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UPC Nederland Witbe Management System

The UPC Nederland Witbe Management System is a virtual element that does not connect to a device, but manages other elements on the DMA.

About

This connector was designed to work closely together with the SmartRec App and Witbe Robot connectors. Its main function is to queue tests on different Witbe Robots depending on Assets that were added from different connectors in one of five Carousels (tables holding assets). The results of the tests, which are run simultaneously on separate Robots, are correlated and sent to the SmartRec App.

Installation and configuration

Creation

This connector uses a virtual connection and does not require any user information.

Configuration of the Manager

Go to the Robots page:

  1. Check that all Robots and the SmartRec App have been detected in the system and added. If not, click Retrieve Elements.

  2. Enable or Disable the Robots that need to be available to the Manager with the In Use column.

  3. Group all Robots with the same tests together in a Test Set.

    Note: You always need to define a Test Set, as otherwise the Manager will ignore the Robot. A Set ID must always be provided, even if there is only a single Robot in a particular set.

  4. Either wait a few minutes until all the Robots have sent back an OK, or force the process to go more quickly by clicking Check Elements, waiting a few seconds, and then clicking Check Elements again.

  5. Enter the SmartRec Return PID. This is the parameter used on the SmartRec that will receive Correlated Responses sent by the Manager.

Go to the Tests Page:

  • Click Get Set Tests.

    Note
    • This table can only be filled in if Robots have been added to Sets.
    • Only the first 'OK' Robot in a Set Group is asked to return its available Tests. Make sure all Robots in a set have the same tests.

Go to Test Configuration:

  1. Select a specific test for each Generic Test on this page (1A, 1B, 1C, ...).

  2. Enable or Disable each Cyclic SET Check.

Usage

Commands

This page contains the Current State of the SET 1, SET 2 and SET 3 cycles, and displays if Debug Logging is Enabled or Disabled. If the latter is Enabled, additional logging will be added to the Element Log so that it is possible to follow every step the connector goes through.

The Received Commands table contains every command that is received from an external element and needs to wait for a response to be sent back. This table also contains a row for the SET 1 and SET 2 test cycles. In the case of SET 1 and SET 2, the Command Parameters column will hold the current Running Test of the Cyclic Test.

The Sent Commands table contains every command that is sent to the Witbe Robots. The Status indicates if the Manager is Waiting for a response*,* if the response has been Received, if there was an Error or Timeout, and finally, if all processing is Finished for this command.

Test Configuration

This page displays every Test Cycle, with information related to it. It also indicates whether each Cycle is Running.

Robots

This page contains every Detected Robot in the system. It displays whether the element is in Time-Out or Not Responding to Keep Alives (Element Stopped, Paused or Crashed). It also contains information about the SmartRec App and shows if it is present in the system.

If Remote ElementPolling is Disabled, the Robots will no longer get polled with Keep Alive Messages and the DataMiner System will not get polled for the SmartRec App and all Robot connectors.

Tests

The Tests Table contains every detected test of every single Robot Set (Group) selected in the Robots Table. It also contains all Error Tracking Information, indicating if a script has failed multiple times for different assets in the same step.

Carousels

Carousel Alpha, Bravo, Charley, Delta, Echo will contain every Asset that was received from External Elements.

Carousel Alpha also contains the Asset (A) Selection Interval, indicating the maximum amount of time to wait before an asset from the same channel can be used in a test again.

Carousel Bravo also contains the Asset (B) Deletion Interval, indicating the maximum lifetime of an asset. If it exceeds this configured time, the asset will be removed from Carousel Bravo.

Carousel Delta also contains the Asset D Return Address. If you fill in a string with the format "DataMinerID/ElementID/ParameterID" all results coming from Delta assets will return to this address instead of the default SmartRec address.

Carousel Echo is the only collection of assets that is directly polled from the SmartRec App and does not require commands to be filled in. It contains the complete OTT Channel Lineup and is used for the tests in SET 3. Test 3A is run on all OTT Channels one by one. You can force test 3C to run on an asset in Echo Carousel by clicking the Force Test 3C button.

Notes

This connector was created to communicate with multiple other elements using a special API containing commands that can be found in QA 63900. The Valid Commands are:

  • RefreshChannels
  • QueueTest3B
  • AddToCarouselAlpha
  • AddToCarouselBravo
  • AddToCarouselCharley
  • AddToCarouselDelta
  • AddToCarouselEcho
  • RemoveFromCarousel
  • MoveToCarousel

Because XML-Serialization is used for internal buffering and inter-element communication, it is recommended to use .NET4.5 on the system running this connector.

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