User manual

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Metasys Ethernet Router Files
DELAY.EXE Allows OSSTART time to initialize before Router
communicates to the COM port. Required
for faster PC platforms.
DOWNLOAD.EXE Downloads the ROUTER.CFG file to other
Metasys Ethernet Routers attached to the
Ethernet network.
CONFIG.EXE Setup screen configuration program for
ROUTER.CFG and PCTCP.INI.
OSSTART.EXE Metasys Ethernet Router startup program
ROUTER.CFG Metasys Ethernet Router configuration file
ROUTER.EXE Metasys Ethernet Router main program
RTOSCTSK.EXE Metasys Ethernet Router startup program
TESTNET.EXE Tests Ethernet communications with other
routers.
Metasys Ethernet Router Main Program (ROUTER.EXE)
The Metasys Ethernet Router is set up to automatically load and run
all of the TCP/IP and router software when the computer is booted.
The Metasys Ethernet Router software first loads some Metasys
kernel software by running OSSTART.EXE, which loads and runs
RTOSCTSK.EXE. The router program, ROUTER.EXE, is then run.
If a terminal emulator is attached to the router, a startup screen
displays when the computer is booted. Once the router software is
running, an operator can type “Q” on the keyboard to terminate the
ROUTER.EXE program. To restart the router software, either
recycle power or reboot from DOS by typing REBOOT.
Ethernet Communications Tests (TESTNET.EXE)
The Testnet program looks at the list of Metasys Ethernet Routers
defined in the ROUTER.CFG files and attempts to communicate
with each of them by issuing TCP/IP Ping commands. The program
produces a summary of the communications with each Metasys
Ethernet Router as shown below.