Status

The state of system communications can be seen on this page.

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Ping server

This does a simple "ping" to the server connected. If no response is received within a reasonable period of time (2 seconds), it will display a "Fail" status. If there is a response, "Success" shows.

Comet stream

This will monitor events coming from the comet stream. In particular, it looks at the "live_data" events. If it gets the expected number of events over a 5 second period, it will display "Success". If it gets none, it will display "Fail". If it does receive some but is less than the expected number, it will display "Slow".

API test

A simple API will be consumed to see if the api_server is responding. This api simply gets the system firmware version. If no response is ever received in relation to this api call, it will return "Fail" else "Success".

Browser compatibility

The GUI will just run the same browser tests it does at startup. It will check for certain versions of IE and the protocol used. Here are some of the messages that may display:

  • This version of IE is not supported
  • WEBGL is not supported by this browser
  • Protocol is not secure (https)
  • Not supported
  • Supported, but zoom level is not 100%

If any of these states is detected, an "i" help icon shows. When the icon is clicked, the Recommended browser help topic shows.

If none of these states is detected, it will display "Supported". No help icon is displayed.

See Recommended browsers for information about browsers which effectively support this system.

Push server

This shows the result of attempt to communicate with the push server. If communication occurs, "Success" shows, if not, "Fail" shows. This does not require any push notifications to have been created/configured. See Notifications for information about configuring push notifications.