VDIFPacker — Services

The pipeline runs as a single Docker container managed by the EDD Master Controller.

Container

Property	Value
Container name	vdif_packer
Docker image	edd_dbbc
Start command	edd_vdif_packer --host=<edd_subnet> --port=<bind_port>
Registered with Master Controller	Yes (register_as_pipeline: True)
Restart policy	Controlled by Master Controller

Sidecar Services

Sidecar	Purpose
Redis	Pipeline coordination and data store
InfluxDB	Time-series metrics

Grafana Dashboards

Panel	Contents
pipeline_status.json	KATCP state machine state, error indicators
mkrecv_status.json	SPEAD2 capture statistics
dada_monitor.json	PSRDADA ring buffer fill levels
visualizations.json	Per-channel signal level plots
waterfall.json	Spectrogram / waterfall display

Dashboard variables are loaded from visualization_vars.json and waterfall_vars.json. The dashboard refresh interval is 30 s.

Ports

Port	Protocol	Direction	Description
bind_port (default 0)	TCP	inbound	KATCP control
configured via input_data_streams	UDP multicast	inbound	SPEAD2 input
udp.dest_port (default 4991)	UDP	outbound	VDIF frames to jive5ab