[kepler-dev] [Bug 5321] New: sensor settings made by kepler user lost on SPAN restart

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           Summary: sensor settings made by kepler user lost on SPAN
                    restart
           Product: Kepler
           Version: 2.1.0
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: sensor-view
        AssignedTo: barseghian at nceas.ucsb.edu
        ReportedBy: barseghian at nceas.ucsb.edu
         QAContact: kepler-dev at kepler-project.org
   Estimated Hours: 0.0


To start SPAN you

generate a config file from a CRBasic program:
./cr_parser.py conf/sq110_and_bps.CR8 span.cfg

and then start SPAN using it:
./cr1k_d CR800 span.cfg
./dcd_mgr span.cfg

Currently SPAN crashes periodically, requiring restart. Even if that weren't
the case, we still need to function smoothly when the gumstix power cycles
(thus restarting SPAN). If a user makes sensor changes via Kepler, and then
SPAN is restarted, since the CRBasic program is never updated, the user sensor
settings are lost.

Possible solutions, neither of which are currently supported afaik, seem to be:
1) download from the logger the CRBasic program whenever changes are made, thus
keeping it in sync.
2) simply start SPAN without overwriting existing settings on the logger, e.g.
with a mostly blank config.

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