L2SS-661: Relax timeouts for longer RECV initialisation. Skip SDP firmware...

L2SS-661: Relax timeouts for longer RECV initialisation. Skip SDP firmware loading until it's fixed.

tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/boot.py

@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class Boot(lofar_device):
     DeviceProxy_Time_Out = device_property(
         dtype='DevDouble',
         mandatory=False,
-        default_value=10.0,
+        default_value=30.0,
     )
 
     # Initialise the hardware when initialising a station. Can end badly when using simulators.

tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/recv.py

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class RECV(opcua_device):
         doc='Maximum amount of time to wait after turning dithering on or off',
         dtype='DevFloat',
         mandatory=False,
-        default_value=10.0
+        default_value=20.0
     )
 
     # ----- Calibration values

tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/devices/sdp/sdp.py

@@ -194,12 +194,17 @@ class SDP(opcua_device):
     # --------
 
     def _prepare_hardware(self):
+        # FPGA firmware loading disabled, as it causes SDPTR to crash,
+        # see https://support.astron.nl/jira/browse/L2SDP-670
+        """
         # FPGAs need the correct firmware loaded 
         self.FPGA_boot_image_RW = [1] * self.N_pn
 
         # wait for the firmware to be loaded (ignoring masked out elements)
         mask = self.proxy.TR_fpga_mask_RW
         self.wait_attribute("FPGA_boot_image_R", lambda attr: ((attr == 1) | ~mask).all(), 10)
+        """
+        pass
 
     # --------
     # Commands