NAME
     EPMDataServer - NAOMI Control/Status Interface Daemon

SYNOPSIS
     EPMDataServer &

DESCRIPTION
     EPMDataServer is a python based script which is intended  to
     run  as  a  daemon  process. The purpose of the script is to
     provide a HTTP based interface to the NAOMI subsystem  which
     at  present does not possess a DRAMA interface. All commands
     to NAOMI or requests for status will  be  channeled  through
     this  daemon process which in turn will form a bridge to the
     NAOMI sequencer software which is ultimately responsible for
     the control and maintenance of status of NAOMI. Without this
     daemon running, none of the top level NAOMI software will be
     able to communicate with the NAOMI system.

     The daemon attempts to open a  port  at  address  40000  and
     listens  for  HTTP requests from clients. The exact protocol
     that is supported by the  daemon  is  subject  to  technical
     document WHT-NAOMI-17.

STOPPING THE DAEMON
     The daemon may be shutdown using the standard  kill(1)  com-
     mand

RETURNS
     The script returns the following codes after execution.

     1 - Unable to start daemon
          This code is returned when the daemon  cannot  bind  to
          it's listening port.

ERRORS
     All errors are chanelled to the syslog

AUTHOR
     Craige Bevil (cb@ing.iac.es)