minor log message adjustment to facilitate inspection
re-enable platform launch test with network of 13 platforms and 8 instruments (the current number of enabled instrument simulator instances)
implement overall "connection lost" handling, including reconnection
merge upstream/master and resolve some minor conflicts
minor
fix typo in log
minor logging adjustments
update RSN-OMS verification program per email today
skipping test_13_platforms_and_8_instruments while I hear from folks about
email sent on 4/30
adjustment while testing against external simulator
handlers added per 5/1/13 email from RSN
Lost connection handling implemented, including re-connection logic
ignore reception of data when not monitoring
simulator process can now shutdown itself after a given period of inactivity
merge upstream/master and resolve some minor conflicts
merge upstream/master and resolve conflicts
merge upstream/master
directly bump some submodules to reflect commits in master
add a simple heartbeat to keep the simulator process up while the tests are
running (many tested operations do not necessarily keep making requests to
the simulator)
temporarily commenting out AgentAlertManager related additions as they are  somehow conflicting with the aggregate status manager -- will investigate this but for now I need to merge
 a bunch of other additions related with the lost connection handling