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Command and Telemetry Server

Introduction​

The Command and Telemetry Server application provides status about the interfaces and targets instantiated in your COSMOS installation. Interfaces can be connected or disconnected and raw byte counts are returned. The application also provides quick shortcuts to view both raw and formatted command and telemetry packets as they go through the COSMOS system. At the bottom of the Command and Telemetry Server is the Log Messages showing server messages.

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Command and Telemetry Server Menus​

File Menu Items​

The Command and Telemetry Server has one menu under File -> Options:

File Menu

This dialog changes the refresh rate of the Command and Telemetry Server to reduce load on both your browser window and the backend server. Note that this changes the refresh rate of the various tabs in the application. The Log Messages will continue to update as messages are generated.

Interfaces Tab​

The Interfaces tab displays all the interfaces defined by your COSMOS installation. You can Connect or Disconnect interfaces and view raw byte and packet counts.

Interfaces

Targets Tab​

The Targets tab displays all the targets and their mapped interfaces along with the Command Authority status (Enterprise Only).

Targets

Command Authority is enabled in the Admin Console and is enabled scope wide. Once Command Authority is enabled, individual users can give and take Command Authority which enables exclusive command and script access to that target. Without Command Authority, users can not send a command or start a script under that target. Note, commands or scripts scheduled with Calendar or Autonomic are not affected by Command Authority.

Command Authority

The other option shown in the Scope List is the Critical Command Mode. Critical commanding requires a different user to approve each command. It can either be enabled on just HAZARDOUS and RESTRICTED commands or on all manual commanding.

Here is an example of sending a HAZARDOUS command in Command Sender when Critical Command Mode is set to NORMAL.

Critical Command

Command Packets Tab​

The Command Packets tab displays all the available commands. The table can be sorted by clicking on the column headers. The table is paginated to support thousands of commands. The search bar searches all pages for a command.

Commands

Clicking on View Raw opens a dialog displaying the raw bytes for that command.

Raw Command

Clicking View in Command Sender opens up a new Command Sender window with the specified command.

Telemetry Packets Tab​

The Telemetry Packets tab displays all the available telemetry. The table can be sorted by clicking on the column headers. The table is paginated to support thousands of telemetry packets. The search bar searches all pages for a telemetry packet.

Telemetry

Clicking on View Raw opens a dialog displaying the raw bytes for that telemetry packet.

Raw Telemetry

Clicking View in Packet Viewer opens up a new Packet Viewer window with the specified telemetry packet.

Status Tab​

The Status tab displays COSMOS system metrics.

Status

Log Messages​

The Log Messages table sits below all the tabs in the Command and Telemetry Server application. It displays server messages such as limits events (new RED, YELLOW, GREEN values), logging events (new files) and interface events (connecting and disconnecting). It can be filtered by severity or by entering values in the Search box. It can also be paused and resumed to inspect an individual message.

Log Messages