Pinger
[Utilities, IceBox Services, C++, Linux, Windows]

A test component to measure object transmission times. More...

A test component to measure object transmission times.

Provides

• none

Requires

• custom interface orca::util::LatencyReplier

Results obtained using this components can be seen here: Performance of Orca Components.

See also:

Replier

Configuration

• Pinger.Config.Driver (string)
  • Valid values: { "sequence", "iceping" }
  • 'sequence' sends a sequence of doubles. 'iceping' uses build-in ice_ping() method.
  • Default: "sequence"

• Pinger.Config.OperationType (string)
  • Valid values: { "twoway", "callback" }
  • 'twoway' sends payload and receives it back in a single operation. 'callback' sends the payload but the reply comes through another operation.
  • Default: "twoway"

• Pinger.Config.Count (int)
  • How many objects to send.
  • Default: 101

• Pinger.Config.Interval (double) [seconds]
  • Pause for interval seconds after each ping.
  • Default: 0.250

• Pinger.Config.Preload (int)
  • How many objects to send at a time
  • Default: 1

• Pinger.Config.LogFileName (string)
  • File name where to save ping results.
  • Default: 'orcapingresults.dat'

An example configuration file is installed into [ORCA-INSTALL-DIR]/share/orca/cfg/ directory.