Index: branches/tap_branches/ippTasks/addstar.pro
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--- branches/tap_branches/ippTasks/addstar.pro	(revision 25900)
+++ branches/tap_branches/ippTasks/addstar.pro	(revision 27838)
@@ -23,7 +23,4 @@
     active true
   end
-  task addstar.revert
-    active true
-  end
 end
 
@@ -35,6 +32,14 @@
     active false
   end
+end
+
+macro addstar.revert.off
   task addstar.revert
     active false
+  end
+end
+macro addstar.revert.on
+  task addstar.revert
+    active true
   end
 end
@@ -106,5 +111,9 @@
   periods      -poll $RUNPOLL
   periods      -exec $RUNEXEC
-  periods      -timeout 10
+  periods      -timeout 1200
+
+  ## we want only a single outstanding addstar job.  
+  host         local
+  npending     1
 
   task.exec
@@ -129,5 +138,5 @@
 
     # specify choice of remote host based on camera and chip (class_id)
-    set.host.for.camera $CAMERA FPA
+    # set.host.for.camera $CAMERA FPA
 
     # set the WORKDIR variable
@@ -192,6 +201,7 @@
   periods      -poll 5.0
   periods      -exec 60.0
-  periods      -timeout 120.0
+  periods      -timeout 1200
   npending     1
+  active        false
 
   stdout NULL