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    Reply  05 Feb 2016, Thomas Lindner, Suggestion, reducing sleep time in mhttpd main loop (for sequencer) 
> There were some complaints that the MIDAS sequencer was slow.  Specifically, the
> complaint was that even lines in the sequence that didn't do any (like COMMENT
> commands) tooks > 100ms to execute.  These slow sequencer steps could be a
    Reply  15 Feb 2016, Thomas Lindner, Suggestion, reducing sleep time in mhttpd main loop (for sequencer) 

> > I checked how much extra CPU was used if the sleep was reduced from 100ms to
> > 20ms.  I found that when a sequence was not running the CPU increased from 0% to
Entry  10 Mar 2016, Thomas Lindner, Info, New rootana forum | rootana web display tools 

We have started a new elog for discussions of the ROOTANA MIDAS analyzer package
[1], which is used at TRIUMF and elsewhere for quick displays of MIDAS data. 
Entry  11 May 2016, Thomas Lindner, Info, MacOS 10.11 (El Capitan) openssl compilation errors 
I recently upgraded my macbook to MacOS 10.11.  The compilation of MIDAS failed after the upgrade, 
complaining about  
    Reply  25 Oct 2016, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, control characters not sanitized by json_write - can cause JSON.parse of mhttpd result to fail 
> > I've recently run into issues when using JSON.parse on ODB keys containing 
> > 8-bit data.
    Reply  04 Nov 2016, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, problem with error code DB_NO_MEMORY from db_open_record() call when establish additional hotlinks 
Hi Tim,

I reproduced your problem and then managed to go through a procedure to increase the number of allowable open records.  The following is the procedure
    Reply  04 Nov 2016, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, problem with error code DB_NO_MEMORY from db_open_record() call when establish additional hotlinks 
Hi Tim,

I reproduced your problem and then managed to go through a procedure to increase the number
    Reply  25 Nov 2016, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, problem with error code DB_NO_MEMORY from db_open_record() call when establish additional hotlinks 
The procedure I wrote seemed to work for Tim too, so I added a page to the wiki about it here:

https://midas.triumf.ca/MidasWiki/index.php/FAQ
    Reply  01 Dec 2016, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, control characters not sanitized by json_write - can cause JSON.parse of mhttpd result to fail odb_modifications.txt
> > I've recently run into issues when using JSON.parse on ODB keys containing 
> > 8-bit data.
    Reply  05 Dec 2016, Thomas Lindner, Info, Javascript based run start and stop pages. 
> I switched mhttpd to use the new javascript based run start and stop pages.

One initial complaint: the transition.html page doesn't seem to deal well with a frontend program using
    Reply  15 Jan 2017, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, control characters not sanitized by json_write - can cause JSON.parse of mhttpd result to fail 
> > In other words, non-UTF-8 strings are following non-IEEE-754 floating point values into oblivion - as 
> > we do not check the TID_FLOAT and TID_DOUBLE is valid IEEE-754 values, we should not check 
> > that TID_STRING is valid UTF-8.
    Reply  23 Jan 2017, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, control characters not sanitized by json_write - can cause JSON.parse of mhttpd result to fail 

> At Konstantin's suggestion, I committed the function I found for checking if a string was UTF-8 compatible to
> odb.c.  The function is currently not used; I commented out a proposed use in db_create_key.  Experts can decide
    Reply  16 Mar 2017, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, Replaced with /experiment/menu, mhttpd - /Experiment/Menu Buttons - git-sha a350e8db11 
> > > I think there sneaked in a little bug in the mhttpd: when starting an experiment
> > > from scratch and starting the mhttpd, the Menu Buttons are missing
Entry  04 May 2017, Thomas Lindner, Forum, MIDAS Workshop - July 26 
Dear MIDAS users,

We would like to announce another MIDAS workshop at TRIUMF on July 26, 2017. 
Entry  19 Jun 2017, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, mhttpd ODB editor changes string length, breaks  
I guess this might be related to the changes in the last elog conversation; but
I'll break it out as a separate problem.
    Reply  21 Jun 2017, Thomas Lindner, Bug Report, mhttpd ODB editor changes string length, breaks  
To follow up; with some help from Konstantin and Stefan, we realized that this
particular problem should already be fixed.  While I was using the most recent version
of MIDAS, I hadn't rebuild the EPICS frontend programs when I was doing this test.  Once
    Reply  11 Jul 2017, Thomas Lindner, Forum, MIDAS Workshop - July 26 
Dear MIDAS users,

We have an approximately final agenda for the MIDAS workshop in two weeks.  The
    Reply  19 Jul 2017, Thomas Lindner, Forum, MIDAS Workshop - July 26 
Dear MIDAS colleagues,

We will use Zoom for people making remote connections to the MIDAS workshop next week.  The connection details 
    Reply  25 Jul 2017, Thomas Lindner, Forum, MIDAS Workshop - July 26 
Hi Folks,

I just realized I never provided the location for the meeting (for those at TRIUMF).  It will be in the ISAC-II conference room.
Entry  19 Feb 2018, Thomas Lindner, Suggestion, Rename sequencer program to msequencer 
Hi Folks,

In last year's updates to MIDAS, the MIDAS sequencer has been broken out as a
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