REDAC Network Protocol
Envelope
Base Message Classes
All messages are based on the pyanabrid.redac.protocol.messages.Message base class.
Requests and responses have additional common functionality in the pyanabrid.redac.protocol.messages.Request
and pyanabrid.redac.protocol.messages.Response base classes respectively.
Initialization
These messages are mostly used once during the initialization phase of the controller or the client library.
Session Management
To facilitate multi-user support and a minimum form of authentication without additional scheduling software (like SLURM), your controller can be configured to require starting a session and reserving resources before any other command using those resources can be executed.
Entity Configuration
After potentially reserving certain entities for a session, it is usually necessary to configure them for an upcoming run.
Run Management
To start the analog computer with the previously set configuration, a run is started. A hybrid computation may require multiple runs (e.g. to gather statistical data) that are executed during one session.
Internal Messages
Some messages are intended to be used in the internal communication between the hybrid controller and the carrier boards. For testing purposes, you can also generate and send them from the digital control computer.
Other Messages
Miscellaneous messages are documented below.