The RTmon Process

You can monitor and manage your entire SmartSockets project using an RTmon process. The RTmon is a standard RTclient that is non-intrusive, allowing you to monitor and manage information about your project without changing the running processes. RTmon also provides real-time system usage information on processes, such as CPU and memory resources.

You can access RTmon using the RTmon Graphical Development Interface (GDI) or through a built-in command-oriented interface called the RTmon Command Interface (CI).

The RTmon GDI is a graphical point-and-click tool that is intuitive and easy to use. RTmon supports many management sessions concurrently, providing real-time information using multiple RTclient windows. This chapter presents detailed information about invoking and using the RTmon GDI.

The RTmon GDI has been deprecated and may be removed in a future release.

The CI, also referred to as RTmon runtime, is a command-oriented interface for monitoring and managing your SmartSockets project.

The RTmon GDI runs as a separate process from the CI. Commands initiated in the RTmon GDI are sent to RTmon CI to be executed. The RTmon CI, in turn, calls on the TipcMon* API to execute the command. For example, initiating a poll command executes a TipcMonTypePoll function, and initiating a watch command executes a TipcMonTypeSetWatch function. Results are returned in standard monitoring message types to the RTmon CI and then sent on to the RTmon GDI for display.

It is assumed you are already familiar with using standard GDIs, including mouse functions, graphical views, hierarchical pull-down menus, and so on.