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The two start settings for the station are as follows:
• Auto-start ( Leave box checked )
Specifies whether the AX station starts following a platform startup. This means following a host reboot,
perhaps as a result of a power cycle, but possibly from a platform reboot command.
• Restart on Failure ( Leave box checked )
Specifies whether the platform restarts the station if the station’s process exits with a nonzero return code
(e.g., engine watchdog had killed the station because of a “deadlock” condition).
Note: Be careful about using station controls, and understand the difference between them before using them.
• Start
Enabled only if the station has an “Idle” or “Failed” status in the installed stations area. When pressed, that
host’s platform daemon immediately starts that station. Text in the station output is cleared, and output
messages begin with the new startup of that station.
• Stop
Enabled only if the station has a “Running” status in the installed stations area. When pressed, a popup
confirmation appears. If you confirm, the host’s platform daemon shuts the station down gracefully (saving its
configuration to its config.bog file, and potentially saving history data).
• Restart, Not available or used
• Reboot
Always enabled. When pressed, a popup confirmation dialog appears. If you confirm, the selected host is
rebooted. This is considered a drastic action.
• Kill
Enabled only if the station has a status of “Starting”, “Stopping”, or “Running” in the installed stations area.
When pressed, a popup confirmation dialog appears. If you confirm, the host’s platform daemon terminates
the station process immediately. Note: Always use Stop instead of Kill, unless unavailable (stuck for a long
time as either “Starting” or “Stopping”). Unlike a station stop, a station kill does not cause the station to save
its config.bog, nor does it update the station output area.
• Dump Threads
Enabled only if the station has a “Running” status in the installed stations area. When pressed, the host’s
platform daemon has the station send a VM thread dump to its station output.
• Save Bog
Enabled only if the station has a “Running” status in the installed stations area. When pressed, the host’s
platform daemon has the station locally save its configuration to config.bog.
• Verify Software
Enabled regardless of station status. When pressed, Workbench parses the station’s config. bog file and the
host’s platform.bog file, looking for module references. Workbench then checks to see if those modules are
installed. Any missing modules are listed in a popup dialog and if available in your Workbench installation, the
dialog offers to install the missing modules in the remote host.
• Clear Output
Enabled regardless of station status. When pressed, all text in the station output area is cleared. Note: Data in
the station output area is fetched from a memory buffer in the platform daemon. Clearing the output does not
actually clear the daemon’s buffer. Therefore, if you change the selection away from, and then back to the
station, it re-fetches all buffered data.
• Pause Output
Enabled only if the station has a “Running” status in the installed stations area. When pressed, the button
toggles to “Load Output”, and the next press back to “Pause Output” (and so on). During a paused output,
text remains frozen in the station output area. This is useful when the station is rapidly writing output. When
you press Load Output, text in the station output area is reloaded with the station’s buffered output, and
output remains updating in real time.