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Chapter 10 WANDL — Third-Party Interface
Translating Between NMT and WANDL Formats
Use the following procedure to convert NMT configuration (.cnf) files into files that can be read by
WANDL software using the UNIX command line interface.
Step 1 Start the NMT and verify that you have a readable configuration file.
Step 2 Run the TPI command that creates a directory that holds a set of WANDL network design files and
specify the extension for these files:
nmt2tpi infile [-NT][-NIM][-id input_dir ]-il loc_filename [-of
WANDL_ext_name ][-D][-H]
• -id input_dir —Specify a different directory than the current directory as the source of the .cnf file.
• -il loc_filename—Specify a specific filename for an .loc file.
• -of WANDL_ext_name—Specify a specific WANDL file extension plan name.\
• -od WANDL.dir.name—Specify the sub directory for the WANDL files extension plan name.
• infile is the name of any .cnf file in the current directory. This name is used as the name of the
destination directory for the files extracted from the .cnf file.These files are readable by the WANDL
bbdsgn program.
• -NT—The program should not preserve the NMT parameters.
• -NIM—The program should not display informational messages, only warnings, error, and those
messages that may require user action.
• -D—Display steps and debugging information.
• -over—Overwrites existing output
• -distd—Use the link distance as the WANDL Distance (default in cost).
• -distm—Use the link distance as the WANDL Distance (default in monthly cost).
• -disti—Use the link distance as the WANDL Distance (default in install cost).
• -H—Display help.
Step 3 You can start the WANDL design session with the nmt2tpi output files by using the following
commands:
cd dir_name
bbdsgn spec. extension
dir_name
is the name of the .cnf file specified in the previous step.
spec.extension is the WANDL specification file, specifying a set of files to be run together.