Specifications

24 MDR User Guide
4.6 Connecting to the MDR Server from the MDR Shell
To connect to an MDR board, the host computer and the MDR board must be on the
same network. Also, the MDR board must be assigned a valid IP address. Also, ensure
that
UseHostFcAdapter = 0 in the host mdr.ini file.
The
mdrshell program can run on both a standalone MDR system and on a host
computer. The difference between the two options is mainly the sets of commands
available.
To start the
mdrshell program on a host computer:
1. Locate the platform-type binaries directory:
Mdr-host-sw/bin/<type-of-platform>
where
<type-of-platform> is one of the following: midas-vxworks, sun-
solaris, ppc-vxworks or x86-win32
.
2. Depending on your host platform, type:
mdrshell (on a Solaris or VxWorks operating system)
or run the
mdrshell.exe file (on a Windows NT/2000 operating system).
If the hostname/IP address is not specified in the
mdr.ini file, the mdrshell program
will prompt the user for the hostname/IP address of the MDR Servers (until the user
enters an empty hostname/IP address). This hostname needs to be a part of the host
database on your system in order for the
mdrshell program to resolve the IP address of
the MDR Server. If you do not know how to determine the hostname/IP address of the
MDR Server, ask your system administrator.
Make sure that the MDR Server is running and is connected to the network before you
input the hostname of the MDR Server to the MDR Shell. If not, the MDR shell will
display an error message and exit.
If the MDR Shell is successful in connecting to the MDR Server, the current state of the
MDR server will be shown in the MDR Shell prompt, e.g.:
Example of MDR prompts:
Recording_1 (4.0 GiB) >
The syntax of the prompt is:
[/<current disk group>/]<current recording name> (<current recording size>) >
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