Add nanosecond timestamp support#659
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Summary
Adds end-to-end nanosecond timestamp support throughout the ACS data pipeline, from edge agent to InfluxDB. Implements Option B from issue #652, repurposing the existing Sparkplug
uint64timestamp field to carry nanoseconds rather than adding a new metric.A value-check heuristic (
< 10¹⁵= milliseconds,≥ 10¹⁵= nanoseconds) ensures backward compatibility during the transition period where old and new edge agents coexist.lib/js-service-client- decoder populatestimestampNs: bigintalongsidetimestamp: Dateon all decoded Sparkplug packets; existing consumers are unaffectedacs-edge- encodes outgoing timestamps as nanoseconds; auto-stamps all incoming driver data at nanosecond precision viaprocess.hrtime.bigint(); extractstimestampNsfrom JSON driver payloadsuns-ingester-sparkplug- modifies UNS JSON payloads to reflect nanosecond precision intimestamphistorian-sparkplug- writes nanosecond timestamps to InfluxDB atnsprecisionhistorian-uns- readstimestampfrom UNS payloads and writes to InfluxDB atnsprecisionDriver usage
No changes required for existing drivers. To supply a source nanosecond timestamp from a new driver, include
timestampNsas a numeric string in the JSON payload:{ "value": 123.45, "timestampNs": "1779983216100923659" }If absent, the edge agent automatically stamps values using process.hrtime.bigint().
How to test
timestampthat now has nanosecond precisionKnown gaps
Closes #652