Backbone software API distribution:

All files will create a directory "its".  The SDD and TMS files will
also create a directory "java_cup".  These directories must be added
to your Java CLASSPATH.

Once the CLASSPATH has been set up correctly, example apps may be run by
changing to the its/app/backbone directory and running "java app-name"

Many documents may be found in the directory its/docs.  README.1st
should be read before proceeding further.


Explanation of files

The its_rec files contain the ITS frame receiver classes and an example
application, its/app/backbone/IFRtester.

The its_trans files contain the ITS frame transmitter classes and an example
application, its/app/backbone/IFTtester.

The sdd_rec files contain the SDD receiver classes and two example
applications: its/app/backbone/SRtester (a command-line program) and
its/app/backbone/SRgui (a GUI program).  These will attempt to connect
to the UW SDD transmitter and receive TMS data.  Self-Describing data will
be stored in separate files for the schema (sdd.schema_SERIAL), contents
(sdd.contents_SERIAL), and data (in unprocessed binary format, in the
file sdd.data_SERIAL).  The data will be overwritten as new data is received.

The sdd_trans files contain the SDD Transmitter classes and an example
application, its/backbone/STtester.

The tms_rec files contain the TMS receiver classes, which are an
an instantiation of the Domain receiver layer, and two example applications:
its/app/backbone/TRtester (a command-line program) and
its/app/backbone/TRgui (a GUI program).  These will connect to the UW SDD
transmitter and write the files tms.sensors (a list of available traffic
sensors) and tms.data (which contain the data for a set of sensors in
an ASCII format).  These programs use the file tms.select to specify
the set of traffic sensors.


The its_src files contain the complete Backbone java source code.  They do
not contain the java_cup directory which is needed to run SDD and TMS
applications.

All distribution files contain documentation within the its/docs directory.

Questions or comments should be directed to: sdd@its.washington.edu