Added --seq vis_packet to verify correlator output packet header and payload...

Added --seq vis_packet to verify correlator output packet header and payload data using a data buffer.

applications/apertif/commissioning/tests/batch_test.py

@@ -38,7 +38,15 @@
    it can be called after main.py and before MAC software takes control.
 
    Arguments:
-   --seq             : selects one or more tests to run from info,bst,transpose
+   --seq             : selects one or more tests to run from:
+                                     
+                       . info        can run on dish or on central
+                       . bst         runs on dish
+                       . transpose   runs on dish
+                       . link        requires dish and central
+                       . mesh        requires dish and central
+                       . vis_packet  requires dish and central
+                       
    --tel             : selects dish from 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,a,b,c,d for bands 0:15
                        omit --tel to have no dish tests
    --pol             : selects the dish UniBoards and central FPGA nodes:
@@ -49,7 +57,7 @@
                        . pol 0   selects central nodes --fn 0:3
                          pol 1   selects central nodes --bn 0:3
                          pol 0,1 selects central nodes --fn 0:3 --bn 0:3
-   --unb,            : selects central uniboards with --fn 0:3 --bn 0:3
+   --unb             : selects central uniboards with --fn 0:3 --bn 0:3
                        omit --unb to have no central tests
    
    Usage:
@@ -247,6 +255,18 @@ if tc.nofUnb > 0 :
                run_in_foreground(CCU, command)
                # Update machine test result in global tc object
                get_test_result(MACHINES)
+
+   if 'vis_packet' in tc.sequence:
+               # Apply stimuli at the dishes
+               # Set BF weights to have one SP per CB for all beamlets and rely on the measured sky noise to provide ADC input
+               command = 'ssh lcu-rtc -X "python $UPE/peripherals/pi_apertif_system.py -v 3 %s %s --cmd 62 --cbeams 0:36 --pol 0,1 --subbands 0:511 --globalsp 56 --weight 32767,0' % (dishUnb, dishFn)
+               run_in_foreground(LCUS, command)
+               tc.sleep(2)
+               # Verify expected results at central
+               command = 'python $RADIOHDL/applications/apertif/commissioning/tests/verify_correlator_db_output.py -v 3 %s %s %s %s --beamlets 0 --channels 0' % (optTel, centralUnb, centralFn, centralBn)
+               run_in_foreground(CCU, command)
+               # Update machine test result in global tc object
+               get_test_result(MACHINES)
                
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