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Installing / Configuring INtime (RapidPath)

INtime is the RTOS (Real-Time Operating System) in which the actual motion controller runs. It must be installed and configured before our RapidPath solution will work.

Installing INtime

Run the installer. Perform a "Complete" installation (the default).

The latest tested versions of INtime can be found on the file server.
\\files.machmotion.local\MachMotion\Information Technology\Common Software\RSI\INtime

It will require a reboot and a second phase of the install after the machine has rebooted and the user has logged in.

If you have a license code, it may be entered during the install, or you can skip that step and license the software later.

INtime Versions

Release Date MachMotion Release RapidPath Version RMP Version INtime Version
2020-04-07 - 2021-01-06

#Odessa (14869)

15507 - 17387

 1.1.14869.17387 8.3.1 6.3.18110.7
2021-01-08 - 2021-01-22 #Vesta (17465)
17523 - 17657
* This was a pre-release		 1.1.17465.17523 8.3.1 6.3.18110.7
2021-01-22 - 2022-01-27

#Vesta (17465)


 1.3.17465.17657 8.3.1 6.3.18110.7
2022-01-28

#Galileo (20039)

20417 - 20693

 1.4.20039.20512 10.3.4 6.4.21350.1
2022-11-25

#Galileo (20039)

21721 - 22193

 1.4.20039.22193 10.3.8 6.4.21350.1
2023-09-07

#Galileo (20039)

23226-

 1.4.20039.23226 10.4.3

6.4.21350.1

7.0.23244.1 1

1 second generation iBase (IB952F)

Licensing INtime

INtime will be licensed using a USB hardlock. The hardlock has an ID number on it. That is the means of uniquely identifying the license. RMP uses this identifier as the only locking criteria for its license, which means that the RMP license file (rsi.lic) will work on any system with the corresponding USB hardlock used to license INtime.

(In the past, the locking criteria were "soft" and if too much changed about a system over time—like the hostname, HDD serial numbers, etc.—we would have to get a new RMP license.)

The USB hardlock should be listed in the (Windows) device manager as SafeNet USB SuperPro/UltraPro (indicating that it is present and Windows has a driver for it.)

RapidPath_INtime__Hardlock-USB-Device.png

Adding a License

In the INtime Configuration Panel, launch License Manager. Click Enter String inside the "Add license..." group. Enter the 25-character serial number provided by RSI.

Backing Up the License

You can save the "license config" to a file and load it back again (rather than type in the serial number). In the INtime License Manager, click Backup to file. To restore the licensing config using this file, click From file inside the "Add license..." group, browse to the file, and click Open.

Configuring INtime

Assign a Network Adapter
  1. Start the INtime Configuration application.
  2. Open the (INtime) Device Manager.
  3. Select the network adapter to assign to INtime
    1. DFI SD103, DFI CS101, iBase MI988F (gen 1)
      1. RealTek 8168 Gigabit Ethernet adapter
    2. iBase IB952F (gen 2)
      1. Intel(R) I211 Gigabit Network Connection (the first one, not #2)
    3. Right-click on the adapter and choose "Pass to INtime with MSI"
  4. Click the "commit changes" button.
Configure the RTOS Kernel
  1. Start the INtime Configuration application.
  2. Open Node Management.
  3. Select Node A
  4. Select Kernel
    1. Change these parameters
      1. Kernel Memory (in MB): 256
      2. Kernel Clock Rate (in usec): 50
      3. Processor: 3
        1. (This is assuming the computer is a 4-processor machine. The specific processor to assign is arbitrary, but we usually assign the last one.)
    2. Click "Save." Restart the computer.

Updating INtime

Updating INtime usually keeps all the settings from the previous installation. It usually requires one or more reboots.

Start the installer in an elevated context ("Run as Administrator"). (This is only helpful until the next reboot, when the installer is continued and will create UAC prompts every time it needs elevated privileges.)

INtime_Upgrade__Phase1__03_WannaUpgrade.png

During the install, several confirmation prompts will pause the installer. You'll need to confirm installing a device driver as well as various INtime components. Here are a few (not exhaustive) examples.

INtime_Upgrade__Phase2__DeviceInstall-01.png INtime_Upgrade__Phase2__02_UAC_runtime4_x64.png INtime_Upgrade__Phase2__04_UAC_Upgrade-Helper.png

The installer will confirm rebooting every time it needs one. It will reboot after uninstalling the previous version, after installing the new version, and, perhaps, at other times. After the reboot and next login, it will "continue," confirming that you wish to proceed.

INtime_Upgrade__Phase2__Reboot.png INtime_Upgrade__Phase2__01_Continue.png

INtime v7 Installer Behavior

Version 7 of INtime ships with the SDK, which we install (for the sake of the tools). You can accept the defaults for everything (install folder, installation type). Accept the license agreement. For user information, enter "MachMotion" for both fields.INtime7_Install_UserInformation.png

Verify the Install

When the installer is finished (don't expect confirmation, it just won't ask you to continue after the final reboot), Open the INtime Configuration utility, and verify

  • It is still licensed
  • The correct network card is still assigned to INtime (See "Assign a Network Adapter") 
    • (if INtime was not previously installed/configured) 
      • iBase MI988F (gen 1), DFI SD103, DFI CS101
        • Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller 
      • iBase IB952F (gen 2)
        • Intel(R) I211 Gigabit Network Connection (not #2)
    • (if INtime was previously installed/configured)
      • INtime Ethernet Driver
  • The non-default node properties are still set. (See "Configuring the RTOS Kernel")

Resource: InstallingRSI.txt

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