#!/usr/bin/env python
# @(#) $Id: acsVltMountSupplier.py,v 1.1 2004/01/30 17:16:26 dfugate Exp $
#*******************************************************************************
# ALMA - Atacama Large Millimiter Array
# (c) Associated Universities Inc., 2002 
# (c) European Southern Observatory, 2002
# Copyright by ESO (in the framework of the ALMA collaboration)
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#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'''
This Python script is designed to provide the developer with a sample implementation
of an event Supplier.
'''
#--REGULAR IMPORTS-------------------------------------------------------------
from time import sleep
#--CORBA STUBS-----------------------------------------------------------------
import acsnc
import ACSVLT_MOUNT
#--ACS Imports-----------------------------------------------------------------
from acspy.nc.supplier      import Supplier
from acspy.nc.helper        import *
#--GLOBALS---------------------------------------------------------------------

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    #Create a supplier
    g = Supplier(ACSVLT_MOUNT.MOUNT_CHANNEL)

    #Create an instance of our user-defined IDL structure
    h = ACSVLT_MOUNT.MountEventData(1.1, 2.2)

    #Send 50 distinct events
    for i in range(50):
        g.publishEvent(simpleData=h)
        sleep(1)
    
    #Cleanly kill the supplier
    g.disconnect()
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------