Instruction manual

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SECTION 3. GETTING STARTED WITH RTMS
3.1 RTMS INSTALLATION
To install RTMS, select a full OS/2 screen or an
OS/2 window. Change to the drive containing
the RTMS disk #1. At the OS/2 prompt type
INSTALL followed by ENTER. Follow the
prompts given. The installation program allows
the user to select whether it should modify the
CONFIG.SYS file. When the changes are
enabled, the install program:
• Adds the RTMS directory to the SET PATH
directories.
• Adds the RTMS directory to the LIBPATH
directories.
• Adds the RTMS directory to the SET HELP
directories.
The installation program also allows the
selection of the subdirectories where the
programs will be installed. The default directory
is C:\RTMS. A data directory is also specified.
This directory will be used to store initialization
files, datalogger program file, log files, etc.
needed for RTMS. Normally datalogger data
files will be stored in subdirectories under the
data directory.
The installation program creates an RTMS
folder on the OS/2 desktop. This folder
contains ICONS for NetAdmin, RTM, DBSelect,
and EDLOG (DOS) (see Figure 3-1).
NOTE: EDLOG is a DOS program and
needs to be added to the OS/2 DOS PATH
before it can be used. The RTMS install
program does not do this as part of the
installation.
To add EDLOG to the path, start a DOS
session (full screen or windowed), change to
the root directory (CD\), and edit the
Autoexec.Bat file (EDIT AUTOEXEC.BAT).
Find the path statement and add the directory
where RTMS was installed. For example, the
following sample path statement:
PATH
C:\OS2;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;
should be changed to:
PATH
C:\OS2;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2
;C:\RTMS;
if RTMS was installed in the C:\RTMS
subdirectory.
3.2 GETTING HELP WITH RTMS
PROGRAMS
The RTMS programs offer on-line help. Most
parameters and menu selections have help
available. Pressing F1 while an option is
highlighted will provide context-sensitive help.
Selecting the HELP button or selecting HELP
on the menu will also provide information about
specific parameters.
FIGURE 3-1. Contents of the RTMS Folder