// tempStart = System.currentTimeMillis();
// }
//FIXME - we are trying this w/o synchronization
//synchronized(thePipe) {
try {
thePipe.sendMessage(ackMsg);
} catch (IOException ex) {
// FIXME evaluate logging level
if(_pipelogger.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) {
_pipelogger.log(Level.FINE, "PipeWrapper:IOException sending ack message", ex);
}