RTI Admin Console
7.1.0
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
2.1.1.1. DDS Concepts
2.1.1.2. An Overview of Connext 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
2.2.10. Step 10: Working with DomainParticipant Partitions
2.2.10.1. Configuring the scenario
2.2.10.2. Entity Info about DomainParticipant partitions
2.2.10.3. DomainParticipant partitions in the DDS QoS tab
2.2.10.4. Match Analysis and DomainParticipant partitions
2.2.10.5. Filtering data using DomainParticipant partitions
2.2.10.6. Joining domains with a specific DomainParticipant partition
2.2.10.7. Subscriptions with DomainParticipant partitions
2.2.11. Step 11: Graphical Data Publishing
2.2.11.1. Preparing Admin Console to publish
2.2.11.2. Configuring the scenario
2.2.11.3. Creating an Admin Console publication
2.2.11.4. Publication View
2.2.11.5. Publishing samples
2.2.11.6. Working with the Sample Queue
2.2.11.7. Stopping the publication
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. Edit Participant
2.4.6.3. Health Preferences
2.4.6.4. Logging Preferences
2.4.6.5. Notification Preferences
2.4.6.6. 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 7.1.0
4.3.1. Improved startup by reducing discovery traffic
4.3.2. Ability to publish samples
4.3.3. Distributed Logger ‘message’ topic now visible from custom implementations
4.3.4. Security information and match analysis updates
4.3.5. Support for Dynamic Certificate Expiration and Pre-Shared Key Protection
4.3.6. New Platforms
4.3.7. Use of JEP Third-Party Software
4.3.8. Third-Party Software Upgrades
4.4. What’s Fixed in 7.1.0
4.4.1. Fixes Related to Debuggability
4.4.1.1. Key Status Sometimes Incorrectly Calculated
4.4.2. Fixes Related to Usability
4.4.2.1. Incorrect data representation in QoS view
4.4.2.2. Invalid timestamps incorrectly shown as actual date
4.4.2.3. Previous subscriptions now more reliably restored upon restart
4.4.2.4. Name update for extensible types
4.4.3. Fixes Related to Vulnerabilities
4.4.3.1. Admin Console could hang due to a vulnerability in XStream 1.4.19
4.4.4. Other Fixes
4.4.4.1. Rare race condition could cause unpredictable behavior
4.4.4.2. Error when resubscribing using XML files with an include tag
4.4.4.3. Entity Info Panel may have showed incomplete list of Domain IDs
4.4.4.4. Routing Service view changed the graph view position
4.4.4.5. User’s Manual did not show changes to Preferences dialog related to editing peers
4.5. Previous Release
4.5.1. What’s New in 7.0.0
4.5.1.1. Updated Security Settings
4.5.1.2. Support for Partitions at the DomainParticipant level
4.5.1.3. Larger DomainParticipant liveliness assertion period
4.5.2. What’s Fixed in 7.0.0
4.5.2.1. Unsigned types did not display correctly
4.5.2.2. Export/Import of Discovery data may have shown false mismatched types
4.5.2.3. Removed XML type files were not removed from Admin Console’s settings
4.5.2.4. Unable to start some tools on Windows systems in certain cases
4.5.2.5. Admin Console did not work with Limited Bandwidth Plugins
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
4.6.9. Some dialogs blank when running macOS on Virtual Machine
5. Copyrights and Notices
RTI Admin Console
Index
Index