 22 Oct 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Suggestion, Feature Request: MIDAS sequencer abort.
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> it would be useful to have a kind of scripted "abort" for when something goes wrong ...
How about having the sequencer switching from the aborted sequence file to the special "abort" sequence file? That
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29 Oct 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, midas JSON-RPC interface
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> My implementation follows these internet standards:
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29 Oct 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, javascript docs, midas JSON-RPC interface
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> JSON-RPC interface
For interfacing to MIDAS just from browser javascript, the user does not need to know anything about JSON-RPC, all the user-level mjsonrpc_xxx() functions |
 29 Oct 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, synchronous ajax deprecated
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If using a synchronous AJAX call, such as "foo=ODBGet("/runinfo/state");", google chrome will prints this to the javascript console:
"Synchronous XMLHttpRequest on the main thread is deprecated because of its detrimental effects to the end user's experience. For more help, check http://xhr.spec.whatwg.org/."
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02 Nov 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, synchronous ajax deprecated
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> We're using mhttpd for calls that end up working better with asynchronous requests, and we've built up sort of a parallel, asynchronous library using
javascript Promises.
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02 Nov 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, midas JSON-RPC interface
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> > JSON-RPC My implementation follows these internet standards:
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11 Nov 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, merged: midas JSON-RPC interface
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The JSON RPC branch has been merged into main MIDAS. Other than adding new functions, there are no changes to existing MIDAS functionality.
This is the current JSON RPC schema: (from the MIDAS Help page)
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11 Nov 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Bug Report, jset/ODBSet using true/false for booleans
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> > MIDAS does not seem to be consistent (or at least convenient) with how it
> > handles booleans in AJAX functions.
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17 Nov 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, synchronous ajax deprecated
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> > We're using mhttpd for calls that end up working better with asynchronous requests, and we've built up sort of a parallel, asynchronous library using
javascript Promises.
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18 Nov 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, synchronous ajax deprecated
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> > Why don't you post the functions here so that we can have a look?
> Here is (1) my promisified HTTP request function and (2) a function that uses the returned promises to build an asynchronous, sequential chain of requests
to Midas.
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20 Nov 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, documented, merged: midas JSON-RPC interface
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> The JSON RPC branch has been merged into main MIDAS.
The interface is now mostly documented, go here: https://midas.triumf.ca/MidasWiki/index.php/Mjsonrpc
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20 Nov 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, midas wiki doxygen documentation links
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I updated the links on the midas wiki to the doxygen-generated documentation for MIDAS that you
get after running "git clone midas; cd midas; make dox; firefox html/index.html".
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25 Nov 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Forum, rpc_client_dispatch error
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Not clear on what you are doing, so here is the brief description:
- you have two machines - say "midas" and "frontend"
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26 Nov 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, browser compatibility test: synchronous ajax deprecated
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> > I checked again on browser compatibility:
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> > el6: firefox 38 - ok, google-chrome 27 - no
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27 Nov 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, synchronous ajax deprecated
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> > I checked again on browser compatibility:
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> > el6: firefox 38 - ok, google-chrome 27 - no
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27 Nov 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, updated: note on midas history
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(update: resolve all FIXMEs, document the breakup of "structured banks")
This note documents the workings of the midas history.
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30 Nov 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Release, Final MIDAS JSON-RPC API
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The final bits of the JSON-RPC API to MIDAS are committed. The API uses the Javascript Promise mechanism (supported on all
supported platforms - MacOS, Windows, Linux Ubuntu, el5, el6, el7).
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02 Dec 2015, Konstantin Olchanski, Release, Final MIDAS JSON-RPC API
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> The final bits of the JSON-RPC API to MIDAS are committed.
Here is example conversion of the function "generate midas message" from old-style AJAX to JSON-RPC:
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05 Jan 2016, Konstantin Olchanski, Suggestion, 64 bit bank type
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> I've seen that a similar question has been asked in 2011 but I'll ask again in
> case there are any updates. Is there any way to write 64-bit data words to MIDAS
> banks (other than breaking them up in to two 32-bit words, such as 2 DWORDs)
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28 Jan 2016, Konstantin Olchanski, Release, Final MIDAS JSON-RPC API
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> > The final bits of the JSON-RPC API to MIDAS are committed.
JSON-RPC methods are now provided for all old ODBxxx() javascript functions, except ODBGetMsg().
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