3. Vortex OpenSplice BasicsΒΆ

Vortex OpenSplice is configured using an XML configuration file. In this file, the user specifies the architectural model and the Vortex OpenSplice services that are to run when the DDS infrastructure is started.

The OSPL_URI environment variable refers to the specific XML configuration file that is used for the current deployment. The default value refers to the ospl.xml file located in the etc/config directory of the Vortex OpenSplice installation. The installation directory itself can be referred to by the OSPL_HOME environment variable. Please see The Vortex OpenSplice Environment for details of how to set up the Vortex OpenSplice environment.

A number of other sample configuration files that can be used when benchmarking Vortex OpenSplice are also provided in the etc/config directory.

The OSPL_URI variable is of the form:

linux
OSPL_URI=file://$OSPL_HOME/etc/config/ospl.xml
windows
OSPL_URI=file://%OSPL_HOME%\etc\config\ospl.xml

You can refer to the OpenSplice_DeploymentGuide.pdf later for more details of the OSPL_URI variable; for now, let us see what aspects of the OpenSplice deployment are controlled by this file.

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The Vortex OpenSplice Launcher tool assists with the selection of the OSPL_URI variable. There is a Configurations menu that lists the sample configuration files that are available.
The Launcher tool

The Launcher tool

The Vortex OpenSplice Launcher tool is also able to run the examples and performance tests that are described later in this document.

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