Application Developer Guide

Warning

This software framework is still under construction and no stable version has been released yet. Features, protocols and the behavior of individual components may still change.

Tutorials

• Implementing a Satellite (C++)
  • Implementing the FSM Transitions
  • Running and the Stop Token
  • To Reconfigure or Not To Reconfigure
  • Error Handling
    • Generic Errors
    • Configuration Errors
  • Building the Satellite
• Implementing a Satellite (Python)
  • Implementing the FSM Transitions
  • Running and the Stop Event
  • Installation of satellite

Adding Functionality

• Logging
• Sending Metrics
• Data Transmission
  • Transmitting Data
  • Data Format & Performance
  • Metadata
• Custom Satellite Commands
  • The Command Registry
  • Registering The Command
  • Name and description
  • Command arguments and return values
  • Allowed FSM states

How-To Guides

• Building External Satellites
  • Installing Constellation
  • Setting the pkg-config Search Path
  • Creating the Satellite Generator Interface
  • CMake Integration
• Porting a EUDAQ Producer
  • Porting the Finite State Machine Transitions
  • Transmitting Data
  • Adjusting the Logging Mechanism
  • Error Handling
• Receiving Data in C++
  • Receiving Data
• Increase Data Rate in C++
  • Impact of Larger Frames
  • Impact of more Frames per Message