CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface Part I Getting Started 1 Overview of the DEC RT Integrator Graphical User Interface 1.1 What Is DEC RT Integrator? 1.2 DEC RT Integrator Icons 1.3 Hardware Requirements 1.3.1 Optional Hardware Under ULTRIX 1.3.2 Optional Hardware Under VMS 1.4 Software Requirements 1.5 Starting DEC RT Integrator 1.6 Exiting DEC RT Integrator 2 Getting Started with a Demonstration Application 2.1 Opening an Application Window 2.2 Placing Icons on a Worksurface 2.3 Connecting Icons 2.4 Running an Application 2.5 Setting Up an Icon 2.6 Connecting Signals 2.7 Using the Control Panel 2.8 Saving an Application 2.9 Clearing a Worksurface 3 Sample DEC RT Integrator Applications 3.1 Application Using the Binary Output Icon 3.1.1 How to Set Up the Application 3.2 Application Using the Line Plot Icon 3.2.1 How to Set Up the Application 3.3 Application Using the Point Plot Icon 3.3.1 How to Set Up the Application 3.4 Application Using the Switch Input Icon 3.4.1 How to Set Up the Application 3.5 Application Using the Floating-Point IF Icon 3.5.1 How to Set Up the Application 3.6 Applications Using the ASCII Input and Output Icons 3.6.1 How to Set Up the ASCII Output Application 3.6.2 How to Set Up the ASCII Input Application 4 Icon Libraries 4.1 Opening and Closing Icon Libraries 4.2 Hardware Input/Output Icons 4.2.1 Hardware Input/Output Icons for both ULTRIX and VMS 4.2.2 Additional Hardware Device Icons for VMS 4.3 Software Input/Output Icons 4.4 Signal Processing Icons 4.5 Control Icons 4.6 Data Display Icons 4.7 Panel Input Icons 4.8 User-Defined Icons 4.9 Additional Information on Using Icons 5 Using Online Help 5.1 Using the Help Key 5.2 Using Mouse Button 2 (MB2) 5.3 Using the Help Pull-Down Menu 5.3.1 Navigating Through Text 5.3.2 Revisiting Help Topics 5.3.3 Searching for Titles and Keywords 5.3.4 Saving Topics to a File 5.3.5 Printing the Help Files Part II Using DEC RT Integrator 6 Using the Pop-Up and Pull-Down Menus 6.1 Using the Pop-Up Menu 6.2 Using the Pull-Down Menus 6.2.1 File Menu 6.2.2 Library Menu 6.2.3 Edit Menu 6.2.4 Display Menu 6.2.5 Help Menu 7 Making Data Flow and Signal Flow Connections 7.1 Viewing Icons 7.2 Types of Icons 7.2.1 Data Source Icons 7.2.2 Data Sink Icons 7.2.3 Throughput Icons 7.2.4 Icons with Signal Ports Only 7.2.5 Atypical Icons 7.3 Connecting Icons 7.3.1 Moving Lines 7.3.2 Deleting Lines 7.4 Connecting Signal Ports 7.4.1 Starting and Stopping Icons 7.4.2 Error Output Signal 8 Setting Up Icons 8.1 Setup Dialog Box 8.2 Attribute Dialog Box 8.3 Data Source Dialog Box 8.4 Help Text on Setup Dialog Boxes 9 Using the Control Panel 10 Using the DEC RT Integrator Run-Time Version 11 Debugging and Error Handling 11.1 Checking an Application 11.2 Format of Error Messages 11.3 Debugging an Application 11.4 Using the Debug Window 11.4.1 Examples of Using the Debug Window 11.4.2 Using the Examine Icon Button 12 Using the Data Source Dialog Box to Optimize Data Buffers 12.1 Data Buffer Overview 12.2 Fields in the Data Source Dialog Box 12.3 Buffer Requirements for Data Source Icons 13 Using Macro Icons 13.1 Macro Icon Overview 13.2 Creating a Macro Icon 13.3 Expanding a Macro Icon 13.4 Recreating a Macro Icon After Expanding It 13.5 Saving and Deleting a Macro Icon Part III Using the Icons 14 Using the Converter Icon 14.1 Data Type Overview 14.2 Converting Data Types 15 Using the IEEE-488 Icon 15.1 IEEE-488 Icon Overview 15.2 Application Using the IEEE-488 Icon and an Instrument Simulator 15.2.1 How to Set Up the Application A Icons and Requirements for Their Use B Error Messages Glossary application window . . . expand icon . . . worksurface FIGURES 1-1 DEC RT Integrator Application Window 2-1 DEC RT Integrator Application Window 2-2 Using the Library Pull-Down Menu 2-3 Software Input/Output Icons 2-4 Icons on Worksurface 2-5 Connected Icons 2-6 Function Generator Setup Dialog Box 2-7 Signal Port Connection 2-8 Push Button Icon and Control Panel 3-1 Binary Output Icon Application: Data Flow View 3-2 Binary Output Icon Application: Signal Flow View 3-3 Line Plot Icon Application 3-4 Line Plot Icon Setup Dialog Box for Line Plot Application 3-5 Point Plot Icon Application 3-6 Point Plot Icon Setup Dialog Box for Point Plot Application 3-7 Switch Input Icon Application: Signal Flow View, Control Panel, and Help Window 3-8 Floating-Point IF Icon Application: Data Flow View 3-9 Floating-Point IF Icon Application: Signal Flow View 3-10 Floating-Point IF Icon Application: Control Panel Output 3-11 ASCII Output Icon Application 3-12 ASCII Input Icon Application 3-13 Control Panel Output for ASCII Icon Applications 4-1 Library Pull-Down Menu 4-2 Hardware Input/Output Icons for ULTRIX 4-3 Hardware Input/Output Icons for VMS 4-4 Software Input/Output Icons 4-5 Signal Processing Icons 4-6 Control Icons 4-7 Data Display Icons 4-8 Panel Input Icons 4-9 User-Defined Icons 4-10 Online Help Text Window for Icons 5-1 Help Pull-Down Menu 5-2 Help Window 5-3 Search Topic History Window 5-4 Search Topic Titles Window 5-5 Search Topic Keywords Window 6-1 File Pull-Down Menu 6-2 Edit Pull-Down Menu 6-3 Display Pull-Down Menu 7-1 Data Flow View with Labels Showing 7-2 Signal Flow View with Labels Showing 8-1 Setup Dialog Box for the Function Generator Icon 8-2 Attribute Dialog Box for the Line Plot Icon 8-3 Attribute Dialog Box for the Point Plot Icon 9-1 Control Panel 11-1 Debug Window 11-2 Example of First Data Line Breakpoint for Binary Output Application 11-3 Example of Second Data Line Breakpoint for Binary Output Application 11-4 Example of Signal Line Breakpoint for Binary Output Application 11-5 ``Examine Icon'' Feature of Debug Window 12-1 Data Source Dialog Box 13-1 All Icons Selected 13-2 Macro Icon 15-1 IOtech Wave488 Application Data Flow View 15-2 IOtech Wave488 Application Signal Flow View 15-3 IOtech Wave488 Application Control Panel TABLES 5-1 ULTRIX Help Files 12-1 Buffer Requirements for Data Source Icons 14-1 Icons with Data Type Restrictions A-1 Icons and Requirements for Their Use