From a48a711fcc2ad71dad26e6c47599ea23a83bae4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thijs snijder <snijder@astron.nl>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:15:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added description of changes needed to support 2 subracks

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+Required changes for supporting 2 (or more) subracks
+
+In the config file:
+	- add all the new devices under the "STAT/DEVICE/2" name with the correct IP addresses, ports and other properties. This includes: APSCT, APSPU, RECV, UNB2.
+	- Put the new devices in the "Device_Names" list for the boot devices
+	- Set the first 8 bools in "STAT/SDP/1" ... "TR_fpga_mask_RW_default" to True (instead of the first 4 with 1 subrack). This enables the new FPGA's
+	- The AntennaField will likely also need some changes, but this has been tested in DTS outside. 
+
+In the jupyter startup script
+	- Change all "STAT/DEVICE/1" device variable names to end with "_1"
+	- Add all new "STAT/DEVICE/2" devices with their names inding in "_2"
+	- update the devices list with the new devices and changed names
+
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