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MWAX (MWA new correlator) Multicast UDP high time resolution data capture
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Refactor mwax_u2s.cfg config file format #7

Open gsleap opened 7 months ago

gsleap commented 7 months ago

The mwax_u2s.cfg config file which lives on /vulcan/mwax_config/mwax_u2s.cfg looks like this:

mwa@mwax01:~$ cat /vulcan/mwax_config/mwax_u2s.cfg
0,unknown,0,8388608,255,255,255,255,,,,,,,0,,0,127.0.0.1
1,mwax01,0,8388608,255,255,255,255,/dev/shm/mwax,/dev/shm/mwax.temp,/mwax_stats,,/home/mwa/metafits,192.168.90.201,1,239.255.90.1,59001,10.128.21.1
2,mwax02,0,8388608,255,255,255,255,/dev/shm/mwax,/dev/shm/mwax.temp,/mwax_stats,,/home/mwa/metafits,192.168.90.202,2,239.255.90.2,59002,10.128.21.2
3,mwax03,0,8388608,255,255,255,255,/dev/shm/mwax,/dev/shm/mwax.temp,/mwax_stats,,/home/mwa/metafits,192.168.90.203,3,239.255.90.3,59003,10.128.21.3
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This format is problematic for several reasons: