LOW CSP.LMC Subarray¶
The core CSP functionality, configuration and execution of signal processing, is configured, controlled and monitored via subarrays.
CSP Subarray makes provision to TM to configure a subarray, select Processing Mode and related parameters, specify when to start/stop signal processing and/or generation of output products. TM accesses directly a CSP Subarray to:
Assign resources
Configure a scan
Control and monitor states/operations
Resources assignment¶
The assignment of Capabilities to a subarray (subarray composition) is performed in advance of a scan configuration. Assignable Capabilities for LOW CSP.LMC Subarrays are:
stations
station beams
tied-array beams: Search Beams, Timing Beams and Vlbi Beams.
In general resource assignment to a subarray is exclusive, but in some cases the same Capability instance may be used in shared manner by more then one subarray.
Inherent Capabilities¶
Each CSP subarray has also five permanently assigned inherent Capabilities:
Station Beam
Correlation
PSS
PST
VLBI
An inherent Capability can be enabled or disabled, but cannot assigned or removed to/from a subarray. They correspond to the CSP Low Processing Modes and are configured via a scan configuration.
Scan configuration¶
TM provides a complete scan configuration to a subarray via an ASCII JSON encoded string. Parameters specified via a JSON string are implemented as TANGO Device attributes and can be accessed and modified directly using the buil-in TANGO method write_attribute. When a complete and coherent scan configuration is received and the subarray configuration (or re-configuration) completed, the subarray it’s ready to observe.
Control and Monitoring¶
Each Low CSP.LMC Subarray maintains and report the status and state transitions for the CSP subarray as a whole and for the individual assigned resources.
In addition to pre-configured status reporting, a CSP Subarray makes provision for the TM and any authorized client, to obtain the value of any subarray attribute.