAvailable

Description: Information about the source of configuration information for the CSC.

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_logevent_configurationsAvailable

Category

configurable

overrides

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Available overrides as a comma-separated list. Each entry is a possible value of the configurationOverride field of the start command. Ignore whitespace after commas.

version

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Version of the configuration source. For a clone of a git repo it will be a git hash.

url

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: URL of the configuration source. For a clone of a git repo this will be a file URL. For a database it will be a standard database URL.

schemaVersion

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Version of config schema used by the CSC. For a configuration git repo, this is the name of a folder in the config package, and is typically something like “v1”.

errorCode

Description: Output when a CSC goes into the Fault state as an explanation of the problem.

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_logevent_errorCode

Category

csc

errorCode

IDL_Type

long

Units

unitless

Description: A numeric error code

errorReport

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: An string providing detailed information about the error

traceback

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: An optional stack trace of the error condition

heartbeat

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_logevent_heartbeat

Category

mandatory

heartbeat

IDL_Type

boolean

Units

unitless

Description: Beats the drum.

logLevel

Description: Current logging level.

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_logevent_logLevel

Category

mandatory

level

IDL_Type

int

Units

unitless

Description: Current logging level, a Python logging level: error=40, warning=30, info=20, debug=10.

subsystem

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: If the CSC itself has sub-ordinate components, they may be listed here. An empty string means the setting applies to all such sub-ordinate components, or just to the CSC itself.

logMessage

Description: A log message.

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_logevent_logMessage

Category

mandatory

name

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Log name.

level

IDL_Type

int

Units

unitless

Description: Message level, a Python logging level: error=40, warning=30, info=20, debug=10.

message

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Log message.

traceback

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Exception traceback; “” if not an exception.

filePath

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Path to source file.

functionName

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: Function or method name.

lineNumber

IDL_Type

long

Units

unitless

Description: Line number in the file specified by filePath.

process

IDL_Type

long

Units

unitless

Description: Process ID.

timestamp

IDL_Type

double

Units

second

Description: The time at which the condition being reported was observed (TAI unix seconds). 0 if unspecified.

settingVersions

Description: DEPRECATED: use configurationsAvailable instead. Information about settings which can be specified in the start command.

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_logevent_settingVersions

Category

configurable

recommendedSettingsVersion

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: List of comma seperated recomended versions of settings sets

recommendedSettingsLabels

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: List of comma seperated names of settings sets

settingsUrl

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: The URL where the settings sets definitions can be found

settingsApplied

Description: DEPRECATED: use configurationApplied instead. Base settings applied.

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_logevent_settingsApplied

Category

configurable

settingsVersion

IDL_Type

string

IDL_Size

256

Units

unitless

Description: The SHA or name corresponding to the published configuration

otherSettingsEvents

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: A comma delimited list of other specific CSC configuration events. This may be blank if no other CSC specific events are necessary

simulationMode

Description: Current simulation mode.

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_logevent_simulationMode

Category

csc

mode

IDL_Type

int

Units

unitless

Description: Current simulation mode; 0 for normal operation (no simulation); other supported values are specific to each CSC.

softwareVersions

Description: Current versions of software in use by CSC.

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_logevent_softwareVersions

Category

mandatory

salVersion

IDL_Type

string

IDL_Size

256

Units

unitless

Description: This is the current version of SAL generation

xmlVersion

IDL_Type

string

IDL_Size

256

Units

unitless

Description: This is the current version of CSC XML

openSpliceVersion

IDL_Type

string

IDL_Size

256

Units

unitless

Description: This is the current version of OpenSplice

cscVersion

IDL_Type

string

IDL_Size

256

Units

unitless

Description: This is the top-level version of the CSC

subsystemVersions

IDL_Type

string

Units

unitless

Description: A comma delimited list of key=value pairs relating subsystem name (key) to its version number (value). This may be left blank if there are no subsystems within a CSC

summaryState

Description: Current summary state of the CSC

EFDB_Topic

SALGeneric_logevent_summaryState

Category

csc

summaryState

IDL_Type

long

Units

unitless

Description: High level state machine state identifier