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The Basics

This document covers the changes needed to the users environment, and the steps required to connect to the real time systems in the lab.
The setup of the lab

Environment Changes

This goes over some of the changes needed to the users environment variables to access and use the VxWorks real time system.
Setting Up the Environment

Tutorial

This is a simple but important walk through of the basic setup; it has examples of:
  • logging into the rt-lab1 server,
  • launching the tornado IDE,
  • Connecting to the target system, and
  • Loading and executing tasks.
    Tutorial

    Makefiles

    Covers the basic use of makefiles, and lists summaries of the VxWorks libraries.
    MakeFiles

    System ShutDown

    The sequence for shutting down the inter-computer connections, and the various applications.
    System Shutdown

    Trouble Shooting

    Check here for solutions to some of the common problems encountered in setting up and using the hardware and software.
    Trouble-Shooting

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    Author: Jim Gunderson
    Last updated: Jan 20, 2000 by TJ Highley