Plot Management

How to Define output Paths

The software interface between Agile e6 and the plot server system requires a thorough configuration for both. A transfer directory must be created and defined for both systems: To do this, select System > Plot management > Output path configuration.The following parameters must be configured for each of the servers to be available for plotting.

 

Field

Description

Operating system

Operating system of the server:

Available entries:

WINDOWS
UNIX

If the Plot server exchange directory resides on the client computer, the corresponding directory on the client computer must be specified and the Operating System of Client checkbox must be enabled in the Default data mask!

Node

Name of the server
The DTV_HST environment variable must be defined in the launch script.

  • Windows-NT:
    set DTV_HST=%COMPUTERNAME%
  • Unix
    setenv DTV_HST `hostname`

If the Plot server exchange directory resides on the client computer the corresponding directory on the client computer must be specified and the Name of Client checkbox must be enabled in the Default data mask!

Plot system

Name of the plot management system.

Available options:

CIMGRAPH
UNIPLOT
PLOSSYS

Plot server exchange directory

Drive and path of the plot server interface directory.

If the Plot server exchange directory resides on the client computer the corresponding directory on the client computer must be specified and the Client checkbox must be enabled in the Default data mask!

Status file list

Drive and path of the status directory.The status directory is the interface directory that is used for the exchange of status files between Agile e6 and the plot management system. Define the name of a file that contains the various status files in process. Recommended name: status.lst.

In Unix environments this name must be preceeded by a "/" respectively a "\" for Windows environments!