CAVIAR D35 Software for Federation Assembly User Manual
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1. Load Modules Enables to load module to view output or send message on inputs see 3 Log Display the log message created during the execution of the application according to the user action e Views Presents existing window sorted according to their content The items enable to move the window to the front Control List the control frames see 2 Output List the window containing tool to view output see 3 1 Input List the window containing tool to send data on input see 3 2 In Output List the window containing tool to send data on in output and view message received see 3 2 e Settings Help Organization Use Independent Frame The different elements of the GUI are created in independent window x Use Internal Frame The different elements of the GUI are created in internal window The GUI is composed of only one window that contains multiple window for the different elements About Bip Tools User Manual Open the user manual in a new frame 112. lt module gt lt module gt lt modules gt Note The classes given for the module need to be in the class path 3 4 Module implementation To create a new module two classes need to be implemented one to extend the ab stract class BipGui inoutput InOutputViewerData the other to extend the abstract class BipGui inoutput IOViewerManipulator The class that extends BipGui inoutput InOutputViewerData provides the data about the module the name a description and also the type of input output for which the module can be used The class that extends BipGui inoutput IOViewerManipulator offers a panel to com plete with a specific implementation For the implementation of module to visualize out puts the class can extends the abstract class BipGui inoutput OutputViewer This class extends BipGui inoutput IOViewerManipulator and manages the creation of the connec tion to an output port The classes BasicOutput Viewer and BasicInOutputManipulator can be used as example for the implementation of module 10 CAVIAR WorkPackage 5 Deliverable D35 4 Menu e File Exit Quit the application e Tools Bip Service Browser Enables to choose the way to sort the service in the BIP service browser see 1 by name Sort the services according to their name by host Group the services according the host name given in the dns sd description by owner Group the services according the owner name given in the text records
3. variable It also closes the subscribe panel see 2 2 3 When a variable can be modified by the user variable with a read write access a text field and a button change are provided The user can enter a new value for the variable and send it to the control server by clicking on the button change After this query the variable description is updated If the modification is accepted the new value of the variable appears as current value 2 2 2 In Outputs This panel displays on the left all the inputs outputs and in outputs declared in the service These elements are divided in three independent list according to the kind of I O Select one of this elements enables to diplay the available data in the right part of the panel The last field on the panel named peer displays the id of each connection established on this input output This id is displayed in hexadecimal On the right the available data about a selected input are displayed We found the port number the descriptions the ids of connected peer Moreover at the bottom of the panel tools to manipulate or view the input output are proposed A list of available tool for the selected input output enables the user to choose what he wants to use Then the user can start the tool by clicking on the button beside the list see 3 CAVIAR WorkPackage 5 Deliverable D35 CAVIAR WorkPackage 5 Deliverable D35 1970 e il 1125236313687 O O Moo O 1125236314
4. 687 AA 1128236315687 1125236316687 is 125236317687 Me 125236319687 Bo 125236320687 125236321687 125236322687 125236323687 CAVIAR WorkPackage 5 Deliverable D35 ere Variables Inputs outputs Graph EI This GUI 2 2 3 Subscribe panel The name of the tab is the name of the variable On this tab we found a table This table displays the successive modification of the variable since the opening of the subscribe panel or since the last click on the clear button The modifications are displayed in the right column The left column presents a timestamp associated to the instant when the GUI has received the event of modification At the bottom there are three buttons e The button clear reset the table e The button export save the successive modification in a file e The button unsubscribe send a request to stop the reception of event about the modification of this variable 2 2 4 Graph panel This panel offers a graphic representation of the connections to the service For each input or output an arrow links this input or output to the connected service represented by a box The service associated to the control panel is represented by a box with all its inputs and outputs The connected services are represented by a box with a name This name is the service name if there is a service registered on DNS SD with the good id else the name is the id written in hexadecimal format If the co
5. CAVIAR Context Aware Vision using Image based Active Recognition IST 2001 37540 D35 Software for Federation Assembly CAVIAR Date Author s Work package Document status Usage Keywords User Manual D35 Software for federation assembly BipTool User manual 1 September 2005 Sebastien Pesnel 2 Version 1 0 Internal Software architecture components CAVIAR WorkPackage 5 Deliverable D35 Abstract Bip Tools is a GUI to manipulate BIP service It displays the service registered as _bip _tcp on DNS SD It enables to consult the control server and view the service description the variable the input outputs It offers the possibility to view outputs or manipulate input with basic tool or with specific tool It displays a graphical view of the components connections Contents 1 Service Browser 1 2 Control Frame 2 21 DNS SD Dita o co ers esas esas adas 2 22 Data From Control Server 0 5 64025 esanu ke ee eee es 2 221 Variables 66 5 eee ee ee 2 4 o 2 ee eh eee eae Bee e ee ee eS 4 Gee DOBSCTIOS PANE eso neepa wee eee we eee A 7 Coe SPW aio eo ee ee a SE OG Se ba A 7 3 In Output Viewer Manipulator 7 21 Jee VIEW se bbe e posae nie p ARA See lja 8 ne B sice lij Output manipulator sG o e ee nerag na daa ua A 9 as Module lading cairica oa a a ERM A A A 9 3 4 Module implementation 10 4 Menu 11 CAVIAR WorkPackage 5 Deliverable
6. D35 Bip Tools E EX File Tools views Settings Help 3 bip _bip _tcp 4 AudioServer H seb ordi 1037 Sy TXTRecord Audio 1036 owner sebastien peerld 209231410 inputs i outputs Audio k inoutputs a imeProvid H seb ordi 1033 S 4 TXTRecord time 1032 owner sebastien peerId 144835694 inputs outputs inoutputs time o s si 9 2 d 1 Service Browser The service browser tree presents the BIP service The service browser tree lists the service registered on DNS SD with the type bip tep Each child of the root node is an active service The name of the node is the service name When a service is lost the node for this service is removed from the tree For each service there is two nodes used to display the data extracted from DNS SD e the hostname and the port associated to the service e the text records with the list of records presented as key value or key when there is no value The service browser enables only few actions e The service can be sorted in three different ways by name display by default by host name or by owner name this last data is extracted from the text records In case of sorting by host name or owner the service node are not the child of the root node There are a new levels of node with the name of the host or the owner These nodes have the service node as child By default the service are only sorted by name That
7. can be changed by using the BipTools menu In the menu Tools in the part for the service browser the method used to sort the services can be chosen see 4 e A double click on the node associated to a service creates a new control frame This frame is associated to the BIP service and display data available from the control CAVIAR WorkPackage 5 Deliverable D35 DNS SD Data Service Name TimeProvider Control Port seb ordi 1033 Text records time 1032 owner sebastien peerId 144835694 inputs outputs inoutputs time server see 2 Note if a control frame is already opened for a service this frame is moved in the foreground instead of opening a new frame 2 Control Frame 2 1 DNS SD Data This part displays the data provided by DNS SD These data are already displayed in the service browser tree We can find the name the host name and the port number on which the control server listens and also the text records When the service is lost a message is displayed in red on this panel 2 2 Data From Control Server This panel displays the data provided by the control server of the BIP service The data are divided in several tabs e one for data about variables e one for data about inputs outputs e others to display variable modification when the user asks to subscribe to the variable modification The connection to the control server is established when the frame is opened The state of the conne
8. ction is displayed at the top of this panel The button lock enables to lock the control server to avoid concurrent modification on variables If the query to lock the service succeeds the button is rename as unlock Then it enables to release the control server The button update enables to update the displayed data Use this button implies new queries to the control server to obtain the current description of the service CAVIAR WorkPackage 5 Deliverable D35 CAVIAR WorkPackage 5 Deliverable D35 Actions Change Value value 0 10 Change Value 2 2 1 Variables The tab for the variables is the tab presented on the previous image On the left we have the list of the variables Select one of these variables enables to display the information about this variable on the right panel The right panel displays information for the current selected variable It enables also some action on this variable according to the variable properties The following paragraphs give information about possible actions For all the variables the user can subscribe or unsubscribe to the modification of this variable After subscribing to the variable modification the control server sends events each time the variable is modified In the GUI a new tab is opened in the control frame The modification are displayed in this tab The unsubscribe button sends a query to the control server to stop the event about the modification of this
9. he binary mode e the number of message to display Three buttons enable to starts stop the display of message e run the received message are displayed CAVIAR WorkPackage 5 Deliverable D35 eceived messages lt time gt 1125502637046 lt time gt clear TER Load Modules E EK Name File viewer class data about viewer class e pause keep the received message are not displayed any more The received message are stored and will be displayed when the user will click on the button run e pause lose the received message are not displayed any more But contrary to pause keep the received message are lost A last button export enables to export the messages displayed in a file The file created contains a line that gives the source of the messages then the message are written by using the syntax of BIP messages 3 2 Basic In Output manipulator This tool is used to manipulate input that is to say to send message on service input In case of in output the answer are displayed This is divided in three areas The upper area enables the user to write the message to send This message will be sent after a click on the button send Then the first area is erased The message is sent to the service and copied if the lower left area This area contains the message sent by the user The last area the lower right area is used to display the message received fro
10. m the service For example it can be answer to query 3 3 Module loading New modules to visualize output or to send message on input can be implemented It enables to create to tools to manipulate particular service For example for a service with CAVIAR WorkPackage 5 Deliverable D35 an output that sends audio data a module can be implemented to play the audio instead of displaying the data as the Basic Output Viewer The implementation is the subject of the following section After the implementation of module the user needs to load these modules to be able to use them in the GUI There are several ways to load these modules In each case the user needs to give the name of the two classes that correspond to the modules e the name of class that implements BipGui inoutput IOViewerManipulator e the name of the class that implements BipGui inoutput InOutput ViewerData To load the module open the window by clicking on Load Modules in the menu Tools The module can be loaded by giving the name of the two classes and then by clicking on the button load Another mean is to give a file name that contains the names of the classes This file is an XML file with the following format lt modules gt lt module gt lt viewer gt name of class implementing BipGui inoutput IOViewerManipulator lt viewer gt lt viewerData gt name of class implementing BipGui inoutput In0utputViewerData lt viewerData gt lt module gt
11. nnection is created by the GUI the name is This GUI There is no details about the input or output implied in the connection for the connected service 3 In Output Viewer Manipulator The In Output Viewer Manipulator are tools to view output or to manipulate input Basic tools are implemented and can be used in the GUI But other tools can be implemented and then loaded by the user to be added to the basic tools CAVIAR WorkPackage 5 Deliverable D35 E Em A Mumber of messages 10 3 1 Basic Output viewer The Basic Output Viewer is a tool proposed to view any output of BIP service The N last messages received by the tool are displayed The user can choose the number N Each message is displayed between a line with the BIP header content peer id message number and message length in decimal representation and a dashed line The message content can be displayed or not When the message is displayed the display can use the binary mode In this mode each byte of the message is displayed in hexadecimal 20 bytes are displayed per line following by the ascii character associated to these characters if there can be visualized At the top of the panel the state of the connection is displayed It displays if the connection failed is established or is lost At the bottom of the panel there are the options that can be changed The user can choose e to display or not the message content e to use t
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