Re: Epics Archiver Online Status Question

[Tynan Ford via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Sure but unfortunately this high level control monitor IOC was done using the pyDevSup module (https://github.com/mdavidsaver/pyDevSup) instead of just using EPICS base and a normal subroutine. So it might not apply to you.

I attached the python file in case that helps at all (aa_status maps to a boolean PV). We include that PV in our alarm handler which has definitely come in handy.

Best

Tynan

On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 11:49 AM Manoussakis, Adamandios <manoussakis1 at llnl.gov> wrote:

That sounds like exactly what I need Tynan. Any chance I could take a peak of your implementation for the PV? 

Thanks

Adam

On May 3, 2023, at 11:11 AM, Tynan Ford <TFord at lbl.gov> wrote:



Hi Adam,

I don't know of a status PV associated with the archiver myself. We implemented a PV with a subroutine like you suggested. It queries an archiver appliance HTTP endpoint and determines if the archiver is up and running based on that.

For instance, you could check that mgmt/bpl/startupState, engine/bpl/startupState, etc. return "STARTUP_COMPLETE". Or query an endpoint like mgmt/bpl/getApplianceInfo and ensure it returns a valid response.

Best

Tynan

On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 1:11 PM Manoussakis, Adamandios via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov> wrote:

Hi All,

 

Are there any PVs associated when you start up the Epic Archiver that you can read for status of the Archiver (Online, Running, Etc)?  If not does anyone have a simple solution to display in CSS GUI (LED or Text Box) that the archiver is in fact running, one thought was an ASUB record with some C written to check if the web interface of the archiver was reachable.

 

Thanks,

Adam

import devsup.ptable as PT
from devsup.hooks import addHook
import time
from threading import Thread
import signal
import channelfinder
import requests
import urllib3

urllib3.disable_warnings()

class hlcSupport(PT.TableBase):
    cf_status = PT.Parameter(iointr=True)
    aa_status = PT.Parameter(iointr=True)

    def __init__(self, name, pv_prefix):
        super().__init__(name=name)

        self.cf = channelfinder.ChannelFinderClient(BaseURL="https://myhost.lbl.gov/ChannelFinder";)
        self.aa = "https://myhost.lbl.gov/getApplianceInfo";
        self.aa_identity = "myappliance"
        self.stop = False
        self.sleep_time = 30
        self.cf_thread = Thread(target=self.cf_mon)
        self.cf_thread.start()
        self.aa_thread = Thread(target=self.aa_mon)
        self.aa_thread.start()

    def stop_threads(self):
        self.stop = True

    def aa_mon(self):
        while True:
            if self.stop:
                return
            try:
                response = requests.get(self.aa)
                response.raise_for_status()
            except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as err:
                print("Error in HTTP respsonse")
                print(err)
                self.aa_status.value = False
                self.aa_status.notify()
                time.sleep(15)
                continue
            except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
                print("Couldn't connect to archiver appliance")
                print(e)
                self.aa_status.value = False
                self.aa_status.notify()
                time.sleep(15)
                continue
            aa_json = response.json()
            if aa_json['identity'] == self.aa_identity:
                self.aa_status.value = True 
                self.aa_status.notify()
            else:
                self.aa_status.value = False 
                self.aa_status.notify()
            time.sleep(self.sleep_time)

    def cf_mon(self):
        while True:
            if self.stop:
                return
            try:
                heartbeat_pvs = self.cf.find(name="*HEARTBEAT")
                if len(heartbeat_pvs) > 2:
                    self.cf_status.value = True 
                    self.cf_status.notify()
                else:
                    self.cf_status.value = False 
                    self.cf_status.notify()
            except requests.ConnectionError:
                print("Couldn't connect to channel finder")
                self.cf_status.value = False
                self.cf_status.notify()
            time.sleep(self.sleep_time)


def build(prefix):
    sup = hlcSupport(name='hlc', pv_prefix=prefix)

    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)

    def stopThreads():
        sup.stop_threads()

    addHook('AtIocExit', stopThreads)