ORTE - OCERA Real-Time Ethernet

What is it?
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The ORTE is open source implementation of RTPS communication protocol 
defined by Real Time Innovations (http://www.rti.com). 
RTPS is new application layer protocol targeted to real-time communication 
area, which is build on top of standard UDP stack.

Which targets are supported by ORTE?
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UNIX - Linux, Solars, MacOS, FreeBSD
Windows - MinGW, CygWin, MSVC
RTLinux - with preliminary UDP stack
RTAI - with RTNet
JAVA

note: was tested on
sparc-sun-solaris2.9
powerpc-apple-darwin6.8

How to install it?
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simply untar instalation package into desired directory, enter this 
directory and issue following commands.

UserSpace compilation:
./configure
make 
make install

after this procedure ortemanager and orteping are placed in /usr/local/bin
, library in /usr/local/lib and include headers /usr/local/include

RTLinux compilation with wIP:
./configure --with-linux=/patched linux dir/ --with-rtlinux=/rtlinux dir/ --with-rtlinuxwip=/wip dir/
make 
make install

RTLinux compilation with onetd:
./configure --with-linux=/patched linux dir/ --with-rtlinux=/rtlinux dir/ --with-rtlinuxonetd=/onetd dir/
make 
make install

RTAI compilation:
./configure --with-linux=/patched linux dir/ --with-rtai=/rtai dir/ --with-rtnet=/rtnet dir/ 
make 
make install

JAVA compilation:
./configure --with-java=/java home dir/ 
make
make install

How to start?
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run :ortemanager &
see :ortemanager -h for usage
note:ortemanager have to be running during all communication. For future work can 
be added into /etc/init.d/... script for starting ortemanager during boot
of machine. This scripts (redhat and mandrake) are located in 
"orte/manager/rc/ortemanagerd"
For developping a RT application, ortemnager can be running in userspace.
Start it with parameter "-k 192.168.4.2". This address is IP address of 
RT application.

How to test communication?
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in a shell try to type "orteping -p -s". So, now will be created one publisher
and one subscriber with same topic and type. If you see messages like

[root@localhost ORTEPing]# ./orteping -p -s
sent issue 1
received fresh issue 1
sent issue 2
received fresh issue 2
sent issue 3
received fresh issue 3

communication works. If you see only sending messsages, it's sign that ortemanager 
is not probably running.
See "orteping -h" for usaged.

Now, you can develop self applications (see documentation).



Feedback is welcome - send bug reports, enhancements, checks, money
orders, etc. to the address below.

Petr Smolik             petr.smolik@wo.cz