AliceO2Group · sy-c · Oct 3, 2023 · Sep 15, 2023 · Oct 2, 2023 · Oct 3, 2023
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ if(NOT APPLE)
   find_package(Python3 3.6 COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
   if(Python3_FOUND)
     set(boost_python_component "python${Python3_VERSION_MAJOR}${Python3_VERSION_MINOR}")
-  else()
-    # Backwards compatible. Can be removed once the Python3 recipe is stable
-    message(WARNING "Python 3 was not found: falling back to Python 2")
-    find_package(Python2 2.7 COMPONENTS Development REQUIRED)
-    set(boost_python_component "python27")
   endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -99,7 +94,6 @@ target_sources(ALF PRIVATE
   src/AlfServer.cxx
   src/DimServices/DimServices.cxx
   src/DimServices/ServiceNames.cxx
-  $<$<BOOL:${Python2_FOUND}>:src/PythonInterface.cxx>
   $<$<BOOL:${Python3_FOUND}>:src/PythonInterface.cxx>
 )
 
@@ -116,8 +110,6 @@ set(LINK_LIBS
     AliceO2::ReadoutCard
     AliceO2::Common
     Boost::boost
-    $<$<BOOL:${Python2_FOUND}>:Boost::python27>
-    $<$<BOOL:${Python2_FOUND}>:Python2::Python>
     $<$<BOOL:${Python3_FOUND}>:Boost::python${Python3_VERSION_MAJOR}${Python3_VERSION_MINOR}>
     $<$<BOOL:${Python3_FOUND}>:Python3::Python>
 )

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -165,23 +165,29 @@ It extends the `SCA_SEQUENCE` to add the following functionality:
 ##### PATTERN_PLAYER
 
 * Parameters
-  * Sync Pattern
-  * Reset Pattern
-  * Idle Pattern
-  * Sync Length
-  * Sync Delay
-  * Reset Length
-  * Reset Trigger Select
-  * Sync Trigger Select
-  * Sync At Start
-  * Trigger Sync
-  * Trigger Reset
+  * pat0 Pattern
+  * pat1 Pattern
+  * pat2 Pattern
+  * pat3 Pattern
+  * pat1 Length
+  * pat1 Delay
+  * pat2 Length
+  * pat3 Length
+  * pat1 Trigger Select
+  * pat2 Trigger Select
+  * pat3 Trigger Select
+  * pat2 TF[31:20] ORBIT[19:12] BC[11:0]
+  * execute pat1 at start
+  * execute pat1 now
+  * execute pat2 now
+
+  see [registers definition](https://gitlab.cern.ch/alice-cru/cru-fw/-/tree/pplayer/TTC#address-table)
 
 * Returns
   * empty
 
 * Example:
-  * DIM input `0x23456789abcdef123456\n0x5678\n0x9abc\n42\n0\n53\n30\n29\n#a comment\nfalse\ntrue\nfalse`
+  * DIM input `0x123\n123\n1024\n0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF\n10\n11\n20\n30\n0xFF\n0xEE\n0xDDDe\n0xAAABBCCC\n#comment\nfalse\ntrue\ntrue`
   * DIM output ` `
 
 ##### LLA_SESSION_START

diff --git a/src/AlfServer.cxx b/src/AlfServer.cxx
@@ -147,14 +147,19 @@ std::string AlfServer::icGbtI2cWrite(const std::string& parameter, AlfLink link)
 std::string AlfServer::patternPlayer(const std::string& parameter, std::shared_ptr<roc::BarInterface> bar2)
 {
   std::vector<std::string> parameters = Util::split(parameter, argumentSeparator());
-  if (parameters.size() < 11) { // Test that we have enough parameters
-    BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(AlfException() << ErrorInfo::Message("Wrong number of parameters for the Pattern Player RPC call: " + std::to_string(parameters.size())));
+  try {
+    roc::PatternPlayer::Info info = parseStringToPatternPlayerInfo(parameters);
+    roc::PatternPlayer pp = roc::PatternPlayer(bar2);
+    pp.play(info);
+  }
+  catch(boost::exception const& e) {
+    auto info = boost::get_error_info<ErrorInfo::Message>(e);
+    if (info) {
+      BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(AlfException() << ErrorInfo::Message(info->data()));
+    } else {
+      throw;
+    }
   }
-
-  roc::PatternPlayer::Info info = parseStringToPatternPlayerInfo(parameters);
-
-  roc::PatternPlayer pp = roc::PatternPlayer(bar2);
-  pp.play(info);
   return "";
 }
 
@@ -213,66 +218,7 @@ std::string AlfServer::resetCard(const std::string& /*parameter*/, AlfLink link)
 
 roc::PatternPlayer::Info AlfServer::parseStringToPatternPlayerInfo(const std::vector<std::string> parameters)
 {
-  roc::PatternPlayer::Info ppInfo;
-
-  int infoField = 0;
-  for (const auto& parameter : parameters) {
-    if (parameter.find('#') == std::string::npos) {
-      infoField++;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (infoField != 11) { // Test that we have enough non-comment parameters
-    BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(AlfException() << ErrorInfo::Message("Wrong number of non-comment parameters for the Pattern Player RPC call: " + std::to_string(infoField)));
-  }
-
-  infoField = 0;
-  for (const auto& parameter : parameters) {
-    if (parameter.find('#') == std::string::npos) {
-      switch (infoField) {
-        bool boolValue;
-        case 0:
-          ppInfo.syncPattern = uint128_t(parameter);
-          break;
-        case 1:
-          ppInfo.resetPattern = uint128_t(parameter);
-          break;
-        case 2:
-          ppInfo.idlePattern = uint128_t(parameter);
-          break;
-        case 3:
-          ppInfo.syncLength = std::stoi(parameter);
-          break;
-        case 4:
-          ppInfo.syncDelay = std::stoi(parameter);
-          break;
-        case 5:
-          ppInfo.resetLength = std::stoi(parameter);
-          break;
-        case 6:
-          ppInfo.resetTriggerSelect = std::stoi(parameter);
-          break;
-        case 7:
-          ppInfo.syncTriggerSelect = std::stoi(parameter);
-          break;
-        case 8:
-          std::istringstream(parameter) >> std::boolalpha >> boolValue;
-          ppInfo.syncAtStart = boolValue;
-          break;
-        case 9:
-          std::istringstream(parameter) >> std::boolalpha >> boolValue;
-          ppInfo.triggerSync = boolValue;
-          break;
-        case 10:
-          std::istringstream(parameter) >> std::boolalpha >> boolValue;
-          ppInfo.triggerReset = boolValue;
-          break;
-      }
-      infoField++;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return ppInfo;
+  return roc::PatternPlayer::getInfoFromString(parameters);
 }
 
 std::vector<uint32_t> AlfServer::stringToRegisterPair(const std::string stringPair)