geutebruck/geutebruck-api/IMPLEMENTATION_PROGRESS.md

Implementation Progress Summary

✅ Completed

1. Research & Discovery

• ✅ Extracted 2403 HTML files from SDK CHM documentation
• ✅ Analyzed SDK architecture and identified correct approach
• ✅ Found that action mappings are stored as Alarms with associated Actions
• ✅ Identified database query functions: GeViDBQ_CreateActionQuery, GeViDBQ_GetFirst, GeViDBQ_GetNext
• ✅ Identified answer types: GeViDBA_ActionEntry with GeViActionData._ActionData

2. Code Implementation

• ✅ Created AlarmQueryService.cs - Service for querying alarms and actions via SDK
• ✅ Updated ActionMappingHandler.cs - Modified to use AlarmQueryService instead of in-memory storage
• ✅ Documented complete solution approach in FINAL_SOLUTION.md

3. Key Findings

Action Mapping Structure:

• Alarms = Containers for action mappings
• Actions = Stored separately, linked to alarms via AlarmReference
• AlarmRelation:
  • 1 = Start/Input action (trigger)
  • 2 = Follow/Output action (response)
• ActionData._ActionData = Actual command string (e.g., "VMD_Start(101038)")

⏸️ Current Blocker

Callback Registration Issue

The SDK callback mechanism works differently than initially expected:

Errors encountered:

1. GeViDatabase doesn't have OnNewGeViSA_FirstAlarm event
2. GeViSQ_GetNextAlarm requires parameters (not found in docs)
3. GeViDBQ_GetNext/GetFirst require handle parameters
4. OnNewGeViDBA_ActionEntry event doesn't exist

Root cause: Need to understand the actual SDK callback/dispatcher system.

Files with compilation errors:

• SDK/AlarmQueryService.cs - Lines 103-104, 124-125, 250, 273 (event registration)
• Lines 151, 188 (GeViSQ_GetNextAlarm parameters)
• Lines 234, 259 (GeViDBQ query handles)

🔄 Next Steps

1. Fix Callback Registration

Need to investigate:

• Check C:\GEVISOFT\Examples\ for callback registration examples
• Examine GeViDatabase.RegisterCallback() implementation
• Look for event dispatcher or message handler pattern
• Possible that answers come through a different mechanism (e.g., message queue)

2. Alternative Approach: Action Dispatcher

The SDK may use an Action Dispatcher pattern instead of direct events:

// Possible approach:
var dispatcher = new GeViActionDispatcher();
dispatcher.RegisterHandler<GeViDBA_ActionEntry>(HandleActionEntry);
_database.SetDispatcher(dispatcher);

3. Fix Query Handle Management

Database queries likely return handles that must be tracked:

// Create query and get handle
var query = new GeViDBQ_CreateActionQuery(alarmPK);
long queryHandle = await _database.SendQueryAsync(query);

// Use handle to navigate results
var getFirst = new GeViDBQ_GetFirst(queryHandle);
await _database.SendMessageAsync(getFirst);

4. Test & Verify

Once compilation succeeds:

1. Build SDK Bridge
2. Start services
3. Test API endpoint /api/v1/action-mappings
4. Verify live data from GeViServer appears
5. Cross-reference with GeViSet to confirm accuracy

📁 Files Modified/Created

New Files:

• SDK/AlarmQueryService.cs - Alarm/action query service (needs callback fixes)
• FINAL_SOLUTION.md - Complete solution documentation
• IMPLEMENTATION_PROGRESS.md - This file
• docs/chm-extracted/ - 2403 HTML files extracted from CHM

Modified Files:

• SDK/ActionMappingHandler.cs - Now uses AlarmQueryService (compiles successfully)
  • Added using System.Linq;
  • Injected AlarmQueryService
  • Updated EnumerateActionMappingsAsync() to query live data

Unchanged (working):

• SDK/GeViDatabaseWrapper.cs - Connection management
• Program.cs - Service initialization
• Services/ActionMappingService.cs - gRPC service layer

🎯 Solution Benefits

Once implemented, this will: ✅ Access LIVE GeViSoft configuration (not separate database) ✅ Read action mappings that exist in GeViSet ✅ Use official SDK (no direct database access) ✅ Respect GeViServer's database locking ✅ Get same data GeViSet sees ✅ Potential for real-time updates via SDK events

📚 Reference Documentation

Key SDK Classes:

• GeViSQ_GetFirstAlarm(activeOnly, enabledOnly) - Query first alarm
• GeViSQ_GetNextAlarm(...) - Iterate alarms (parameters unknown)
• GeViDBQ_CreateActionQuery(alarmPK) - Query actions for alarm
• GeViDBQ_GetFirst(handle?) - Get first result (handle param unknown)
• GeViDBQ_GetNext(handle?) - Get next result (handle param unknown)
• GeViDBA_ActionEntry - Action answer with:
  • sActionData._ActionData (String) - Action command
  • sAlarmRelation (Int32) - 0=none, 1=input, 2=output
  • sAlarmReference (Int64) - FK to alarm

SDK Documentation:

• Location: C:\GEVISOFT\Documentation\GeViSoft .NET SDK API Documentation.chm
• Extracted: C:\DEV\COPILOT\geutebruck-api\docs\chm-extracted\
• Examples: C:\GEVISOFT\Examples\ (should check these next)

💡 Recommendations

1. Check SDK Examples: Look at C:\GEVISOFT\Examples\ for working callback examples
2. Ask Geutebruck Support: If callback mechanism unclear, contact vendor
3. Fallback Option: If SDK callbacks too complex, consider hybrid:
   • Use SDK for alarms list (GeViSQ_GetFirstAlarm/GetNextAlarm)
   • For now, accept read-only alarm metadata
   • Document limitation and revisit when SDK understanding improves

Time Spent

• CHM extraction and documentation analysis: ~30 min
• SDK research and finding correct approach: ~45 min
• Implementation of AlarmQueryService: ~20 min
• Debugging compilation issues: ~15 min
• Total: ~1h 50min

Status

🟡 In Progress - Core logic implemented, needs callback system fixes to compile