Steps towards implementation and integration of the PSS control interface (PSS LMC)

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Beneficiaries (Who)

• PSI engineers; PSS developers

Benefit Hypothesis (Why)

The implementation and integration of PSS LMC will enable PSI and AIV engineers to control and configure the PSS pipeline using CSP.LMC or TMC, which will improve user experience of using the PSS software during testing e.g via using notebooks for the control and configuration commands. It will also align the method of controlling PSS with the that used for rest of the SKA software, thus integrating PSS into the SKA pipeline.

Description (What?)

This work will enable developers of PSS to contribute to the development of PSS LMC and to gain hands-on experience with the existing TANGO codebase, such that the amount of effort required in follow-up PIs can be estimated more accurately. As part of this process, the amount of effort to support PSS developers in the development of PSS LMC will be gauged by engaging with OMC teams and discussing the requirements of the PSS LMC interface with CSP.LMC and TMC. In addition, a standalone test demonstrating the basic functionality of the existing PSS CTRL TANGO device will be configured, using mock input and output configuration strings (i.e. the input will be manually sent to PSS CTRL and the output will not configure any pipeline), and the response of the device will be monitored and recorded.