#MANTIS - Make DLINK cache time configureable

Moose Development/Moose/Functional/Mantis.lua

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 -- @module Functional.Mantis
 -- @image Functional.Mantis.jpg
 --
--- Last Update: Apr 2025
+-- Last Update: May 2025
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 --- **MANTIS** class, extends Core.Base#BASE
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@
 -- @field #table FilterZones Table of Core.Zone#ZONE Zones Consider SAM groups in this zone(s) only for this MANTIS instance, must be handed as #table of Zone objects.
 -- @field #boolean SmokeDecoy If true, smoke short range SAM units as decoy if a plane is in firing range.
 -- @field #number SmokeDecoyColor Color to use, defaults to SMOKECOLOR.White
--- @field #number checkcounter Counter for SAM Table refreshes
+-- @field #number checkcounter Counter for SAM Table refreshes.
+-- @field #number DLinkCacheTime Seconds after which cached contacts in DLink will decay.
 -- @extends Core.Base#BASE
 
 
@@ -321,6 +322,7 @@ MANTIS = {
   SmokeDecoy            = false,
   SmokeDecoyColor       = SMOKECOLOR.White,
   checkcounter          = 1,
+  DLinkCacheTime        = 120,
 }
 
 --- Advanced state enumerator
@@ -612,7 +614,8 @@ do
       self.advAwacs = false
     end
     
-
+    self:SetDLinkCacheTime()
+    
     -- Set the string id for output to DCS.log file.
     self.lid=string.format("MANTIS %s | ", self.name)
 
@@ -676,7 +679,7 @@ do
     
     -- TODO Version
     -- @field #string version
-    self.version="0.9.28"
+    self.version="0.9.29"
     self:I(string.format("***** Starting MANTIS Version %s *****", self.version))
 
     --- FSM Functions ---
@@ -1026,6 +1029,15 @@ do
     end
     return self
   end
+  
+  --- Function to set how long INTEL DLINK remembers contacts.
+  -- @param #MANTIS self
+  -- @param #number seconds Remember this many seconds
+  -- @return #MANTIS self
+  function MANTIS:SetDLinkCacheTime(seconds)
+    self.DLinkCacheTime = math.abs(seconds or 120)
+    return self
+  end
 
   --- Function to set the detection interval
   -- @param #MANTIS self
@@ -1418,7 +1430,9 @@ do
     --IntelTwo:SetClusterRadius(5000)
     IntelTwo:Start()
     
-    local IntelDlink = INTEL_DLINK:New({IntelOne,IntelTwo},self.name.." DLINK",22,300)
+    local CacheTime = self.DLinkCacheTime or 120
+    local IntelDlink = INTEL_DLINK:New({IntelOne,IntelTwo},self.name.." DLINK",22,CacheTime)
+    
     IntelDlink:__Start(1)
     
     self:SetUsingDLink(IntelDlink)

Moose Development/Moose/Ops/Intelligence.lua

@@ -2324,7 +2324,7 @@ INTEL_DLINK = {
   verbose         =     0,
   lid             =   nil,
   alias           =   nil,
-  cachetime       =   300,
+  cachetime       =   120,
   interval        =   20,
   contacts        =   {},
   clusters        =   {},
@@ -2333,7 +2333,7 @@ INTEL_DLINK = {
 
 --- Version string
 -- @field #string version
-INTEL_DLINK.version = "0.0.1"
+INTEL_DLINK.version = "0.0.2"
 
 --- Function to instantiate a new object
 -- @param #INTEL_DLINK self
@@ -2385,7 +2385,7 @@ function INTEL_DLINK:New(Intels, Alias, Interval, Cachetime)
   end
 
   -- Cache time
-  self.cachetime = Cachetime or 300
+  self:SetDLinkCacheTime(Cachetime or 120)
 
   -- Interval
   self.interval = Interval or 20
@@ -2477,6 +2477,16 @@ function INTEL_DLINK:onafterStart(From, Event, To)
   return self
 end
 
+  --- Function to set how long INTEL DLINK remembers contacts.
+  -- @param #INTEL_DLINK self
+  -- @param #number seconds Remember this many seconds. Defaults to 180.
+  -- @return #INTEL_DLINK self
+  function INTEL_DLINK:SetDLinkCacheTime(seconds)
+    self.cachetime = math.abs(seconds or 120)
+    self:I(self.lid.."Caching for "..self.cachetime.." seconds.")
+    return self
+  end
+
 --- Function to collect data from the various #INTEL
 -- @param #INTEL_DLINK self
 -- @param #string From The From state