Improved some aspects of machine service and machine update.

15 files changed, 480 insertions, 81 deletions

diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/PPC/Tango.PPC.Common/MachineSetup/MachineSetupManager.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/PPC/Tango.PPC.Common/MachineSetup/MachineSetupManager.cs
index 252491669..a3012ffd8 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/PPC/Tango.PPC.Common/MachineSetup/MachineSetupManager.cs
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/PPC/Tango.PPC.Common/MachineSetup/MachineSetupManager.cs
@@ -113,9 +113,16 @@ namespace Tango.PPC.Common.MachineSetup
 
                 MachineSetupResponse setup_response = null;
 
-                using (var http = new ProtoWebClient())
+                try
                 {
-                    setup_response = http.Post<MachineSetupRequest, MachineSetupResponse>(machineServiceAddress + "/api/Synchronization/MachineSetup", request).Result;
+                    using (var http = new ProtoWebClient())
+                    {
+                        setup_response = http.Post<MachineSetupRequest, MachineSetupResponse>(machineServiceAddress + "/api/Synchronization/MachineSetup", request).Result;
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    throw LogManager.Log(ex, $"An error occurred while trying to contact machine service: {ex.Message}");
                 }
 
                 LogManager.Log($"Machine setup response received: {Environment.NewLine}{setup_response.ToJsonString()}");
@@ -178,14 +185,24 @@ namespace Tango.PPC.Common.MachineSetup
 
                 LogManager.Log($"Synchronizing database '{remote_address}\\{db_name}' => '{localAddress}\\{db_name}'...");
 
-                LogManager.Log("Initializing database manager...");
-                DbManager db = DbManager.FromAddressAndName(localAddress, db_name);
+                LogManager.Log($"Connecting to local database at {localAddress}...");
+                DbManager db = DbManager.FromAddress(localAddress);
 
-                LogManager.Log("Checking Tango database exists on the local machine...");
+                LogManager.Log($"Ensuring {db_name} database exists on the local machine...");
                 if (!db.Exists(db_name))
                 {
-                    throw new InvalidProgramException("Database tango does not exists.");
+                    LogManager.Log("Database does not exist. Creating new database...");
+                    db.Create(db_name);
                 }
+                else
+                {
+                    LogManager.Log("Database exists.");
+                }
+
+                db.Dispose();
+
+                LogManager.Log("Initializing database manager...");
+                db = DbManager.FromAddressAndName(localAddress, db_name);
 
                 LogManager.Log("Clearing database...");
                 db.ClearDb();
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/ExceptionLogItem.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/ExceptionLogItem.cs
index de8485249..d2a1a352d 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/ExceptionLogItem.cs
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/ExceptionLogItem.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,30 @@ namespace Tango.Logging
         {
             get
             {
-                return Exception.Message;
+                if (Exception is AggregateException)
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        String message = String.Empty;
+
+                        if (Description != null)
+                        {
+                            message += Description + Environment.NewLine;
+                        }
+
+                        message += String.Join(Environment.NewLine, (Exception as AggregateException).InnerExceptions.Select(x => x.Message));
+
+                        return message;
+                    }
+                    catch
+                    {
+                        return Exception.Message;
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    return Exception.Message;
+                }
             }
             set { }
         }
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/LogManager.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/LogManager.cs
index b67128a8d..04c66a71f 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/LogManager.cs
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Logging/LogManager.cs
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace Tango.Logging
             log.TimeStamp = DateTime.Now;
             log.Exception = e;
             log.Category = category;
-            log.Description = description != null ? description : e.ToString();
+            log.Description = description;
 
             AppendLog(log);
 
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/IO/GetStorageInfoRequest.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/IO/GetStorageInfoRequest.cs
index ae06664ae..e77104d56 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/IO/GetStorageInfoRequest.cs
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/IO/GetStorageInfoRequest.cs
@@ -22,14 +22,13 @@ namespace Tango.PMR.IO {
     static GetStorageInfoRequestReflection() {
       byte[] descriptorData = global::System.Convert.FromBase64String(
           string.Concat(
-            "ChtHZXRTdG9yYWdlSW5mb1JlcXVlc3QucHJvdG8SDFRhbmdvLlBNUi5JTyI8",
-            "ChVHZXRTdG9yYWdlSW5mb1JlcXVlc3QSEAoIQ2FwYWNpdHkYASABKAUSEQoJ",
-            "RnJlZVNwYWNlGAIgASgFQhgKFmNvbS50d2luZS50YW5nby5wbXIuaW9iBnBy",
-            "b3RvMw=="));
+            "ChtHZXRTdG9yYWdlSW5mb1JlcXVlc3QucHJvdG8SDFRhbmdvLlBNUi5JTyIX",
+            "ChVHZXRTdG9yYWdlSW5mb1JlcXVlc3RCGAoWY29tLnR3aW5lLnRhbmdvLnBt",
+            "ci5pb2IGcHJvdG8z"));
       descriptor = pbr::FileDescriptor.FromGeneratedCode(descriptorData,
           new pbr::FileDescriptor[] { },
           new pbr::GeneratedClrTypeInfo(null, new pbr::GeneratedClrTypeInfo[] {
-            new pbr::GeneratedClrTypeInfo(typeof(global::Tango.PMR.IO.GetStorageInfoRequest), global::Tango.PMR.IO.GetStorageInfoRequest.Parser, new[]{ "Capacity", "FreeSpace" }, null, null, null)
+            new pbr::GeneratedClrTypeInfo(typeof(global::Tango.PMR.IO.GetStorageInfoRequest), global::Tango.PMR.IO.GetStorageInfoRequest.Parser, null, null, null, null)
           }));
     }
     #endregion
@@ -60,8 +59,6 @@ namespace Tango.PMR.IO {
 
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
     public GetStorageInfoRequest(GetStorageInfoRequest other) : this() {
-      capacity_ = other.capacity_;
-      freeSpace_ = other.freeSpace_;
     }
 
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
@@ -69,28 +66,6 @@ namespace Tango.PMR.IO {
       return new GetStorageInfoRequest(this);
     }
 
-    /// <summary>Field number for the "Capacity" field.</summary>
-    public const int CapacityFieldNumber = 1;
-    private int capacity_;
-    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
-    public int Capacity {
-      get { return capacity_; }
-      set {
-        capacity_ = value;
-      }
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>Field number for the "FreeSpace" field.</summary>
-    public const int FreeSpaceFieldNumber = 2;
-    private int freeSpace_;
-    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
-    public int FreeSpace {
-      get { return freeSpace_; }
-      set {
-        freeSpace_ = value;
-      }
-    }
-
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
     public override bool Equals(object other) {
       return Equals(other as GetStorageInfoRequest);
@@ -104,16 +79,12 @@ namespace Tango.PMR.IO {
       if (ReferenceEquals(other, this)) {
         return true;
       }
-      if (Capacity != other.Capacity) return false;
-      if (FreeSpace != other.FreeSpace) return false;
       return true;
     }
 
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
     public override int GetHashCode() {
       int hash = 1;
-      if (Capacity != 0) hash ^= Capacity.GetHashCode();
-      if (FreeSpace != 0) hash ^= FreeSpace.GetHashCode();
       return hash;
     }
 
@@ -124,25 +95,11 @@ namespace Tango.PMR.IO {
 
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
     public void WriteTo(pb::CodedOutputStream output) {
-      if (Capacity != 0) {
-        output.WriteRawTag(8);
-        output.WriteInt32(Capacity);
-      }
-      if (FreeSpace != 0) {
-        output.WriteRawTag(16);
-        output.WriteInt32(FreeSpace);
-      }
     }
 
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
     public int CalculateSize() {
       int size = 0;
-      if (Capacity != 0) {
-        size += 1 + pb::CodedOutputStream.ComputeInt32Size(Capacity);
-      }
-      if (FreeSpace != 0) {
-        size += 1 + pb::CodedOutputStream.ComputeInt32Size(FreeSpace);
-      }
       return size;
     }
 
@@ -151,12 +108,6 @@ namespace Tango.PMR.IO {
       if (other == null) {
         return;
       }
-      if (other.Capacity != 0) {
-        Capacity = other.Capacity;
-      }
-      if (other.FreeSpace != 0) {
-        FreeSpace = other.FreeSpace;
-      }
     }
 
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
@@ -167,14 +118,6 @@ namespace Tango.PMR.IO {
           default:
             input.SkipLastField();
             break;
-          case 8: {
-            Capacity = input.ReadInt32();
-            break;
-          }
-          case 16: {
-            FreeSpace = input.ReadInt32();
-            break;
-          }
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/IO/GetStorageInfoResponse.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/IO/GetStorageInfoResponse.cs
index 13152184d..46dc2e308 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/IO/GetStorageInfoResponse.cs
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/IO/GetStorageInfoResponse.cs
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ namespace Tango.PMR.IO {
       byte[] descriptorData = global::System.Convert.FromBase64String(
           string.Concat(
             "ChxHZXRTdG9yYWdlSW5mb1Jlc3BvbnNlLnByb3RvEgxUYW5nby5QTVIuSU8i",
-            "GAoWR2V0U3RvcmFnZUluZm9SZXNwb25zZUIYChZjb20udHdpbmUudGFuZ28u",
-            "cG1yLmlvYgZwcm90bzM="));
+            "PQoWR2V0U3RvcmFnZUluZm9SZXNwb25zZRIQCghDYXBhY2l0eRgBIAEoBRIR",
+            "CglGcmVlU3BhY2UYAiABKAVCGAoWY29tLnR3aW5lLnRhbmdvLnBtci5pb2IG",
+            "cHJvdG8z"));
       descriptor = pbr::FileDescriptor.FromGeneratedCode(descriptorData,
           new pbr::FileDescriptor[] { },
           new pbr::GeneratedClrTypeInfo(null, new pbr::GeneratedClrTypeInfo[] {
-            new pbr::GeneratedClrTypeInfo(typeof(global::Tango.PMR.IO.GetStorageInfoResponse), global::Tango.PMR.IO.GetStorageInfoResponse.Parser, null, null, null, null)
+            new pbr::GeneratedClrTypeInfo(typeof(global::Tango.PMR.IO.GetStorageInfoResponse), global::Tango.PMR.IO.GetStorageInfoResponse.Parser, new[]{ "Capacity", "FreeSpace" }, null, null, null)
           }));
     }
     #endregion
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ namespace Tango.PMR.IO {
 
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
     public GetStorageInfoResponse(GetStorageInfoResponse other) : this() {
+      capacity_ = other.capacity_;
+      freeSpace_ = other.freeSpace_;
     }
 
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
@@ -66,6 +69,28 @@ namespace Tango.PMR.IO {
       return new GetStorageInfoResponse(this);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Field number for the "Capacity" field.</summary>
+    public const int CapacityFieldNumber = 1;
+    private int capacity_;
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    public int Capacity {
+      get { return capacity_; }
+      set {
+        capacity_ = value;
+      }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Field number for the "FreeSpace" field.</summary>
+    public const int FreeSpaceFieldNumber = 2;
+    private int freeSpace_;
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    public int FreeSpace {
+      get { return freeSpace_; }
+      set {
+        freeSpace_ = value;
+      }
+    }
+
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
     public override bool Equals(object other) {
       return Equals(other as GetStorageInfoResponse);
@@ -79,12 +104,16 @@ namespace Tango.PMR.IO {
       if (ReferenceEquals(other, this)) {
         return true;
       }
+      if (Capacity != other.Capacity) return false;
+      if (FreeSpace != other.FreeSpace) return false;
       return true;
     }
 
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
     public override int GetHashCode() {
       int hash = 1;
+      if (Capacity != 0) hash ^= Capacity.GetHashCode();
+      if (FreeSpace != 0) hash ^= FreeSpace.GetHashCode();
       return hash;
     }
 
@@ -95,11 +124,25 @@ namespace Tango.PMR.IO {
 
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
     public void WriteTo(pb::CodedOutputStream output) {
+      if (Capacity != 0) {
+        output.WriteRawTag(8);
+        output.WriteInt32(Capacity);
+      }
+      if (FreeSpace != 0) {
+        output.WriteRawTag(16);
+        output.WriteInt32(FreeSpace);
+      }
     }
 
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
     public int CalculateSize() {
       int size = 0;
+      if (Capacity != 0) {
+        size += 1 + pb::CodedOutputStream.ComputeInt32Size(Capacity);
+      }
+      if (FreeSpace != 0) {
+        size += 1 + pb::CodedOutputStream.ComputeInt32Size(FreeSpace);
+      }
       return size;
     }
 
@@ -108,6 +151,12 @@ namespace Tango.PMR.IO {
       if (other == null) {
         return;
       }
+      if (other.Capacity != 0) {
+        Capacity = other.Capacity;
+      }
+      if (other.FreeSpace != 0) {
+        FreeSpace = other.FreeSpace;
+      }
     }
 
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
@@ -118,6 +167,14 @@ namespace Tango.PMR.IO {
           default:
             input.SkipLastField();
             break;
+          case 8: {
+            Capacity = input.ReadInt32();
+            break;
+          }
+          case 16: {
+            FreeSpace = input.ReadInt32();
+            break;
+          }
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/Synchronization/HttpProtoException.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/Synchronization/HttpProtoException.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..431dcdf15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/Synchronization/HttpProtoException.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+// Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
+// source: HttpProtoException.proto
+#pragma warning disable 1591, 0612, 3021
+#region Designer generated code
+
+using pb = global::Google.Protobuf;
+using pbc = global::Google.Protobuf.Collections;
+using pbr = global::Google.Protobuf.Reflection;
+using scg = global::System.Collections.Generic;
+namespace Tango.PMR.Synchronization {
+
+  /// <summary>Holder for reflection information generated from HttpProtoException.proto</summary>
+  public static partial class HttpProtoExceptionReflection {
+
+    #region Descriptor
+    /// <summary>File descriptor for HttpProtoException.proto</summary>
+    public static pbr::FileDescriptor Descriptor {
+      get { return descriptor; }
+    }
+    private static pbr::FileDescriptor descriptor;
+
+    static HttpProtoExceptionReflection() {
+      byte[] descriptorData = global::System.Convert.FromBase64String(
+          string.Concat(
+            "ChhIdHRwUHJvdG9FeGNlcHRpb24ucHJvdG8SGVRhbmdvLlBNUi5TeW5jaHJv",
+            "bml6YXRpb24iOQoSSHR0cFByb3RvRXhjZXB0aW9uEhIKClN0YXR1c0NvZGUY",
+            "ASABKAUSDwoHTWVzc2FnZRgCIAEoCUIlCiNjb20udHdpbmUudGFuZ28ucG1y",
+            "LnN5bmNocm9uaXphdGlvbmIGcHJvdG8z"));
+      descriptor = pbr::FileDescriptor.FromGeneratedCode(descriptorData,
+          new pbr::FileDescriptor[] { },
+          new pbr::GeneratedClrTypeInfo(null, new pbr::GeneratedClrTypeInfo[] {
+            new pbr::GeneratedClrTypeInfo(typeof(global::Tango.PMR.Synchronization.HttpProtoException), global::Tango.PMR.Synchronization.HttpProtoException.Parser, new[]{ "StatusCode", "Message" }, null, null, null)
+          }));
+    }
+    #endregion
+
+  }
+  #region Messages
+  public sealed partial class HttpProtoException : pb::IMessage<HttpProtoException> {
+    private static readonly pb::MessageParser<HttpProtoException> _parser = new pb::MessageParser<HttpProtoException>(() => new HttpProtoException());
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    public static pb::MessageParser<HttpProtoException> Parser { get { return _parser; } }
+
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    public static pbr::MessageDescriptor Descriptor {
+      get { return global::Tango.PMR.Synchronization.HttpProtoExceptionReflection.Descriptor.MessageTypes[0]; }
+    }
+
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    pbr::MessageDescriptor pb::IMessage.Descriptor {
+      get { return Descriptor; }
+    }
+
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    public HttpProtoException() {
+      OnConstruction();
+    }
+
+    partial void OnConstruction();
+
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    public HttpProtoException(HttpProtoException other) : this() {
+      statusCode_ = other.statusCode_;
+      message_ = other.message_;
+    }
+
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    public HttpProtoException Clone() {
+      return new HttpProtoException(this);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Field number for the "StatusCode" field.</summary>
+    public const int StatusCodeFieldNumber = 1;
+    private int statusCode_;
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    public int StatusCode {
+      get { return statusCode_; }
+      set {
+        statusCode_ = value;
+      }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Field number for the "Message" field.</summary>
+    public const int MessageFieldNumber = 2;
+    private string message_ = "";
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    public string Message {
+      get { return message_; }
+      set {
+        message_ = pb::ProtoPreconditions.CheckNotNull(value, "value");
+      }
+    }
+
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    public override bool Equals(object other) {
+      return Equals(other as HttpProtoException);
+    }
+
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    public bool Equals(HttpProtoException other) {
+      if (ReferenceEquals(other, null)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (ReferenceEquals(other, this)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+      if (StatusCode != other.StatusCode) return false;
+      if (Message != other.Message) return false;
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    public override int GetHashCode() {
+      int hash = 1;
+      if (StatusCode != 0) hash ^= StatusCode.GetHashCode();
+      if (Message.Length != 0) hash ^= Message.GetHashCode();
+      return hash;
+    }
+
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    public override string ToString() {
+      return pb::JsonFormatter.ToDiagnosticString(this);
+    }
+
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    public void WriteTo(pb::CodedOutputStream output) {
+      if (StatusCode != 0) {
+        output.WriteRawTag(8);
+        output.WriteInt32(StatusCode);
+      }
+      if (Message.Length != 0) {
+        output.WriteRawTag(18);
+        output.WriteString(Message);
+      }
+    }
+
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    public int CalculateSize() {
+      int size = 0;
+      if (StatusCode != 0) {
+        size += 1 + pb::CodedOutputStream.ComputeInt32Size(StatusCode);
+      }
+      if (Message.Length != 0) {
+        size += 1 + pb::CodedOutputStream.ComputeStringSize(Message);
+      }
+      return size;
+    }
+
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    public void MergeFrom(HttpProtoException other) {
+      if (other == null) {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (other.StatusCode != 0) {
+        StatusCode = other.StatusCode;
+      }
+      if (other.Message.Length != 0) {
+        Message = other.Message;
+      }
+    }
+
+    [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute]
+    public void MergeFrom(pb::CodedInputStream input) {
+      uint tag;
+      while ((tag = input.ReadTag()) != 0) {
+        switch(tag) {
+          default:
+            input.SkipLastField();
+            break;
+          case 8: {
+            StatusCode = input.ReadInt32();
+            break;
+          }
+          case 18: {
+            Message = input.ReadString();
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  #endregion
+
+}
+
+#endregion Designer generated code
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/Tango.PMR.csproj b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/Tango.PMR.csproj
index cdea3a5e8..48d204d0f 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/Tango.PMR.csproj
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/Tango.PMR.csproj
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Printing\UploadProcessParametersResponse.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Printing\WindingMethod.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Synchronization\HttpProtoException.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Synchronization\UpdateDBRequest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Synchronization\UpdateDBResponse.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TangoMessage.cs" />
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ProjectExtensions>
     <VisualStudio>
-      <UserProperties BuildVersion_AssemblyInfoFilename="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" BuildVersion_UpdateAssemblyVersion="True" BuildVersion_BuildVersioningStyle="None.None.Increment.TimeStamp" BuildVersion_UseGlobalSettings="False" BuildVersion_StartDate="2000/1/1" />
+      <UserProperties BuildVersion_StartDate="2000/1/1" BuildVersion_UseGlobalSettings="False" BuildVersion_BuildVersioningStyle="None.None.Increment.TimeStamp" BuildVersion_UpdateAssemblyVersion="True" BuildVersion_AssemblyInfoFilename="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
 </Project>
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diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Transport/Tango.Transport.csproj b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Transport/Tango.Transport.csproj
index ead68f9cc..e3bf302c5 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Transport/Tango.Transport.csproj
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Transport/Tango.Transport.csproj
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
       <HintPath>..\packages\System.Reactive.Windows.Threading.3.1.1\lib\net45\System.Reactive.Windows.Threading.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System.ServiceModel" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Web" />
     <Reference Include="System.Windows" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
     <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <ProjectExtensions>
     <VisualStudio>
-      <UserProperties BuildVersion_StartDate="2000/1/1" BuildVersion_UseGlobalSettings="False" BuildVersion_BuildVersioningStyle="None.None.Increment.TimeStamp" BuildVersion_UpdateAssemblyVersion="True" BuildVersion_AssemblyInfoFilename="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+      <UserProperties BuildVersion_AssemblyInfoFilename="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" BuildVersion_UpdateAssemblyVersion="True" BuildVersion_BuildVersioningStyle="None.None.Increment.TimeStamp" BuildVersion_UseGlobalSettings="False" BuildVersion_StartDate="2000/1/1" />
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
 </Project>
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diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Transport/Web/ProtoWebClient.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Transport/Web/ProtoWebClient.cs
index 43ff482fd..7f8beef04 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Transport/Web/ProtoWebClient.cs
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Transport/Web/ProtoWebClient.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Web;
+using Tango.PMR.Synchronization;
 
 namespace Tango.Transport.Web
 {
@@ -26,8 +28,15 @@ namespace Tango.Transport.Web
                 req.Headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-protobuf");
 
                 var response = _httpClient.PostAsync(url, req).Result;
+
                 var data = response.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync().Result;
 
+                if (response.StatusCode != System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK)
+                {
+                    HttpProtoException exception = HttpProtoException.Parser.ParseFrom(data);
+                    throw new HttpException(exception.StatusCode, exception.Message);
+                }
+
                 Response dummy = Activator.CreateInstance<Response>() as Response;
 
                 return dummy.GetParser().ParseFrom(data) as Response;
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/App_Start/WebApiConfig.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/App_Start/WebApiConfig.cs
index 28968684e..3129482cb 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/App_Start/WebApiConfig.cs
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/App_Start/WebApiConfig.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Web.Http;
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@ namespace Tango.MachineService
             defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional });
 
             config.Formatters.Insert(0, new ProtoBufFormatter());
+            config.Formatters.Insert(1, new JsonNetFormatter(new JsonSerializerSettings()
+            {
+                PreserveReferencesHandling = PreserveReferencesHandling.All,
+            }));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/Controllers/SynchronizationController.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/Controllers/SynchronizationController.cs
index 06c1a4a23..51cf6f96b 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/Controllers/SynchronizationController.cs
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/Controllers/SynchronizationController.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using Google.Protobuf;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Configuration;
@@ -10,10 +11,13 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Web.Hosting;
 using System.Web.Http;
 using Tango.BL;
+using Tango.BL.Builders;
+using Tango.BL.Entities;
 using Tango.Core.DB;
 using Tango.Core.Helpers;
 using Tango.Core.IO;
 using Tango.Logging;
+using Tango.MachineService.Models;
 using Tango.PMR.Stubs;
 using Tango.PMR.Synchronization;
 using Tango.Synchronization.Local;
@@ -86,13 +90,14 @@ namespace Tango.MachineService.Controllers
                     String serial_number = request.SerialNumber;
 
                     var machine = db.Machines.SingleOrDefault(x => x.SerialNumber == serial_number);
-                    var machine_version = db.MachineVersions.SingleOrDefault(x => x.Guid == machine.MachineVersionGuid);
 
                     if (machine == null)
                     {
-                        OnError(HttpStatusCode.NotFound, "The specified serial number could not be found.");
+                        ThrowError(HttpStatusCode.NotFound, "The specified serial number could not be found.");
                     }
 
+                    var machine_version = db.MachineVersions.SingleOrDefault(x => x.Guid == machine.MachineVersionGuid);
+
                     var latest_machine_version = db.TangoVersions.Where(x => x.MachineVersionGuid == machine_version.Guid).ToList().OrderByDescending(x => Version.Parse(x.Version)).FirstOrDefault();
 
                     response.Version = latest_machine_version.Version;
@@ -125,7 +130,7 @@ namespace Tango.MachineService.Controllers
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 logManager.Log(ex);
-                OnError(HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError, ex.Message);
+                throw;
             }
 
             return response;
@@ -274,8 +279,27 @@ namespace Tango.MachineService.Controllers
             return response;
         }
 
+        [HttpPost]
+        public Machine PersonTest(Person p)
+        {
+            using (var db = ObservablesContext.CreateDefault(GetLocalServerAddress()))
+            {
+                var machine = new MachineBuilder(db)
+                    .Set(x => x.SerialNumber == "1111")
+                    .WithOrganization()
+                    .WithConfiguration().Build();
+
+                return machine;
+            }
+        }
+
         #region Helpers
 
+        private void ThrowError(HttpStatusCode code, String message)
+        {
+            throw new WebApiException(code, message);
+        }
+
         private void OnError(HttpStatusCode code, String message)
         {
             throw new HttpResponseException(Request.CreateErrorResponse(code, message));
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/JsonNetFormatter.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/JsonNetFormatter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7cadceb0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/JsonNetFormatter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Net.Http.Formatting;
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Web;
+using Tango.BL;
+
+namespace Tango.MachineService
+{
+    public class JsonNetFormatter : MediaTypeFormatter
+    {
+        private class JsonIgnoreAttributeIgnorerContractResolver : DefaultContractResolver
+        {
+            protected override JsonProperty CreateProperty(MemberInfo member, MemberSerialization memberSerialization)
+            {
+                var property = base.CreateProperty(member, memberSerialization);
+
+                if (typeof(IObservableEntity).IsAssignableFrom(property.PropertyType))
+                {
+                    property.Ignored = false;
+                }
+                return property;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private JsonSerializerSettings _jsonSerializerSettings;
+
+        public JsonNetFormatter(JsonSerializerSettings jsonSerializerSettings)
+        {
+            _jsonSerializerSettings = jsonSerializerSettings ?? new JsonSerializerSettings();
+            _jsonSerializerSettings.ContractResolver = new JsonIgnoreAttributeIgnorerContractResolver();
+
+            SupportedMediaTypes.Add(new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/json"));
+        }
+
+        public override bool CanReadType(Type type)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public override bool CanWriteType(Type type)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public override Task<object> ReadFromStreamAsync(Type type, Stream readStream, HttpContent content, IFormatterLogger formatterLogger)
+        {
+            // Create a serializer
+            JsonSerializer serializer = JsonSerializer.Create(_jsonSerializerSettings);
+
+            // Create task reading the content
+            return Task.Factory.StartNew(() =>
+            {
+                using (StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(readStream))
+                {
+                    using (JsonTextReader jsonTextReader = new JsonTextReader(streamReader))
+                    {
+                        return serializer.Deserialize(jsonTextReader, type);
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
+        public override Task WriteToStreamAsync(Type type, object value, Stream writeStream, HttpContent content, TransportContext transportContext)
+        {
+            // Create a serializer
+            JsonSerializer serializer = JsonSerializer.Create(_jsonSerializerSettings);
+
+            // Create task writing the serialized content
+            return Task.Factory.StartNew(() =>
+            {
+                using (JsonTextWriter jsonTextWriter = new JsonTextWriter(new StreamWriter(writeStream)) { CloseOutput = false })
+                {
+                    serializer.Serialize(jsonTextWriter, value);
+                    jsonTextWriter.Flush();
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/ProtoBufFormatter.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/ProtoBufFormatter.cs
index 529cbde54..ef233df7d 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/ProtoBufFormatter.cs
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/ProtoBufFormatter.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Net.Http.Formatting;
 using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Web.Http;
 using Tango.PMR.Stubs;
+using Tango.PMR.Synchronization;
 
 namespace Tango.MachineService
 {
@@ -98,10 +100,10 @@ namespace Tango.MachineService
         /// <returns></returns>
         public override Task WriteToStreamAsync(Type type, object value, Stream stream, HttpContent content, TransportContext transportContext)
         {
+            var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<object>();
+
             if (value is IMessage)
             {
-                var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<object>();
-
                 try
                 {
                     (value as IMessage).WriteTo(stream);
@@ -114,6 +116,26 @@ namespace Tango.MachineService
 
                 return tcs.Task;
             }
+            else if (value is HttpError)
+            {
+                var httpError = value as HttpError;
+
+                try
+                {
+                    HttpProtoException msg = new HttpProtoException();
+                    msg.Message = httpError.ExceptionMessage;
+                    msg.StatusCode = (int)HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError;
+
+                    msg.WriteTo(stream);
+                    tcs.SetResult(null);
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    tcs.SetException(ex);
+                }
+
+                return tcs.Task;
+            }
 
             return base.WriteToStreamAsync(type, value, stream, content, transportContext);
         }
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/Tango.MachineService.csproj b/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/Tango.MachineService.csproj
index 6b3b7069d..f3b4a228e 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/Tango.MachineService.csproj
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/Tango.MachineService.csproj
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="App_Start\BundleConfig.cs" />
     <Compile Include="App_Start\FilterConfig.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="JsonNetFormatter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ProtoBufFormatter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="App_Start\RouteConfig.cs" />
     <Compile Include="App_Start\WebApiConfig.cs" />
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Models\Person.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="WebApiException.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="Global.asax" />
@@ -255,7 +257,7 @@
           <SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>False</SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>
         </WebProjectProperties>
       </FlavorProperties>
-      <UserProperties BuildVersion_AssemblyInfoFilename="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" BuildVersion_UpdateAssemblyVersion="True" BuildVersion_BuildVersioningStyle="None.None.Increment.TimeStamp" BuildVersion_UseGlobalSettings="False" BuildVersion_StartDate="2000/1/1" />
+      <UserProperties BuildVersion_StartDate="2000/1/1" BuildVersion_UseGlobalSettings="False" BuildVersion_BuildVersioningStyle="None.None.Increment.TimeStamp" BuildVersion_UpdateAssemblyVersion="True" BuildVersion_AssemblyInfoFilename="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/WebApiException.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/WebApiException.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a52a0ce6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Web/Tango.MachineService/WebApiException.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Web;
+
+namespace Tango.MachineService
+{
+    public class WebApiException : Exception
+    {
+        public HttpStatusCode StatusCode { get; set; }
+
+        public WebApiException(HttpStatusCode statusCode, String message) : base(message)
+        {
+            StatusCode = statusCode;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file