node - start a MOOS node service

SYNOPSIS

node portalHost [verbosity]

DESCRIPTION

The node utility runs a MOOS node service on the localhost. which in turn runs multiple instrument services which are accessible across the network to other utilities such as listPorts, shutdownPort, scanPort, etc. The first argument to node is the address or name of the portal host machine for this node. The second argument, which is optional, is the verbosity of output written to stdout, and must be one of the following: "ERROR", "WARN", "INFO", and "DEBUG", in order of increasing verbosity. By default, verbosity is set to "INFO".

node determines DPA and serial port configuration through the file $SIAM_HOME/properties/siamPort.cfg; see the in-line documentation in that file.

ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variables must be set:

• JAVA_HOME - location of Java installation, e.g. /j9 or /opt/java/jdk1.3.1
• JAVA - name of the JVM. E.g. on a Sidearm, JAVA should be set to j9. On a workstation with Sun's Java installed, JAVA could be set to java.
• SIAM_HOME - top of the SIAM directory tree
• SIAM_CLASSPATH - on a Sidearm, SIAM_CLASSPATH should be set to $JAVA_HOME/lib/jclMax/classes.zip:$JAVA_HOME/lib/prsnlmot.jar:$JAVA_HOME/lib/RXTXcomm.jar:$SIAM_HOME/classes.  On X86 system, SIAM_CLASSPATH should be set to $SIAM_HOME/classes

 

listPorts ,  scanPort ,   shutdownPort