Instructions for downloading, installing and running SMI++ on
UNIX
Warning: DIM must be installed 1. Download

• get the file smixx.zip
• extract it onto a "smixx" folder using:
  • unzip -a (also -U if unzip version prior to 5.11, unzip -v to check )

2. Installation

• cd smixx
• (Please use tcsh for the following to work)
• setenv OS <unix flavour>, where <unix flavour> can be: HP-UX, AIX, Solaris, SunOS, OSF1, Linux, LynxOS
• setenv DIMDIR <path name>, where <path name> is the path to the DIM directory
• source .setup
• gmake all

3. Running

• If not done yet: setenv DIM_DNS_NODE <node name>, <node name> is the complete name of the node where the DIM Name Server (Dns) is running ex. hpplus.cern.ch
• If not done yet start the DIM Name Server: Dns &
• From then on you can start SMI++ proxies, State Managers and User Interfaces (an example of a State Manager with two proxies is available in smixx/src/examples/run_control) you can "make" and start them by:
• cd smixx/src/examples/run_control
• source .setup
• gmake all
• Evt_builder &
• Logger &
• Run_con &
• Run_con_ui &

4. Using the SMI TOOLS (refer to the User Manual for a complete description of the tools and libraries)

• smiTrans - Translates the SMI CODE into an intermediate format (.SOBJ)
• smiGen - Generate proxy skelettons from SMI CODE
• smiSM - Run a state manager for a particular domain
• smiGUI - Start a generic User Interface for a particular domain
• The libraries: SMIRTL and SMIUIRTL are available in smixx/<OS-Type>/libsmi.a and libsmiui.a (and the corresponding ".so" shareable versions)