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 version is build 18110. (2019-08-05)\\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.
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.
Configuring INtime
Assign a Network Adapter
- Start the INtime Configuration application.
- Open the (INtime) Device Manager.
- Select the network adapter to assign to INtime (usually, this is the RealTek 8168 Gigabit Ethernet adapter).
- Right-click on the adapter and choose "Pass to INtime with MSI"
- Click the "commit changes" button.
Configure the RTOS Kernel
- Start the INtime Configuration application.
- Open Node Management.
- Select Node A
- Select Kernel
- Change these parameters
- Kernel Memory (in MB): 256
- Kernel Clock Rate (in usec): 50
- Processor: 3
- (This is assuming the computer is a 4-processor machine. The specific processor to assign is arbitrary, but we usually assign the last one.)
- Click "Save." Restart the computer.
- Change these parameters
Resource: InstallingRSI.txt