[INSTRM-350] Handle short and long actor disconnections sensibly. Created: 02/May/18 Updated: 02/May/18 |
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| Status: | Open |
| Project: | Instrument control development |
| Component/s: | None |
| Affects Version/s: | None |
| Fix Version/s: | None |
| Type: | Task | Priority: | Normal |
| Reporter: | cloomis | Assignee: | Unassigned |
| Resolution: | Unresolved | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | None | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Time Spent: | Not Specified | ||
| Original Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Description |
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Some actors will only be online or even powered up when the instrument it mounted: mcs, say. Others will have disconnected hardware (meb, say). We should devise a system for dealing with that nicely. Depending on humans to disable alerts, etc. is not good enough. |