USER’ S MANUAL INtime® 4.0 Software TenAsys Corporation 1400 NW Compton Drive, Suite 301 Beaverton, OR 97006 USA +1 503 748-4720 FAX: +1 503 748-4730 31001-6
[email protected] September 2009 www.tenasys.com September 2009 Copyright © 2009 by TenAsys Corporation. All rights reserved. INtime, iRMX, and TenAsys are registered trademarks of TenAsys Corporation. † All other trademarks, registered trademarks, service marks, and trade names are the property of their respective owners. Before you begin This guide describes INtime® software, both as an extension for Microsoft Windows or as a stand-alone RTOS (Real Time Operating System) running on an Intel architecture PC, that provides the tools you need to create and run real-time (RT) applications— robust, high-performance applications with predictable responses to external events. This guide assumes that you know how to develop programs for Windows and understand RT system concepts. Note In this guide, the term “Windows” means any supported version of Windows. For a complete listing of supported Windows versions, see page 3. About this guide Guide contents This guide introduces you to INtime software: how it makes RT applications possible and how to use the INtime development tools. Use this guide to get acquainted with INtime software, then refer to INtime Help for detailed information about INtime components. For more information about accessing help, see Where to get more information later in this chapter. Note For a quick start, read the following: • Chapter 1, Overview to introduce you to all the basic INtime software concepts and to learn where to find detailed information about INtime software.