Export_ack Configuration File

1. EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE

#
# export_ack configuration file
#
# Export_ack expects to receive an acknowledgment packet for every
# packet that is writes to socket. It keeps a SendQueue of messages it has
# sent and their status. The SocketSend thread will not re-use a slot in
# its SendQueue until the SocketRecv thread has marked that slot as ACKed.
#
# Import/Export send heartbeats to each other, as well as into their
# local earthworm systems. If the socket heartbeat from the distant partner
# is not received whithin the expected time period (RcvAliveInt) the link is
# terminated, and an attempt to reconnect is initiated. If things go
# seriously wrong, the heartbeat into the local earthworm system in
# stopped. The expectation is that "restartMe" has been set in the .desc
# file, and we'll be killed and restarted.
#
# Socket heartbeats are not put in either the message stacking queue
# or in the SendQueue, so they do not take up precious space when
# the connection between import/export is down.
#
# All socket operations are performed with a timeout. This is noramlly
# defaulted, but can be set in this file (SocketTimeout).
#
# Export maintains a circular FIFO buffer of messages to be shipped. 
# Let's call this the MessageStacking queue. The depth of this queue 
# (RingSize) controls the maximum latency of the data.
#
#
# Configuration notes:
#
# "restartMe" should be uncommented in my .desc file.
#
# The period of our local heartbeat (HeartBeatInt) must be safely smaller
# (faster) than our advertised period in our .desc file (tsec:).
# Otherwise we'll get continually restarted for no good reason.
# Note that tsec:0 implies no heartbeats expected, and so we'll never get
# restarted.
#
# The rate at which we send socket heartbeats to our distant partner should
# be considerably faster than the rate at which our partner expects them.
# Otherwise, a heartbeat delayed in transmission will cause our partner to
# conclude that the link is broken, and cause them to break the link and
# reinitialize. Which will cause us to do the same.
#
# For export, the ServerIPAdr is the address of the port to be used in
# the exporting machine.  This is to specify a network card case the
# exporting machine has several network cards.  
# Using ServerIPAdr 0.0.0.0 will allow export to answer connections
# on any valid address of the machine.
#
# If SocketTimeout is specified, it should be at least as large as the
# expected period of heartbeats from our distant partner.

# Basic Earthworm setup
#----------------------
 MyModuleId     MOD_EXPORT_ACK      # module id for this program
 RingName       PICK_RING           # transport ring to use for input/output
 HeartBeatInt   30                  # EW internal heartbeat interval (sec)
                                    #   Should be >= RcvAliveInt
# Logging Control
#----------------
 LogFile        1      # If 0, don't write logfile
                       #    1, write to logfile and stdout
                       #    2, write to module log but not stderr/stdout
#Verbose               # If uncommented, VERY LARGE logfiles will be 
                       #   generated with info about queue status of 
                       #   each msg, socket alive msgs sent & received.

# Logos of messages to export to client systems
#----------------------------------------------
#              Installation       Module       Message Type
 GetMsgLogo    INST_UNKNOWN     MOD_WILDCARD     TYPE_PICK2K
 GetMsgLogo    INST_UNKNOWN     MOD_WILDCARD     TYPE_CODA2K

# Set up Message Queues 
# Note: socket "alive" messages are not put in either queue
#---------------------------------------------------------- 
 MaxMsgSize             4096   # maximum size (bytes) for input/output msgs
 RingSize                200   # number of msgs in MessageStacking queue.
                               #  (msgs waiting to be sent to socket)
 SendQueueLength         100   # Optional command: #msgs in SendQueue
                               #  (msgs sent, acknowledgments pending)
                               #  Valid range: 1-254 (default 100) 
 
# Set up server/client communications
#------------------------------------
 ServerIPAdr  aaa.bbb.ccc.dd   # Listen for connections on this IPaddress.
                               #  0.0.0.0 will use any address on machine.
 ServerPort            16005   # Well-known port number to export msgs on

 SendAliveText      ExpAlive   # string sent to client as heartbeat
 SendAliveInt             30   # seconds between alive msgs sent to client.
                               #  0 => no heartbeat
 RcvAliveText       ImpAlive   # text of client's heartbeat (we get this)
 RcvAliveInt              60   # seconds between client's heartbeats to us.
                               #  0 => no heartbeat

# Optional Socket commands:
# SocketTimeout defaults to RcvAliveInt + 3 
#  If set to -1, all socket calls will block (no timeout).
#  SocketTimeout has no effect in export, unless it is set to -1,
#  because there is no code in export to handle socket timeouts.
#  If set to -1, the program may run slightly more efficiently because
#  timeout checking code will not execute.
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
#SocketTimeout 200000  # Timeout length in milliseconds for socket calls

 SocketDebug   0       # if 1, socket_ew debug statements are logged
                       # if 0, socket_ew debug is turned off (default)