alma-hilse 0.3.2

ALMA Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulation Environment setup, monitoring and verification package

alma-hilse

ALMA Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulation Environment setup, monitoring and verification package.

The alma-hilse package provides an application and libraries aiming to help in the setup, monitoring and verfication of the ALMA HILSE infrastructure. Most online requests are based on the AmbManager object to minimize dependencies.

Installation

pip install alma-hilse

If installed for user only, it may be necessary to modify PATH accordingly by running:

export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin/

Installation for development

git clone ssh://[e-mail]:7999/esg/alma-hilse.git
make venv
source venv/bin/activate
alma-hilse --help

Usage

Following is a non-exhaustive list of available commands, for illustrative purposes only. Use the following command for all available options:

alma-hilse --help

Timing-related commands

alma-hilse timing --help
alma-hilse timing status # LORR/LFTRR status for HILSE
alma-hilse timing resync # LORR/LFTRR resync to CLO reference

Correlator-related commands

alma-hilse corr --help
alma-hilse corr status # power, parity and delay status of DRXs
alma-hilse corr set-metaframe-delays # NOT IMPLEMENTED YET
alma-hilse corr mute-edfa # NOT IMPLEMENTED YET
alma-hilse corr eeprom-read # NOT IMPLEMENTED YET
alma-hilse corr eeprom-write # NOT IMPLEMENTED YET

General environment setup and troubleshooting commands

alma-hilse utils --help
alma-hilse utils get-devices # list devices connected to ABM
alma-hilse utils turn-on-ambmanager
alma-hilse utils array-info # NOT IMPLEMENTED YET (to be based on existing BE scripts)

Antenna integration-related commands

Generation of reports aiming to help in the integration of new antennas to HILSE enviroment. E.g., by collecting relevant information to be used during AOS patch panel fiber movements and following verifications.

alma-hilse integration --help  # NOT IMPLEMENTED YET
alma-hilse integration general-status  # NOT IMPLEMENTED YET (to be based on existing BE scripts)
alma-hilse integration lo-resources  # NOT IMPLEMENTED YET (to be based on existing BE scripts)
alma-hilse integration dts-resources # NOT IMPLEMENTED YET (to be based on existing BE scripts)
alma-hilse integration pad-resources # NOT IMPLEMENTED YET