To communicate with your system, the server needs to get a link interface. It finds link interfaces from hardware interfaces that have been added to the server. Each hardware interface can usually supply link interfaces for each of the boards you have attached to your PC. Before you can run an application you must select the particular type of hardware you want to use and from that select an interface for the board that holds the root processor for your system. You do this by clicking Board and then Select. This brings up a list of the installed hardware interfaces.
In the example above, only one hardware interface (Sundance) has been added and one SMT310Q board has been detected.
Click the hardware interface for the board you wish to use and the interface will search for boards installed in your PC. A list of the detected boards is displayed. In this case there is only one.
The ID is a hardware-dependent value returned by the hardware interface and can be used to identify the physical board found. ID is commonly either an indication of the relative slot occupied by the board or the value of identification switches on the board. Consult your hardware manufacturer for further information.
Double-click the appropriate board to select it, or click the interface and then click OK. The name of the selected board appears in an indicator at the bottom right of the server’s main window with its ID value in square brackets.
The server remembers which interface and board you select, and attempts to make the same selection for you again the next time it is started. Should the hardware have changed, the server issues a warning and selects the first board from the first hardware interface it finds.
If you wish to install a custom interface you may add one to the list by clicking Add Interface. This brings up a file selection window where you can navigate to the DLL defining the interface. Refer to Writing_a_Board_Interface for details on creating new interfaces. You can also delete link interfaces from the list by selecting and clicking Remove Interface. Several commonly-used interfaces are installed automatically each time the server is started.
The main server window displays the currently-selected board interface.
