diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- ConnectionParameters.java	22 Mar 2012 02:21:16 -0000	1.1
+++ ConnectionParameters.java	22 Mar 2012 03:55:03 -0000	1.2
@@ -1,31 +1,37 @@

 package org.lcsim.hps.monitoring;
 

+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+

 import org.jlab.coda.et.EtConstants;
 
 /**

- * Connection parameters for ET system.

+ * Connection parameters for ET system consumer.

  */
 public class ConnectionParameters {
 

-    public String etName = null;

+    public String etName = "ETBuffer";

     public String host = null;
     public int port = EtConstants.serverPort;
     public boolean blocking = true;
     public boolean verbose = false;

-    public String statName = null;

+    public String statName = "MY_STATION";

     public int chunk = 1;

-    public int neventsPerArray;

     public int qSize = 0;
     public int position = 1;
     public int pposition = 0;
     public int flowMode = EtConstants.stationSerial;
     

-    public class ConnectionParametersException extends RuntimeException {
-        ConnectionParametersException(String msg) {
-            super(msg);
-        }

+    public ConnectionParameters() {
+        // Set the default host.
+        try {
+            InetAddress addr = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
+            host = addr.getHostName();
+        } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+            throw new ConnectionParametersException("Unable to assign default host.");
+        }        

     }

-

+    

     public static final void usage() {
         System.out.println("\nUsage: java Consumer -f <et name> -host <ET host> -s <station name> [-h] [-v] [-nb]\n" +
                 "                      [-p <ET server port>] [-c <chunk size>] [-q <queue size>]\n" +

@@ -120,9 +126,15 @@

                 throw new ConnectionParametersException("Arguments included invalid command line parameter.");
             }
         }

-

+        

         if (host == null || etName == null || statName == null) {
             throw new ConnectionParametersException("Missing required arguments.");
         }
     }

+    
+    public class ConnectionParametersException extends RuntimeException {
+        ConnectionParametersException(String msg) {
+            super(msg);
+        }
+    }

 }

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