RTCEXEC
In general, your application subcomponents never initiate calls to your underlying
RTOS. Since RTC/MLTnet is built on top of your RTOS, your application
subcomponents require no knowledge of operating system principles,
RTOS APIs, or system service calls to generate high-performance real-time
embedded applications. They simply and easily interface to RTC/MLTnet,
which performs all the real-time and networking software functionality
on behalf of your application. In addition, this “platform independent”
technology allows your application subcomponents to be built with
maximum portability and scalability. They can be used repeatedly in
current and future projects utilizing different hardware configurations.
The Real-Time Control Executive (RTCEXEC) is a major component
of the RTC “Real-Time Control” system. RTCEXEC is the
real-time control middleware component that provides the high-performance,
fully scalable, simple, controlled, and centralized means of interfacing
real-time processes to the computer operating system. RTCEXEC hides
(via a transparent interface) the complexities of operating systems,
system service protocols, and hardware platforms.
RTC, MLTnet, and the ASA technology provide all the functionality
required to support any complex distributed computing application.
However, real-time developers wishing to implement their own real-time
processes may utilize RTCEXEC separately.
RTCEXEC consists of 11 real-time control service classes to make
applications “totally portable” and scalable no matter
the computer operating system, computer programming language, or
even the customized hardware platform. RTCEXEC service groups provide
support for data acquisition, interprocess communication, system
control, equipment status monitoring and control, software fault
tolerance, time-driven event processing, and interrupt-driven event
processing.
It is very important to note that most RTC/MLTnet users only require
a couple of Mail Services and one Error Reporting Service to meet
their complex embedded application requirements.
Finally, RTCEXEC eliminates years of complicated, high-risk software
effort; thus significantly reducing project schedule and time to
market.
The RTCEXEC consists of the following service groups:
Mail Services
Provides the mechanism for an application subcomponent to communicate with
another subcomponent. No knowledge of subcomponent location is required.
They may be inside the same process, in different processes on the
same platform, or located within processes on different nodes or
processors -- anywhere throughout the LAN, WAN, or even the Internet.
The "ASA Universal Message Passing Facility" supports many robust
interprocess communication features, including subcomponent multicasting,
subcomponent aliasing, redundant path communication, and dynamic
configuration.
I/O Services
Allows processes to communicate with external hardware devices.
Time Management Services
 Allows scheduling
and synchronization of time-driven process activity.
Event Management Services
Provides the means for processes to synchronize with each other, or to external
devices.
Interrupt Control Services
Allows processes to respond asynchronously to external events.
Process Control Services
Provides services for process creation, deletion, and execution control
(suspend, alter priority, etc.).
Process Status Services
Provides the means of obtaining process status and identification information.
Memory Management Services
Provides control over process memory attributes and usage.
Lock Management Services
Provides the means for synchronizing access to a shared database or resource.
Condition Handling Services
Allows user-defined handlers to gain control when the system detects fault
conditions.
Error/Action Reporting Services
Provides the mechanism for multiple, concurrently executing processes, to
report errors and system actions to a logging device, without delaying
mission-critical process operation.
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