ASTi Telestra User manual

ASTi
Telestra Quick Start
User Guide
Document: DOC-01-TELS-UG-1
Telestra v1.4
Advanced Simulation Technology inc. 441-A Carlisle Drive, Herndon, Virginia, 20170 USA
Revision D (April 2001)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
System Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Preparing Telestra for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Starting and Stopping the Telestra System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Telestra Setup Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Telestra Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing a DMSO RTI (Non-U.S. Customers only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Run the moveRTI.sh script (Non-U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How to Run the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using the Remote Control Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
System File Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
The RTI Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
DACS Operational Differences running HLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Accessing a Floppy Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Editing Text Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Updating the Telestra software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Appendix A: Joining a Federation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Telestra System Set-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Setting Up the Federation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Appendix B: ASTi Radio SOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Version 3.0 OMD File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Version 3.0 OMT File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Overview
For domestic (U.S.) customers, Telestra comes with all required software pre-installed. This
includes the Telestra federate, the DMSO NG RTI, the rtiexec (to be used when testing Telestra
without another machine running the rtiexec), and certain support and debug facilities. For foreign
(non-U.S.) customers, the Telestra system is shipped without the DMSO RTI. Please refer to the
section entitled “Installing the DMSO RTI” for instructions and other information regarding this
topic. It is also important to note that significant information can also be determined from the
DACS node associated with the Telestra unit and hence this guide will reference both units as
appropriate.
This guide assumes the user has a basic understanding of the High Level Architecture (HLA), and
should be familiar with such terms as federate, federation, RTI, etc. It also assumes a basic famil-
iarity with UNIX, such as accounts, passwords, basic commands, etc. If you are familiar with
UNIX in general but not Linux in particular, there are some useful commands and tools specific to
Linux described at the end of this document.
This guide is intended to assist the user in initial start-up of the Telestra unit and provides an over-
view of the basic commands and facilities of the system.
Telestra documentation is also available on ASTi’s website http://www.asti-usa.com/hla.
System Accounts
The Telestra system is shipped with two accounts.The administration/super user account name is
“root” with a default password of “abcd1234”. This account is used for system maintenance, and
will be used to configure the system.
The second account is a normal user account. The account name is “hlauser” with a default pass-
word of “HLA!now!”. This account is used to run the Telestra federate.
To change the password of either account, log into the account and type:
passwd
and follow the directions printed on the screen. DO NOT lose the passwords, particularly the root
password. If the root password is lost, the system hard drive may need to be completely rebuilt!

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Preparing Telestra for Use
Standard networking hardware should be used when making connections to Telestra and the
DACS units (hubs, bridges, etc.). There are three ethernet interfaces on each Telestra system
(HLA, DACS, and Host) used for communicating with Telestra. The location of each interface
varies with chassis type. The figures below show the location of each interface.
Figure 1a. Ethernet Interfaces on a Telestra System without built-in CD-ROM
Figure 1b. Ethernet Interfaces on a Telestra System with built-in CD-ROM
Figure 2 (below )shows an example network topology for the Telestra system. Notice that an indi-
vidual Telestra system contains support for a maximum of four DACS boxes.
HLA Interface (on-board Ethernet)DACS Interface
Port A
Host Interface
Port B
Host Interface (on-board Ethernet) DACS Interface HLA Interface
Port B
Port A

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Figure 2: Example Network Topology for the Telestra System
Please note that in order to integrate Telestra into your network, certain configuration set-up pro-
cedures are required to set the IP address of the HLA Ethernet adapter and Host Interface adapter.
The second Ethernet adapter, used to connect to the DACS node, is pre-configured on shipment,
and should not be modified unless under ASTi instruction. Instructions for setting the IP address
and hostname of the Telestra system are given in the “Telestra Setup Procedure” section.
A mouse (3 button PS/2 - supplied), keyboard (supplied) and monitor (not supplied - available to
order separately) must be connected to the unit in order to configure it.
Once the system is configured, it can be run and shutdown remotely. Instructions for this are
described in the document Telestra Remote Control Interface User Guide.
HLA/RTI
Network
USB RESET POWER HDD
HLA Interface
(on-board Ethernet)
Host Interface
(dual Ethernet, B)
DACS Interface
(dual Ethernet, A)
Telestra System
DACS System 1
Host #1
Host #2
Host #
n
DACS System 2
DACS System 3
DACS System 4
Hub Hub