org.lsst.ccs.subsystems.fcs.common

Interface PieceOfHardware

All Known Implementing Classes:

CanOpenADC, CanOpenClampActuatorModule, CanOpenDAC, CanOpenDevice, CanOpenDIO, CanOpenEPOS, CanOpenEPOS24, CanOpenEPOS70, CanOpenPlutoGateway

public interface PieceOfHardware

This is an interface for a piece of hardware on a can open network. //TODO : should be renamed CanOpenDevice

Author:

virieux

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getName()
String	getNodeID()
String	getSerialNB()
String	initializeHardware() This methods write some configuration data on the hardware CPU.
boolean	isInitalized()
boolean	isNodeIdBootedAndOK()

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

getSerialNB

String getSerialNB()

getNodeID

String getNodeID()

isNodeIdBootedAndOK

boolean isNodeIdBootedAndOK()

Returns:

true If this piece of hardware is booted and the nodeID on the hardware is the same than the one in the Configuration DB.

isInitalized

boolean isInitalized()

Returns:

true if the hardware has been initialized with success, false otherwise.

initializeHardware

String initializeHardware()
                          throws Exception

This methods write some configuration data on the hardware CPU.

Returns:

a message for the end user if evering is OK otherwise throws an exception.

Throws:

Exception