Scheduler Example Agent

The Scheduler Example Agent demonstrates how to use the scheduling feature of the :ref`Actuator Agent <Actuator-Agent>` as well as how to send a command. This agent publishes a request for a reservation on a (fake) device then takes an action when it’s scheduled time appears. The ActuatorAgent must be running to exercise this example.

Note

Since there is no actual device, an error is produced when the agent attempts to take its action.

def publish_schedule(self):
    '''Periodically publish a schedule request'''
    headers = {
        'AgentID': agent_id,
        'type': 'NEW_SCHEDULE',
        'requesterID': agent_id, #The name of the requesting agent.
        'taskID': agent_id + "-ExampleTask", #The desired task ID for this task. It must be unique among all other scheduled tasks.
        'priority': 'LOW', #The desired task priority, must be 'HIGH', 'LOW', or 'LOW_PREEMPT'
        }

    start = str(datetime.datetime.now())
    end = str(datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(minutes=1))


    msg = [
       ['campus/building/unit',start,end]
    ]
    self.vip.pubsub.publish(
    'pubsub', topics.ACTUATOR_SCHEDULE_REQUEST, headers, msg)

The agent listens to schedule announcements from the actuator and then issues a command:

@PubSub.subscribe('pubsub', topics.ACTUATOR_SCHEDULE_ANNOUNCE(campus='campus',
                                     building='building',unit='unit'))
def actuate(self, peer, sender, bus,  topic, headers, message):
    print ("response:",topic,headers,message)
    if headers[headers_mod.REQUESTER_ID] != agent_id:
        return
    '''Match the announce for our fake device with our ID
    Then take an action. Note, this command will fail since there is no
    actual device'''
    headers = {
                'requesterID': agent_id,
               }
    self.vip.pubsub.publish(
    'pubsub', topics.ACTUATOR_SET(campus='campus',
                                     building='building',unit='unit',
                                     point='point'),
                                     headers, 0.0)