receive_messages_from_hub ( self,  messages )

receive a command from the Hub Client place it on the queue so that the Node GUI can apply it

determine_base_id ( self )

determine the base id that the Collaboratory should start counting objects from. This is to account for several objects (Camera, MaterialColors) that the Collaboratory knows about upon startup

query_state ( self )

Just a dummy function that allows the Hub to try to back connect to Node, to see if there are any connection issues

setActivePpt ( self,  name )

Hub directly calls this function to tell Node to set a certain user to be the active participant i.e. so they'll have an asterisk next to their name Perhaps this should be encapsulated in a CORBA message, instead of a direct call?

killMe ( self )

Function can be called by the Hub to terminate this node. This would happen in several cases. (1) If the node has gone down, say due to network error. (2) If the hub is shutting down, and needs to disconnect all of the connected participants.

setReplyObj ( self,  info )

Because GUI elements can only be altered from the main thread, this helper function sets a variable in the chimera interactor that is checked by the main thread

__init__ (
        self,
        object_queue,
        parent,
        )