Getting started with the Demo

How to use

After successfully installing the OTIF framework you shall execute the following steps.

Start Backplane from:

Start Menu/All Programs/OTIF/Start Backplane

You have to register the Demo workflow into the Backplane server.

• Open Start Menu/All Programs/OTIF/ Workflows/Demo Workflow
• Open the Diagram model under Demo Workflow in the GME application.
• Run WFL_interpereter from GME. There is shortcut to this represented by a W icon in GME interpreter panel.
• Use blank password to Backplane.

At this point the OTIF framework is running with the configuration of the Demo tool chain, which is an identical transformation on a model written in the Matlab paradigm shipped with this demo.

• You may click on the Generic ToolAdaptor application. You can publish or fetch with this application any kind of document which is written in  a paradigm registered in the Backplane server.
  • First login with a ToolAdaptor type to the Backplane server. Your Generic ToolAdaptor will act like the specified ToolAdaptor type.
  • Use the Publish button to publish a document. You can select the appropriate paradigm and fill out the parameters field.
  • Use the Subscribe button to subscribe to a paradigm. After subscription you will be notified if a document arrives.
  • Use the Unsubscribe button to unsubscribe from a paradigm.

Let's see an example:

• In the first step you may publish:
  • the matlab_sample.xml file (login with the MATLAB_PUBLISHER ToolAdaptor type)
     
• In the next step you may subscribe to
  • the MATLAB  paradigm (login with the MATLAB_RECEIVER ToolAdaptor type)
     
• After the notification arrives you may save the corresponding document in xml format.

Dependencies

This package depends on (and fully compatible with):

• OTIF v1.4.0

Directory structure

• /bin/paradigms directory: you may find the demo MATLAB paradigm file which is used by the example application.
• /bin/translators directory: you may find the demo translator applications:
  • MatlabIdentical.exe translates documents from Matlab  paradigm to Matlab paradigm without any modification.
• /Documents directory: there is the the Demo_Workflow.xml ESML workflow tool chain file.
• /Samples directory: you can find a matlab xml sample file and the belonging xsd file

Contact and support

If you have any question, please contact: Zsolt Kalmar

Upgrades, accessories are posted to the project website

Credits

• Gabor Karsai - MoBIES PI, chief architect
• Zsolt Kalmar - Research Engineer