RTI Admin Console
6.1.1
1. Introduction
1.1. How to Read this Documentation
1.2. Getting Started with Admin Console
1.3. Finding the Examples
2. Administration
2.1. Getting Started
2.1.1. An Introduction to Connext DDS
2.1.1.1. DDS Concepts
2.1.1.2. An Overview of Connext DDS Objects
2.1.1.3. DomainParticipants
2.1.1.4. Finding and Selecting DDS Entities in Admin Console
2.1.1.5. What is QoS?
2.1.1.6. Inspecting QoS Values in Admin Console
2.1.1.7. Publishers and DataWriters
2.1.1.8. Subscribers and DataReaders
2.1.1.9. Topics
2.1.1.10. Keys and DDS Samples
2.1.1.11. Match Analysis
2.1.1.12. Discovery
2.1.2. System Visualization
2.1.2.1. Graphical Visualization
2.1.2.2. Graphical Components
2.1.2.3. Graph Toolbar
2.1.2.4. Entity Info
2.1.2.5. Data Filtering
2.1.2.6. Graph Interaction
2.1.3. Admin Console Setup
2.1.3.1. Domain Setup
2.1.3.2. RTI Services Setup
2.1.3.3. Troubleshooting Admin Console
2.2. Tutorial
2.2.1. Step 1: System Setup
2.2.2. Step 2: Distributed System at a Glance
2.2.2.1. Physical and DDS Logical Trees
2.2.2.2. System Overview
2.2.2.3. Processes Table
2.2.3. Step 3: System Visualization
2.2.3.1. How Entities are Represented
2.2.3.2. System View
2.2.3.3. Domain View
2.2.3.4. Topic View
2.2.3.5. Process View
2.2.4. Step 4: Routing Service
2.2.4.1. Routing Service Graph View
2.2.4.2. Configuration View
2.2.4.3. Hierarchical (tree) View
2.2.4.4. Statistics view
2.2.4.5. Graphical View
2.2.4.6. DDS Entities
2.2.4.7. Log
2.2.4.8. RTI Routing Service Information
2.2.4.9. Resource Charts Tab
2.2.5. Step 5: Recording Service
2.2.5.1. Recording Entities
2.2.5.2. Recording Configuration
2.2.5.3. Graphical View
2.2.5.4. DDS Entities
2.2.5.5. RTI Recording Service Information
2.2.5.6. Resource Charts
2.2.6. Step 6: Distributed Log View
2.2.6.1. Log Settings
2.2.7. Step 7: Distributed Debugging with the Topic View
2.2.8. Step 8: Customize the Layout
2.2.8.1. Docking
2.2.8.2. Maximizing a View
2.2.9. Step 9: Working with RTI Security Plugins
2.2.9.1. Before Using RTI Security Plugins in Admin Console
2.2.9.2. Configuring Security in Admin Console
2.3. Features Overview
2.3.1. Match Analysis
2.3.2. System Overview
2.3.3. Service Administration
2.3.4. Performance Monitoring
2.3.5. Distributed Logging Display
2.3.6. Discovery Data Export/Import
2.3.7. Retrieving & Editing Service Configuration
2.3.8. Customizable View Layout
2.4. Administration Features Reference
2.4.1. Admin Console Data Sources
2.4.2. Host Names and Process IDs
2.4.3. Publisher and Subscriber Names
2.4.4. Health
2.4.5. Toolbar
2.4.6. Preferences
2.4.6.1. Administration Preferences
2.4.6.2. Health Preferences
2.4.6.3. Logging Preferences
2.4.6.4. Notification Preferences
2.4.6.5. Security Preferences
2.4.7. Discovery Data Export/Import
2.4.7.1. Obfuscation
2.4.7.2. Limitations
2.4.8. Views
2.4.8.1. Physical View
2.4.8.2. DDS Logical View
2.4.8.3. Processes View
2.4.8.4. Health View
2.4.8.5. Match Analyses View
2.4.8.6. DDS Data Type View
2.4.8.7. DDS QoS View
2.4.8.8. System View
2.4.8.9. Topic View
2.4.8.10. Domain View
2.4.8.11. Host View
2.4.8.12. Process View
2.4.8.13. Routing Service View (6.0.0 and later)
2.4.8.14. Routing Service View (pre-6.0.0)
2.4.8.15. Recording & Replay Services View (6.0.0 and later)
2.4.8.16. Recording Service View (pre-6.0.0)
2.4.8.17. Replay Service View (pre-6.0.0)
2.4.8.18. Persistence Service View
2.4.8.19. XML Editor
2.4.8.20. Console Log View
3. Data Visualization
3.1. Getting Started with Data Visualization
3.1.1. Preparation
3.1.2. Step 1: Switch to the Data Visualization Perspective
3.1.3. Step 2: Open the Topic Data Tab
3.1.4. Step 3: Subscribe to a Topic
3.1.5. Step 4: Use the Topic Data Tab and Sample Inspector
3.1.6. Step 5: Use the Sample Log
3.1.6.1. Configure the Sample Log
3.1.6.2. Add Topics to a Sample Log
3.1.6.3. Inspect a Sample
3.1.7. Step 6: Use the Time Chart
3.1.7.1. Configure the Time Chart
3.1.7.2. Add Signals to the Time Chart
3.1.7.3. Use the Time Chart Toolbar
3.1.7.4. Plot Historical Data
3.1.8. Step 7: Set Preferences
3.2. Data Visualization Features Reference
3.2.1. Subscribe/Unsubscribe to a Topic
3.2.1.1. Subscribe to a Topic
3.2.1.2. Unsubscribe to a Topic
3.2.2. Create Subscription Dialog
3.2.2.1. Basic Settings
3.2.2.2. Advanced Settings
3.2.3. Subscription Properties Dialog
3.2.4. Topic Data Tab
3.2.4.1. Actions
3.2.4.2. Instance Table
3.2.5. Sample Inspector
3.2.5.1. Toolbar Actions
3.2.5.2. Context Menu Actions
3.2.5.3. Drag & Drop
3.2.6. Sample Log
3.2.6.1. Sample Log Configuration Dialog
3.2.7. Time Chart
3.2.7.1. View Toolbar/Context Menu Actions
3.2.7.2. Side Panel
3.2.7.3. Time Chart Operations
3.2.7.4. Time Chart Configuration Dialog
3.2.8. Preferences
4. Release Notes
4.1. Supported Platforms
4.2. Compatibility
4.3. What’s New in 6.1.1
4.3.1. Admin Console Help now Viewable as Separate Manual Outside Application
4.3.2. Validation of macOS 11 on x64 CPUs
4.3.3. Changes to make data type and QoS parsing robust against XXE attacks
4.3.4. Third-Party Software Upgrades
4.4. What’s Fixed in 6.1.1
4.4.1. Zoom Level in Routing Service Graph was Reset after an Update
4.4.2. Process View Showed Multiple Log Tabs
4.4.3. Some Entities no Longer Appeared in Routing Service Graph after an Update
4.4.4. Admin Console Failed on Linux Platforms when Closing Windows with Embedded Web Content
4.4.5. QoS for Childless Publishers/Subscribers not Displayed
4.4.6. Admin Console may have Reported a Mismatch that Should have been a Match
4.4.7. Admin Console Crashed when using Wayland Windowing System
4.4.8. Admin Console Failed to Subscribe to Topics under Certain Circumstances
4.4.9. Broken Documentation Links in Real-Time WAN Transport Dialog
4.4.10. Crash when using an Unsupported GTK Version
4.4.11. Process Information showed Incorrect Version Number for RTI Connext Micro
4.4.12. Domain View Graph Stayed Open after User Manually Left the Domain
4.4.13. Routing Service Graph Showed Wrong Names for Some Entities
4.4.14. Admin Console Views Sometimes Obscured
4.4.15. Admin Console showed writer_depth in QoS Tree View when it was not Available
4.4.16. Admin Console may have Failed when Providing Process ID for Some Processes
4.4.17. Incorrect Units Displayed in Routing Service User Interface
4.4.18. Failure to Import Discovery Information if topic_data Present
4.4.19. High CPU usage by Admin Console
4.4.20. Admin Console did not correctly delete Publisher and Subscriber Entities
4.4.21. Admin Console may have failed on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Systems
4.4.22. Fixes related to vulnerabilities
4.4.22.1. Arbitrary code execution in Admin Console upon loading malicious Discovery XML data file due to vulnerabilities in XStream
4.5. Previous Release
4.5.1. What’s New in 6.1.0
4.5.1.1. New platforms
4.5.1.2. Removed platforms
4.5.1.3. Admin Console now remembers information used to subscribe to Topics
4.5.1.4. Simplified QoS profile
4.5.1.5. Added filter for data types when creating subscriptions
4.5.1.6. Ability to copy QoS values from DDS QoS tab
4.5.1.7. Support for loading data types from multiple XML files
4.5.1.8. Notification when using non-default QoS profile for administration
4.5.1.9. New button to switch to Administration Perspective
4.5.1.10. Match Analyses table rows are now sorted
4.5.1.11. Updated visualization system
4.5.2. What’s Fixed in 6.1.0
4.5.2.1. Exported discovery data was missing RTI Service information
4.5.2.2. Data representation mismatch in matching graph for Routing Service builtin topics
4.5.2.3. RTI topics were not checked for request/offered mismatches
4.5.2.4. DDS Domains in DDS Logical View were not sorted
4.5.2.5. Routing Service user interface missing data
4.5.2.6. Rows in Distributed Log View not correctly colorized on Windows systems
4.5.2.7. Multiple Log tabs could appear
4.5.2.8. Recording and Replay Service interface anomalies
4.5.2.9. Extra DomainParticipants created when subscribing to topics
4.5.2.10. Incorrect display of a data structure that used a non-keyed structure as its key
4.5.2.11. Host IP address appeared as 0.0.0.0
4.5.2.12. Incorrect process information shown for local subscriptions after restart
4.5.2.13. Typo in Admin Console log
4.5.2.14. Security log level “critical” was not usable
4.5.2.15. Admin Console showed wrong maximum annotation for ‘unsigned long long’
4.6. Known Issues
4.6.1. Admin Console may require installing legacy Java SE 6 Runtime on macOS platforms
4.6.2. Preferences dialog shows error message
4.6.3. Limited to single instance of Admin Console on macOS platforms
4.6.4. Limited support for keyed, unbounded sequences
4.6.5. Interaction between Admin Console and RTI Recording Console
4.6.6. Admin Console incompatible with RTI Routing Service configurations that use DomainParticipant Name QoS
4.6.7. Admin Console views restored when Admin Console is restarted
4.6.8. Admin Console potential crash on Linux systems when security is enabled
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