Roach implementation 11 sept 2015

 		  		for each section, given the feed, indicates which is the linked IF  

 		  	</xs:documentation></xs:annotation>

 		  </xs:element>

		  <xs:element name="bins" type="xs:long">

 		  	<xs:annotation><xs:documentation>

 		  		number of bins of the configuration backend

 		  	</xs:documentation></xs:annotation>

 		  </xs:element>

 		</xs:sequence>

 	</xs:complexType>

	int getConfiguration(char* configuration);

	int getCommProtVersion(char* version);

	int getCommProtVersion(CORBA::String_out version);

protected:

	/**

// some hard coded, hardware dependant constants

#define STARTFREQUENCY 50.0 // this is the start frequency of all IF inputs

#define BINSNUMBER 1

#define BINSNUMBER 1000

#define SAMPLETYPE float

#define SAMPLESIZE sizeof(SAMPLETYPE)  //

		long ifs[MAX_SECTION_NUMBER];

		double bandWidth;

		double attenuation;

		long bins;

	} TBackendSetup;

	/**

#define PROT_TERMINATOR "\n"

#define PROT_SEPARATOR_CH ' '

#define PROT_SEPARATOR " "

#define PROT_SEPARATOR_COMMA ','

#define PROT_GET_CONF "?"

#define PROT_SET_CONF_BROAD "I"

	 */

	static bool decodeBackendTime(const char *rBuff,bool& res);

	static bool status(char *rBuff,double &timestamp, char *statusCode, bool &acquiring);

	static bool setConfiguration(const char *rBuff);

	/**

	 * Decodes the answer of the backend after it has been commanded a check time operations. 

	 * @param rBuff buffer that contains the backend answer