MCCSController

Overview

MCCS resource allocation is achieved via communication with an MCCSController device. The mccscontroller package models the JSON input and for MCCSController commands. The contents of this package are shown in the figure below.

High-level overview of the mccscontroller package

Classes in the allocate.py module model the arguments for the MCCSController.Allocate() command.

Classes in the releaseresources.py module model the arguments for the MCCSController.ReleaseResources() command.

allocate.py

Overview of the allocate.py module

allocate.py object model

The allocate.py module models the the JSON input for an MCCSController.Allocate() command.

Example JSON input modelled by MCCSController.Allocate:

{
  "interface": "https://schema.skao.int/ska-low-mccs-assignresources/2.0",
  "subarray_id": 1,
  "subarray_beam_ids": [1],
  "station_ids": [[1,2]],
  "channel_blocks": [3]
}

releaseresources.py

Overview of the releaseresources.py module

releaseresources.py object model

The releaseresources.py module models the input JSON for a MCCSController.ReleaseResources() command.

Example ReleaseResourcesRequest JSON that requests all resources be released from sub-array #1:

{
  "interface": "https://schema.skao.int/ska-low-mccs-releaseresources/2.0",
  "subarray_id": 1,
  "release_all": true
}