Consad Abstract


Usage :  CONSAD is the Java Open Access Client (OAC) process which
	 performs device consolidation in an array format.  It allows
	 you to concatenate several individual devices into a single
	 array device.  CONSAD differs from CONSAR in that component
	 devices are only updated when there is a request for the
	 composite device and that an offset to the composite device
	 is applied to all of the component devices.  (Note: No error
	 words are interspersed with the data as in FRCONS.)  You can
	 view log files for CONSAD in the directory
	 'daesrv\\engines\files\oac'.

	 CONSAD creates an array of device readings, without error bytes
	 interspersed. The defining expression can be a list of
	 subordinate devices, separated by whitespace, commas, or plus signs.
	 There are two additional options.  One is if the first device name
	 is FILL, then this invokes special MILCW-style zero-filling of each
	 device's field to a length specified in the last byte of the device's
	 SSDN.  The second equation option is if the equation is just
	 one word: FAMILY. This directs CONSAD to use the last 4 bytes
	 of the SSDN as the device index (DI) of the family device and to
	 build the equation using all the device names contained in that family.

	 The same expression is used for both STATUS and READING properties,
	 but for the READING property where the FILL option is used, the
	 length in the SSDN is multiplied by two.
	 (This is for MILCW compatibility: it may go away in the future.)

	    * FILL T:A0APG+T:B0APG+T:C0APG+T:D0APG+T:E0APG+T:F0APG
	    * FILL T:A0ARP U:FILL0:0:2 U:FILL0:0:2 T:D0ARP U:FILL0:0:2 U:FILL0:0:2
	    * FAMILY 

Restart: CONSAD is restarted when its DAE is restarted.

Keeper : Dennis Nicklaus

Keeper: Dennis Nicklaus

OAC Node: dce37

Now: Fri Aug 29 01:57:49 2008