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CIP/Ethernet Library for Linux is the worlds premiere Linux-based software library for communicating with Allen Bradley ControlLogix Programmable Logic Controllers.

I have successfully completed negotiations with LSN of Birmingham Alabama to transfer the complete ownership of all things CELL related to them.

My motivations here are quite simple. I havent worked directly with a ControlLogix in the past 3 years as I am no longer in the Machine Tool industry at all. In fact, I seriously doubt that I will ever return to the machine tool industry - an industry not exactly known for its stability here in Michigan of late.

Anyhow, about LSN: they make cost-effective data logging / data historian products for a variety of platforms including Linux and Windows. They also use the CELL platform for their Allen Bradley based products. They have retained my services for continued support of the CELL library for the time being so there will be some continuity.

What I cant tell you is if any newer versions of the CELL library will remain under the GNU LGPL license. Obviously, any previously released version of CELL that was under the LGPL will remain under the LGPL - nothing can or will change that.

Versions going forward will be licensed at the sole discretion of LNS - not me.

I will shortly post a link to LNSs website page for CELL. They are the SOLE contact for ANY/ALL support needs for CELL.

Multi-Simulator Interface, in shrot MSI, is a simulation interconnection engine. In other words it is a program that connects simulations together by synchronizing their clocks and data. Multi-Simulation Interface serves the same purpose as HLA and supports most of HLAs functionality (and more).
The MSI is an HLA alternative. The major motivating factors in the design of the MSI are speed, interoperability, and ease of use.
The MSI was written as a cutting edge distributed simulation component to connect multiple instances of ATLs premiere simulation software, CSIM, and it can be used to interface any compatible simulations.
How does the MSI compare to HLA?
The MSI was originally created to be just a light weight HLA RTI. However, as it was written, limitations in HLA were discovered. The MSI is an improvement on both the design and implementation of HLA. Some highlights include:
A 1,536 to 1 reduction in size over the publicly available (until late 2002) HLA RTI.
At least one order of magnitude of bandwidth consumption less than the publicly available (until late 2002) HLA RTI.
The ability to subscribe to an object name in addition to a type.
Time synchronization that allows for proper causality when used with discrete event simulators.
Support for systems-of-systems (SoS) and hierarchically organized simulations.
Availability for many platforms.
MSI Concept - A Synchronized Data Broker
The concept behind MSI is the synchronized data broker. There are many connected software systems that posses state data that changes over the life of that system. In the case where these systems need to exchange this changing data with other systems and the other systems will exhibit the effects of this data on their own state, the synchronization of this data may need to be managed.
Historically the management of this data has been as simple as tagging it with the time of its release. If there is any conflict in the data the most recent version of the data is used. If the data is late an extrapolation can potentially be used. In SQL relational databases transactions and locking are used to ensure data integrity. Most data brokering services offer little or no sychronization, only delivery.
MSI Setup and Use
The MSI uses a XML stream through a direct socket connection for communications. This enables the MSI to be used from any programming language that can use sockets (C, C++, Java, Ada, Lisp, Perl, etc.). Also, the MSI was written with cross-platform libraries that make it portable to all the major OS platforms (Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, IRIX, HPUX, etc.).
The MSI is a single executable file and is distributed with example code for the simulator/federate side interface.
MSI Time Synchronization
The MSI time synchronizer can mix unconstrained with time constrained simulations. Each constrained simulation reports the time of the next event that will occur in that simulation/federate. This time may be artificially inflated to cause loose synchronization (less overhead but less guarantee of accuracy). The simulations/federates will advance to the announced time.
MSI Data Synchronization
The MSI implements a publish/subscribe data broker. The MSI is presently not validating, therefore it does not require a separate data format specification (like the HLA FOM). When data format validation is implemented, it will be an optional feature and not written in Lisp. This greatly reduces MSIs setup time. Also, not being locked to a predetermined data format allows for dynamic data types.
There are five commands associated with the MSI data broker: publish, subscribe, update, unsubscribe, destroy (destroy is not implemented yet). Simulations/federates may subscribe to object names in addition to object types. This allows simulations to subscribe to specific objects of a type without needing to receive updates of all objects of that type. The update command is both an incoming and outgoing command. When a simulation/federate receives an update command, it is expected to reflect the new values of that object.
The MSI has a very flexible publish and subscribe system. A federate may subscribe to an object type or an object name. In addition a federate may specify particular attributes of an object or object type. For example, if an object has attributes name, x, y, and z, a federate that only considers two dimensions may choose to subscribe only to name, x, and y.
The MSI also supports systems of systems and object hierarchy in simulations. A publishing federate may designate a parent object. Subscribers may then subscribe to the objects children.
MSI Messaging
The MSI allows simulations/federates to send messages (interactions in HLA) to each other. These messages can contain multiple attributes and be multicast to a specific group of simulations.
Recently Added Features
Removed external library dependencies to improve the portability and fragility of the MSI.
Added a better client library.
Improved documentation.
Enhancements:
- An XML parsing bug in the utilities library was fixed.
- The socket library was enhanced with more protocols, Win32 tricks, and the ability to key off of addresses as well as names.
- The --wait-for command line argument was added.
- Several internal bugs were fixed.
- More of the client library and the CSIM interface were flushed out.
- All standard functionality was tested.

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The goal of the Psi project is to create a powerful, yet easy-to-use Jabber/XMPP client that tries to strictly adhere to the XMPP drafts.and Jabber JEPs. This means that in most cases, Psi will not implement a feature unless there is an accepted standard for it in the Jabber community. Doing so ensures that Psi will be compatible, stable, and predictable, both from an end-user and developer standpoint.
This does not mean that Psi will never have "cool new features". The dev team and community are power-users who look to Psi to keep up with the times. We always want to hear what the users of Psi would like, and if a feature that the dev team wishes to implement does not have an accepted standard, or would diverge from an existing one, we can work together to see the standards changed to accomodate everyone.
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- Tabbed chat windows were implemented.
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- Photos are now available in the VCard dialog.
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- GPG passphrases are now cached during the entire Psi session.