Index: rmt.scm
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--- rmt.scm
+++ rmt.scm
@@ -54,15 +54,20 @@
 		  (client:setup areapath)
 		  #f))))
 
 (define *send-receive-mutex* (make-mutex)) ;; should have separate mutex per run-id
 
+;; this entry point can decide based on cmd whether to dispatch to old api calls via remote or via ulex
+;;
+(define (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params #!key (attemptnum 1)(area-dat #f))
+  (rmt:send-receive-orig cmd rid params attemptnum: attemptnum area-dat: area-dat))
+
 ;; RA => e.g. usage (rmt:send-receive 'get-var #f (list varname))
 ;;
-(define (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params #!key (attemptnum 1)(area-dat #f)) ;; start attemptnum at 1 so the modulo below works as expected
+(define (rmt:send-receive-orig cmd rid params #!key (attemptnum 1)(area-dat #f)) ;; start attemptnum at 1 so the modulo below works as expected
 
-  (common:telemetry-log (conc "rmt:"(->string cmd))
+  #;(common:telemetry-log (conc "rmt:"(->string cmd))
                         payload: `((rid . ,rid)
                                    (params . ,params)))
                           
   
   ;;DOT digraph megatest_state_status {
@@ -142,11 +147,11 @@
 		 (remote-server-timeout runremote))))
       (debug:print-info 0 *default-log-port* "Connection to " (remote-server-url runremote) " expired due to no accesses, forcing new connection.")
       (http-transport:close-connections area-dat: runremote)
       (remote-conndat-set! runremote #f) ;; invalidate the connection, thus forcing a new connection.
       (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
-      (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: attemptnum))
+      (rmt:send-receive-orig cmd rid params attemptnum: attemptnum))
      
      ;;DOT CASE5 [label="local\nread"];
      ;;DOT MUTEXLOCK -> CASE5 [label="server not required,\non homehost,\nread-only query"]; {rank=same "case 5" CASE5};
      ;;DOT CASE5 -> "rmt:open-qry-close-locally";
 
@@ -168,11 +173,11 @@
            (not (server:ping (remote-server-url runremote))))  ;; server has died. NOTE: this is not a cheap call! Need better approach.
       (set! *runremote* (make-remote))
       (remote-force-server-set! runremote (common:force-server?))
       (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
       (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case  6")
-      (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: attemptnum))
+      (rmt:send-receive-orig cmd rid params attemptnum: attemptnum))
 
      ;;DOT CASE7 [label="homehost\nwrite"];
      ;;DOT MUTEXLOCK -> CASE7 [label="server not required,\non homehost,\na write,\nhave a server"]; {rank=same "case 7" CASE7};
      ;;DOT CASE7 -> "rmt:open-qry-close-locally";
      ;; on homehost and this is a write, we already have a server
@@ -214,11 +219,11 @@
       (debug:print-info 12 *default-log-port* "rmt:send-receive, case 9, hh-dat: " (remote-hh-dat runremote) " conndat: " (remote-conndat runremote))
       (mutex-unlock! *rmt-mutex*)
       (if (not (server:check-if-running *toppath*)) ;; who knows, maybe one has started up?
 	  (server:start-and-wait *toppath*))
       (remote-conndat-set! runremote (rmt:get-connection-info *toppath*)) ;; calls client:setup which calls client:setup-http
-      (rmt:send-receive cmd rid params attemptnum: attemptnum)) ;; TODO: add back-off timeout as
+      (rmt:send-receive-orig cmd rid params attemptnum: attemptnum)) ;; TODO: add back-off timeout as
 
      ;;DOT CASE10 [label="on homehost"];
      ;;DOT MUTEXLOCK -> CASE10 [label="server not required,\non homehost"]; {rank=same "case 10" CASE10};
      ;;DOT CASE10 -> "rmt:open-qry-close-locally";
      ;; all set up if get this far, dispatch the query