MULTINODE_SERVER(1)

📦 version 1.4, in debian bookworm

💖 MULTINODE_SERVER 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the MULTINODE_SERVER(1) page — this is a MORSE manual, and yes it's from the MORSE section of the manual, and yes it's the server program that makes several MORSE instances talk to each other. buckle up 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

multinode_server — the server program that synchronises several instances of MORSE. that's it, that's the whole job, and it ate 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

multinode_server [synchronisation delay]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so. this is a socket server program whose entire purpose in life is to synchronise several instances of MORSE — we call those nodes — that are all running the same simulation scenario. literally the same one. no cap.

🚨 IMPORTANT, bestie: you must start this program before you launch the simulation in the nodes. not after. before. the order matters fr fr.

here's the vibe: all the client nodes connect to the server and send it the updated positions of the robots they manage. then multinode_server takes all those positions from all the robots and concentrates them into a single Python dictionary 🐍✨ and then sends that dictionary right back out to all the clients. it's giving group chat for robot coordinates. iconic behaviour honestly.

it ALSO lets you pause the simulation — and the way you do that is by typing p and then Enter in its terminal. and the same command (p + Enter) is what lets the simulation continue again. yes, same key, it's a toggle, we love a two-for-one 👑

the way this pausing actually works is that the clients stay waiting for a reply from the server before they continue with the simulation. so when the server is paused, everybody's just... waiting. respectfully. 🫶

💜 PARAMETERS 💜

  • [synchronisation delay] — an optional parameter that sets the delay, in seconds, between messages to the connected clients. heads up: a larger delay will slow down the simulation in all clients. the default value is 0.0. so if you don't pass anything, it's zero, go off ⭐

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read those too, iykyk 📚

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💀 real talk, the legal girlies said what they said and we're respecting it.

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was MORSE version 1.4, dated Feb 06, 2023 — written up all pretty for you with so much love 💖✨🎀🦋🌸 mwah, go synchronise some robots 💅

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