Introduction

INtime is a complex product. There are many parameters to configure which allow a large variety of different solutions using the product. This section describes the configuration process in detail.

The process is different for each product. INtime for Windows and the INtime SDK have a Control Panel application for managing the configuration. INtime Distributed RTOS has a web-based interface to configure the target system.

INtime Distributed RTOS Boot Loader

The INtime Boot Loader can be interrupted to select between boot options.
Just after the BIOS, the INtime Boot Loader shows:

Press ESC to boot now, or any key for boot menu.
INtime Booting in: 5          seconds:

Press any key for boot menu.

INtime Boot Loader options:

help [cmd]

Show help

boot

Boot INtime

debug [no | console | serial]

Set debug mode

exit

Return to UEFI firmware

reset

Reset the PC

set [key val | key]

Set boot environment parameter

show [help mem memall simplefs]

Show system resources - memory areas and Simple File Systems

mode [list | set <mode>]

Show/change video mode

Mode 0: HRes=1600, Vres=1200, Pix=1

Mode 1: HRes=1280, Vres=1024, Pix=1

Mode 2: HRes=1024, Vres=768, Pix=1

Mode 3: HRes=640, Vres=480, Pix=1

Mode 4: HRes=800, Vres=600, Pix=1

Mode 5: HRes=19200, Vres=1080, Pix=1

text [list | set <mode>]

Show/change text mode

0: 25 rows, 80 columns

1: 31 rows, 100 columns

2: 50 rows, 80 columns

3: 63 rows, 200 columns

verbose [on | off]

(Don't) display verbose information during boot

safemode [on | off]

(Don't) boot in safe mode - don't run startup script (/config/nodea/startup.rsc) and disable the node manger (nodemgr.rta).
safemode provides a way to recover from a bad configuration.

INtime Distributed RTOS configuration

INtime Distributed RTOS is configured by a web-based utility located on the target host. It is accessed from any browser.

If you do not know the IP address of the target node you can use the INtime Configuration Panel on the INtime SDK to connect to the INtime Distributed RTOS node:

Open the Node Management applet in the Configuration utility.

Select your node in the left-hand panel. The right-hand panel shows the IP address of the node and gives the option "Configure over network". Click that button to open your default browser pointing to the host's web server.

You will now be prompted to log in to the web configuration utility. Use the "admin" password set during installation. The page opens in the Main tab.

Main

The main screen provides information about the host system.

Configuration setups can be accessed by clicking on the buttons across the top of the screen header.

System

The system screen has settings that affect the whole host system.

Nodes

The nodes screen allows you to add, edit or remove a node, and it shows the memory allocated to each configured node, as well as the CPU cores available on which to create new nodes.

• Click on (add) to create a new node on the given CPU core.
• Click on Remove to remove a configured node (not available for the first node).
• Click on Rename to change the name of a node.
• Click on the node name to edit a node's configuration.
• Allocate Common Memory. Common Memory is reserved physical memory that is made accessible to all nodes.

Nodes: Kernel parameters

After clicking on the node name, the Kernel parameters screen shows node parameters which may be updated. More details about the configuration of the network, initial application loader and advanced settings is available via the links at the bottom of the page.

Devices

The devices screen allows you to assign PCI devices to a dedicated node.

Control

The control screen allows you to start and stop the application nodes (not the boot, or first node), or to restart the system.

Syslog

The syslog screen shows the system log message from applications and system utilities.

TPAT

TenaSys Platform Assessment Tool. Start the DRTOS version of TPAT from this screen.

An example of TPAT running on a DRTOS node.

INshell

The INshell screen allows you to enter commands for the INtime for Distributed RTOS as an alternative to using the console on the host. See the section on INshell commands.

License

The license screen allows you to activate the system by applying a license. See the separate license documentation for full details.

Admin

Use this icon to Change Password, manage users, or Log out of the configuration utility.