Changes between Version 21 and Version 22 of HOWTO-DeploySimulator

Timestamp:

01/07/2021 12:49:06 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

jdalbey

Comment:

add troubleshooting section

HOWTO-DeploySimulator

@@ -26 +26 @@
 Copy the `webapps `folder from repository trunk to Dev machine folder `C:\TMC Simulator 2019`.
 
-If necessary, copy `unifiedlogger.zip` from deploy folder to `webapps `folder.  (This may have been done prior to deployment).
+If necessary, copy `unifiedlogger.zip` from deploy folder to `webapps `folder.  (This may have been done prior to deployment).
 
 Make sure Python 2.7 is installed.
 
 == Starting the simulation ==
-Decide which script you want to run ("full" or "practice").  Double-click on the correspondingly named `systemstart` .bat file.
+Decide which script you want to run ("full" or "practice").  Double-click on the correspondingly named `systemstart` .bat file (in the folder `C:\TMC Simulator 2019\bin`).
 
 Observe a terminal window open and display webserver status messages.
@@ -37 +37 @@
 The server GUI should appear displaying time 0:00:00.
 
-The Simulation Manager GUI should appear.
+The Simulation Manager GUI should appear.  
 
 A terminal window should appear with console message: `Unified Logging Service v? starting from ``C:\TMC Simulator 2019`
@@ -57 +57 @@
 Optionally, open the CMS/HAR monitor in a web browser on the display in the corner: "`http://``192.168.251.127/cms_monitor.html`"
 
+=== Troubleshooting ===
+The startup batch file provides a five second delay after starting the server  before launching the Sim Manager, which should be adequate, but if the  server is slow starting for some reason, the Sim Mgr terminal window  will show a console error to the effect that the server wasn't found.   If that happens, just close everything and run the batch file again.
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 === Deploy to Production System ===