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titleApplication Startup

The process control applications are not automatically started when the computer is booted.  However, the application system is easily started with the following sequence:

Double click on the NtRtMgr Startup icon on the desktop.  The TelePro Real-time Control System window appears as follows:

  • The top half of the window displays the status of the control tasks, one per line.  Verify proper operation of tasks (as follows for a typical control system):

  • Tasks GsmOpcSrv, TrenedMgr, TrendGsm, TrendSrv should be active

  • Various tasks should be active and using some portion of their interval

  • The tasks that run on a timer (their names frequently start with a ‘T’) should be active.

  • The tasks that run on demand (their names frequently start with a ‘D’) should be either ‘Prenatal’ or 'Stopped’

More detailed information about the internal operation of the Startup process is available in Standard Tasks of this manual.

System Shutdown

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titleApplication Shutdown

The process control application tasks may be stopped as follows

  1. Insure that the process is in a state suitable for stopping the control system.  This would be state ‘ESTOP’ for a mill control system.

  2. Click the “Stop System” button in the upper right had corner of the TelePro Real-time Control System window.  The following message box should appear:

  3. To continue with the application shutdown, first check the box next to the greyed “Shutdown” command button to make it active, and then click the “Shutdown” button.  This two step procedure is implemented to insure that the application is not inadvertently shutdown.

  4. The processes displayed in the TelePro Real-time Control System window will be stopped and the status of each will change to ‘Stopped’.

  5. All required global variables will be saved to the appropriate global common save file.

  6. Click the ‘X’ in the upper right corner of the TelePro Real-time Control System window to remove the window.

  7. The 2000 system may now be safely shut down (see below) or the application processes may now be

restarted, as desired.

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titleMicrosoft 2000 Shutdown

Shut down the 2000 system with the following sequence:

  • Ensure that the application processes are shut down (see Application Shutdown)

  • On the task bar at the bottom of the screen, Click: Start | Shutdown | Shutdown the computer | Yes

 

More detailed information about the internal operation of the Shutdown process is available in Standard Tasks of this manual.

System Backup and Failure Recovery

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