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- Allows tech leads to create Master Profiles (default system configurations) and users to create personalized profiles that reflect often used launch scenarios
- Shows visual overview of run-time module status, using VHMSG ping protocol; green lines means module is up and running; orange means module is unresponsive; grey means the module is offline.
- Launch work-in-progress SVN version of a component with a build version of other components or the full system, aiding developers in testing their work against a known working build before committing changes
- Launch / Kill components locally or remotely
- Run / Kill full system or individual components
- Send VHMSG messages
Quick facts:
- Shared location: httpsProject locations: //svn.ict.usc.edu/svn_vh/trunkbin/launcher & /bin/launch-scripts (binary, used by default), /tools/launcher Project locations: & /tools/launcher, /tools/launcher-scripts, /run-launcher.bat
- Main developer: Unlicensed user
Users
Projects should have a run-launcher.bat file in the root of the project; this starts the Launcher with the correct Master Profile (the profile with all the default options).
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Understanding Menu Items
Profile Menu
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"Save Profile"
This option saves the current values of the arguments in all launch tools to the selected profile. This option is not available for the "[Default]" profile or any of the preloaded system profiles.
"Save As New Profile..."
Similar to the "Save Profile", this option saves the current values of the arguments in all launch tools, but instead of saving to an already created profile, it saves to a new one and prompts for a new name.
All of the loaded profiles appear below the separator. Click on the desired profile.
Master Profile Menu
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"Edit Launch Tools"
This menu contains many sub-menus for editing and/or launching tools. See the Creating/Editing Launch Tools section. This option is only available when the "[Default]" profile is selected.
"Change Ordering of Tabs & Groups..."
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This is for selecting the Master Profile. "Save Master Profile..." saves any changes to the Master Profile. This option is only available when the "[Default]" profile is selected.
"Advanced" Menu
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"Show Information..."
Brings up a window that displays miscellaneous information such as how many programs are running, which profiles are loaded, etc.
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Creating/Editing Launch Tools
Name: The name of the program to display on the Launcher.
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Clicking on a Launch Tool
Left click on a launch tool's name label to display a small dialogue-like window that contains information about the launch tool such as its elvin name (vhmsg name), its arguments, etc.
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