Vaisala Observation Display - Manual (Page 30)

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Automatic Functionality
While the background service handles most of the automatic
functionality of the application, the user interface contains some
automatic functions as well.
Background Service
The background service carries out following automated tasks:
- Opening a connection to the AWS
- Polling or listening to the incoming data
- Parsing of AWS data messages, detection if valid message format
- Usage of a correct AWS message parser
- Monitoring of communications timeouts
- Logging of AWS data into ASCII files
- Transfer of data files to FTP/SFTP servers
- Synchronization of AWS clock
- Passing of AWS data to the main user interface
- Passing of AWS data to the TCP clients (slave user interfaces)
- Writing key events into application event log
- Alarm management, recording alarms in the event log
User Interface
The user interface takes care of the following automated tasks:
- Display of data in real-time
- Saving screenshots of main display
- Alarm display
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