sf-stream
sf-stream is the component that receives a live stream of frame data from sf-buffers over ZMQ and assembles them into images. This images are then sent again over ZMQ to external components. There is always only 1 sf-stream per detector.
It currently has 3 output streams:
- Full data full metadata rate stream (send all images and metadata)
- Reduced data full metadata rate stream (send less images, but all metadata)
- Pulse_id stream (send only the current pulse_id)
In addition to receiving and assembling images, sf-stream also calculates additional metadata and constructs the structures needed to send data in Array 1.0 protocol.
Overview
sf-stream is a single threaded application (without counting the ZMQ IO threads) that is used for providing live assembled images to anyone willing to listen.
In addition, it also provides a pulse_id stream, which is the most immediate pulse_id feedback we currently have in case we need to synchronize external components to the current machine pulse_id.