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The advanced tab provides unusual options that many users should never need.

 

Server_Advanced

 

ms extra delay after reset

In some systems, the time the network takes to respond fully to a hardware reset depends on factors that the server may not be able to determine, including:


The number of processors present;

I/O devices attached to processors;

Manufacturer-defined processor options.

Normally the vendor’s hardware interface gives the appropriate delay. This option can be used to make the server wait an extra number of milliseconds after a reset has been completed before it attempts to load your application.

 

Do not issue a reset before running an application.

Selecting this option stops the server from resetting your system before attempting to load an application. Pressing ICON_reset will still reset the system. Note that most systems must be reset before you can load applications.

 

Allow multiple instances of the server.

When this box is ticked, every attempt to start the server results in a new instance of WS3L.exe being created. The default state is for this box to be left unticked, so any running instance of the server is used. Even with this box clear, you can start a new instance of the server by selecting File/New Server Instance.

 

Signal Host Semaphore

Dragons003This mechanism has been superseded by the Host Semaphore Toolbar.

 

Send an asynchronous message to the root procesor to signal one of its Host semaphores. The particular semaphore is specified in the box to the right of the command button by an integer, n, in the range 0 ≤ n ≤ 9.  Tasks on the root processor can wait on these semaphore using the library function host_sema_wait.

 

Reset to Default Options

This button can be used to set all the available options back to the default settings selected when the server is first installed.