RTI Admin Console
7.3.0
Copyrights and Notices
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. Filter Graph Info
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
Security Plugins
2.2.9.1. Before Using
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. Python and Graphical Data Publishing interoperability
2.2.11.3. Configuring the scenario
2.2.11.4. Creating an Admin Console publication
2.2.11.5. Publication View
2.2.11.6. Publishing samples
2.2.11.7. Working with the Sample Queue
2.2.11.8. Interaction with Sample Log
2.2.11.9. Create an Admin Console publication for undiscovered topics
2.2.11.10. 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. Data Visualization Preferences
2.4.6.4. Health Preferences
2.4.6.5. Logging Preferences
2.4.6.6. Notification Preferences
2.4.6.7. Python Preferences
2.4.6.8. Security Preferences
2.4.7. Discovery Data Export/Import
2.4.7.1. Obfuscation
2.4.7.2. Limitations
2.4.8. Load Data Type Files
2.4.9. Views
2.4.9.1. Physical View
2.4.9.2. DDS Logical View
2.4.9.3. Processes View
2.4.9.4. Health View
2.4.9.5. Match Analyses View
2.4.9.6. DDS Data Type View
2.4.9.7. DDS QoS View
2.4.9.8. System View
2.4.9.9. Topic View
2.4.9.10. Domain View
2.4.9.11. Host View
2.4.9.12. Process View
2.4.9.13. Routing Service View (6.0.0 and later)
2.4.9.14. Routing Service View (pre-6.0.0)
2.4.9.15. Recording & Replay Services View (6.0.0 and later)
2.4.9.16. Recording Service View (pre-6.0.0)
2.4.9.17. Replay Service View (pre-6.0.0)
2.4.9.18. Persistence Service View
2.4.9.19. XML Editor
2.4.9.20. 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 7.3.0 LTS
4.3.1. Connext Python API no longer needs to be manually installed
4.3.2. Support for Python 3.12
4.3.3. Connext Python API and Connext Java API version mismatch warning
4.3.4. New pre-shared key input fields
4.3.5. Cleaner user interface design in Entity Info and Publisher State views
4.3.6. Vertical scrollbars available in all views
4.3.7. Additional support for managing data types
4.3.8. Third-Party software changes
4.4. What’s Fixed in 7.3.0 LTS
4.4.1. Hangs
4.4.1.1.
[Critical]
Admin Console became unresponsiveness in Domain view *
4.4.2. Crashes
4.4.2.1.
[Minor]
Admin Console could have failed when creating a Publisher *
4.4.3. Other
4.4.3.1.
[Critical]
Admin Console became unresponsive when creating publication for unbounded sequences *
4.4.3.2.
[Minor]
An exception may have been triggered when changing security settings *
4.4.3.3.
[Minor]
Mouse scrolling did not work in Publication View *
4.4.3.4.
[Minor]
Graphical Data Publishing may have sent the same sample multiple times *
4.4.3.5.
[Minor]
Unions not correctly initialized when using code example for unions containing structs *
4.4.3.6.
[Minor]
Admin Console failed to locate the Python shared libraries in Linux *
4.4.3.7.
[Minor]
Generated code may have contained incorrect characters *
4.4.3.8.
[Minor]
Some data types could not display in Graphical Data Publishing Sample Queue view *
4.4.3.9.
[Trivial]
Clear button in Publication view did not display properly *
4.4.3.10.
[Trivial]
Empty pre-shared key improperly allowed in configuration *
4.4.3.11.
[Trivial]
RTI Launcher and RTI Admin Console splash screen improperly displayed in MacOS 14 *
4.5. Previous Releases
4.5.1. What’s New in 7.2.0
4.5.1.1. Graphical Data Publishing is no longer experimental
4.5.1.2. The Discovery file name displays in the title bar when working with offline data
4.5.1.3. Improvements to Admin Console tree views
4.5.1.4. Admin Console now reports a mismatch for the instance state consistency QoS
4.5.1.5. DDS Data Type table can be exported to shareable CSV file
4.5.1.6. Support for mutable security properties
4.5.1.7. Integration with instance state consistency enhancements
4.5.1.8. Publisher and Subscriber entity names now default to their entity kind
4.5.1.9. Third-Party software changes
4.5.2. What’s Fixed in 7.2.0
4.5.2.1.
[Critical]
RTI Connext Python installation was not checked when creating publication *
4.5.2.2.
[Critical]
Admin Console froze when displaying information about a member in an unbounded sequence
4.5.2.3.
[Major]
Logical view was empty after discovery import *
4.5.2.4.
[Major]
Admin Console failed when executing generated Python Code *
4.5.2.5.
[Major]
Errors received when subscribed to a Topic and invalid discriminators received
4.5.2.6.
[Minor]
Some icons and entities did not display as expected when using Security *
4.5.2.7.
[Minor]
DDS Data Type View unlink button did not work as designed *
4.5.2.8.
[Minor]
VxWorks process identifiers caused issues in Admin Console
4.5.2.9.
[Minor]
Incomplete context menu in Topic View *
4.5.2.10.
[Minor]
Error message incorrectly triggered when monitoring information was not available
4.5.2.11.
[Trivial]
Documentation links in Match Analyses View pointed to 6.0.1 documents
4.5.3. What’s New in 7.1.0
4.5.3.1. Improved startup by reducing discovery traffic
4.5.3.2. Ability to publish samples
4.5.3.3. Distributed Logger ‘message’ topic now visible from custom implementations
4.5.3.4. Security information and match analysis updates
4.5.3.5. Support for Dynamic Certificate Expiration and Pre-Shared Key Protection
4.5.3.6. New Platforms
4.5.3.7. Use of JEP Third-Party Software
4.5.3.8. Third-Party Software Upgrades
4.5.4. What’s Fixed in 7.1.0
4.5.4.1. Fixes Related to Debuggability
4.5.4.2. Fixes Related to Usability
4.5.4.3. Fixes Related to Vulnerabilities
4.5.4.4. Other Fixes
4.5.5. What’s New in 7.0.0
4.5.5.1. Updated Security Settings
4.5.5.2. Support for Partitions at the DomainParticipant level
4.5.5.3. Larger DomainParticipant liveliness assertion period
4.5.6. What’s Fixed in 7.0.0
4.5.6.1.
[Critical]
Admin Console did not work with Limited Bandwidth Plugins
4.5.6.2.
[Major]
Unable to start some tools on Windows systems in certain cases
4.5.6.3.
[Minor]
Unsigned types did not display correctly
4.5.6.4.
[Minor]
Export/Import of Discovery data may have shown false mismatched types
4.5.6.5.
[Minor]
Removed XML type files were not removed from Admin Console’s settings
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. Admin Console incompatible with RTI Routing Service configurations that use DomainParticipant Name QoS
4.6.6. Admin Console views restored when Admin Console is restarted
4.6.7. Admin Console potential crash on Linux systems when security is enabled
RTI Admin Console
Index
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