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+# Core Flight System : Framework : App : Command Ingest Lab
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+This repository contains NASA's Command Ingest Lab (ci_lab), which is a framework component of the Core Flight System.
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+This lab application is a non-flight utility to send commands to the cFS Bundle. It is intended to be located in the `apps/ci_lab` subdirectory of a cFS Mission Tree.  The Core Flight System is bundled at https://github.com/nasa/cFS (which includes ci_lab as a submodule), which includes build and execution instructions.
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+ci_lab is a simple command uplink application that accepts CCSDS telecommand packets over a UDP/IP port. It does not provide a full CCSDS Telecommand stack implementation.
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+## Release Notes
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+ci_lab version 2.2.0a is released as part of cFE 6.6.0a under the Apache 2.0 license, see [LICENSE](LICENSE-18128-Apache-2_0.pdf).
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+Note the old GSFC Build toolset is deprecated (fsw/for_build/Makefile) in favor of cmake (CMakeLists.txt)
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+## Known issues
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+Dependence on cfe platform config header is undesirable, and the check is not endian safe.  As a lab application, extensive testing is not performed prior to release and only minimal functionality is included.
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+## Getting Help
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+The cFS community page http://coreflightsystem.org should be your first stop for getting help. Please post questions to http://coreflightsystem.org/questions/. There is also a forum at http://coreflightsystem.org/forums/ for more general discussions.
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+Official cFS page: http://cfs.gsfc.nasa.gov
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