Extract the SECS/GEM engine wiring out of the secs_server app into a reusable class, and stand up a language-agnostic gRPC daemon on top so a tool's software (any language) can drive the equipment without linking C++ or knowing SEMI. Foundation for replacing a vendor's SECS/GEM server. Engine reuse: - EquipmentRuntime (include/secsgem/gem/runtime.hpp, src/gem/runtime.cpp): owns io_context, passive Server, model, control-state machine, Router; thread-safe outbound API (set_variable/emit_event/set_alarm/clear_alarm), on_command hook, deliver_or_spool, run()/run_async()/poll()/stop(). - register_default_handlers (src/gem/default_handlers.cpp): the 56 GEM handlers + domain emitters, relocated from secs_server so the app and the daemon speak byte-identical GEM. secs_server.cpp reduced ~1270 -> 113 lines. - name_index.hpp: resolve_variable(name) -> VID (the name->id binding layer). Daemon (apps/secs_gemd.cpp, proto/secsgem/v1/equipment.proto): - runs the engine + HSMS link on a background thread; serves the gRPC Equipment service. Increment 1: SetVariables (name-resolved, plain value->Item) and GetControlState. proto carries the full v1 surface (universal + carrier/recipe/job tiers); remaining RPCs + the Subscribe command stream are next (docs/DAEMON_ROADMAP.md). - CMake: opt-in SECSGEM_DAEMON, protoc/grpc_cpp_plugin codegen, gracefully skipped where protobuf/grpc++ are absent. Dockerfile gains the grpc deps. Tests (proof): test_runtime, test_default_handlers (S1F1->S1F2, S2F41->hook), test_name_index. Full suite 458/458, 2795 assertions; live server<->client GEM300 demo still passes on the refactored server. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Vendor Daemon & gRPC API — Status and Roadmap to Fab-Readiness
This is a forward-looking roadmap, not a description of shipped behaviour. Every item carries a status marker. Do not read an item as "done" unless it says ✅. (Written 2026-06-10.)
Status legend: ✅ done · 🚧 in progress · ⬜ planned · ⚠️ risk/unknown
What this is
A vendor-facing daemon that runs the SECS/GEM engine as its own process and
exposes a small, name-based, language-agnostic API over gRPC, so a tool's
control software (in any language) can drive the equipment without linking C++
or knowing SEMI. See proto/secsgem/v1/equipment.proto for the API.
The point of the daemon model: it owns the durable HSMS relationship with the host and stays conformant while the tool software restarts/upgrades/crashes.
Current status (2026-06-10)
| Piece | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
proto/secsgem/v1/equipment.proto |
✅ | v1 API surface designed (universal + carrier/recipe/job tiers) |
HostCommandRegistry::set_handler behaviour hook |
✅ | the engine seam the daemon binds to; tested |
EquipmentRuntime (engine owner) |
✅ | infra + outbound API built & tested (tests/test_runtime.cpp); secs_server now runs entirely on it (verified by the live server↔client GEM300 demo — full job/spool/control-state flow, client exit 0). |
register_default_handlers in the library (so the daemon reuses the 56 handlers) |
✅ | relocated into src/gem/default_handlers.cpp (programmatic move, zero retype); secs_server reduced to ~113 lines and calls it. Tested (tests/test_default_handlers.cpp: S1F1→S1F2, S2F41→on_command hook) + live GEM300 demo still passes. |
| gRPC/protobuf in toolchain (Dockerfile + CMake) | 🚧 | apt deps added to Dockerfile (libgrpc++-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler-grpc); image rebuild + CMake proto codegen still TODO. |
secs_gemd daemon implementing the service |
⬜ | translate RPCs ↔ runtime; stream host requests |
| Reference client library (Python) | ⬜ | thin wrapper over generated stubs |
Nothing in the proto is wired to the engine yet. The engine itself is broad (56 wire handlers across S1/2/3/5/6/7/10/14/16; all GEM300 stores) — the daemon is about exposing that, not building it.
Gaps to fab-readiness
Layer 0 — Make it run at all (blocks everything)
- ⬜ Extract
EquipmentRuntimefromapps/secs_server.cpp(io_context, Server, model, router, emit lambdas,set_handler). Reducesecs_serverto a thinmain()over it. Verify against the existing test suite. - ⬜ Add gRPC/protobuf to the Dockerfile + CMake codegen for the proto.
- ⬜ Implement
secs_gemd: construct the runtime,io.run()on a background thread, map each RPC to a runtime call, route host requests onto theSubscribestream viaset_handler+ the FSM change handlers. - ⬜ One reference client (Python) proving the end-to-end loop.
Layer 1 — API completeness (engine supports these; surface them)
- ⬜ Job/carrier in-the-loop semantics. The proto has
ProcessJob/CarrierAction+ report RPCs, but the exact contract is unspecified: who acks the host's S16F5/S3Fxx, whether the tool gates a job start or only observes, and timing vs. T3. Design this before implementing the daemon for process tools. - ⬜ Trace data collection (engine:
TraceStore, S2F23/S6F1). - ⬜ Limits monitoring (engine:
LimitMonitorStore, S2F45). - ⬜ Substrate/E90 + module/E157 tracking (engine:
SubstrateStore,ModuleStore). - ⬜ Terminal services / operator messages (engine: S10F1–F6) — host↔tool HMI text.
- ⬜ Spool depth + force-flush API (engine:
SpoolStore). - ⬜
DescribeRPC: enumerate configured variables/events/alarms/commands at runtime (diagnostics & tooling).
Layer 2 — Production hardening
- ⬜ gRPC auth / exposure. No auth today. Bind to a Unix domain socket or localhost-only, or add credentials. Never expose the API on the equipment LAN unauthenticated.
- ⬜
Subscribereconnect/replay semantics. Define what happens to host requests (commands, jobs) if the tool client disconnects and reconnects: are they buffered/replayed, or dropped? Required for a 24/7 tool. (Correctness gap.) - ⬜ Supervised deployment (systemd unit / container), auto-restart; rely on the existing spool persistence so queued host events survive a daemon restart.
- ⬜ Expose the existing Prometheus metrics + structured logs from the daemon.
- ⬜ Decide multi-host (HSMS-GS) story — engine supports it; v1 assumes one equipment/session. Probably fine; document the assumption.
Layer 3 — Actual fab acceptance (the hard gate)
- ⚠️ Standards correctness is unverified. The SECS/GEM behaviour in this repo was substantially reconstructed without access to the SEMI standard texts. Interop tests (secsgem-py, secs4java8, Wireshark) mitigate but do not prove conformance. Subtle wire/state-machine deviations could fail a real host. This is the #1 fab-readiness risk and it is verification, not features.
- ⬜ Pass a specific fab's MES qualification suite against their real host
(see
docs/MES_INTEROP.mdfor the punch-list). Fab acceptance is empirical and per-fab. - ⬜ Produce the GEM compliance statement (S1F19/F20) + written GEM manual matching the tool's actual data dictionary.
- ⬜ Finish the SECS-I serial driver (FSM done; asio
serial_portadapter missing) — only if a target tool uses RS-232 rather than HSMS/TCP. - ⬜ Per-tool
equipment.yamlauthored to match the tool's real SVIDs/CEIDs/ ECIDs/alarms/recipes and the fab's spec (vendor work; the config validator helps).
Sequencing recommendation
Layer 0 in order (runtime → deps → daemon → client), then Layer 1's job/carrier semantics, then Layer 2 hardening. Layer 3 runs in parallel and is gated by access to real standards and a real host — treat it as the thing that decides whether any of this is truly fab-ready.