Index: rmt.scm
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--- rmt.scm
+++ rmt.scm
@@ -58,14 +58,22 @@
 
 ;; 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
 
-  (common:telemetry-log (conc "rmt:"(->string cmd))
+  #;(common:telemetry-log (conc "rmt:"(->string cmd))
                         payload: `((rid . ,rid)
                                    (params . ,params)))
                           
+  (if (> attemptnum 2)
+      (debug:print 0 "INFO: attemptnum in rmt:send-receive is " attemptnum))
+    
+  (cond
+   ((> attemptnum 2) (thread-sleep! 0.05))
+   ((> attemptnum 10) (thread-sleep! 0.5))
+   ((> attemptnum 20) (thread-sleep! 1)))
+  
   
   ;;DOT digraph megatest_state_status {
   ;;DOT   ranksep=0;
   ;;DOT   // rankdir=LR;
   ;;DOT   node [shape="box"];
@@ -100,18 +108,10 @@
     ;; ensure we have a homehost record
     (if (not (pair? (remote-hh-dat runremote)))  ;; not on homehost
 	(thread-sleep! 0.1) ;; since we shouldn't get here, delay a little
 	(remote-hh-dat-set! runremote (common:get-homehost)))
     
-    (if (> attemptnum 2)
-	(debug:print 1 "INFO: attemptnum in rmt:send-receive is " attemptnum))
-    
-    (cond
-     ((> attemptnum 2) (thread-sleep! 0.05))
-     ((> attemptnum 10) (thread-sleep! 0.5))
-     ((> attemptnum 20) (thread-sleep! 1)))
-    
     ;;(print "BB> readonly-mode is "readonly-mode" dbfile is "dbfile)
     (cond
      ;;DOT EXIT;
      ;;DOT MUTEXLOCK -> EXIT [label="> 15 attempts"]; {rank=same "case 1" "EXIT" }
      ;; give up if more than 15 attempts