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Starting CHARON Virtual Machines Manager

CHARON execution is controlled by the "CHARON Virtual Machines Manager" that manages each CHARON instance, called a "CHARON Virtual Machine", running on the host.

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(warning) If the icon is already present when you start the utility, nothing will be displayed. Please check the icon presence in the tray before trying to restart the manager.

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Creating CHARON Virtual Machine

Creating CHARON VM using provided templates

CHARON installation contains a set of template files for creating a base configuration for each AXP model. Once CHARON Virtual Machine (VM) is created using these templates it can be configured further to meet your requirements and all the specifics of the emulated system.

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The created Virtual Machine will appear in the list of Virtual Machines (left pane):

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Creating CHARON VM using existing configuration file

It is also possible to use any existing configuration file for creating CHARON Virtual Machine.

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The created Virtual Machine will appear in the list of Virtual Machines (left pane):

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Running CHARON Virtual Machine

Select the target CHARON VM in the left pane and press the "Start" button:

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Info

If you closed CHARON VM console it is always possible to re-open it by pressing "Show Console" button:

(info) Closing the console will not stop the CHARON Virtual Machine

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Stopping CHARON Virtual Machine

Select the target CHARON VM in the left pane and press the "Stop" button:

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Removing

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CHARON Virtual Machine

It is also possible to remove CHARON VM completely by selecting it and pressing "Remove VM" button or update it with "Change VM" button. This functionality will be discussed in the corresponding sections of this Guide.:

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CHARON Virtual Machines Manager will ask for confirmation:

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Press the "Remove" button and confirm CHARON VM removing by pressing the "Yes" button:

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Service functions

CHARON Virtual Machines Manager also provides the following additional functionality useful for starting CHARON and controlling its execution:

FunctionDescription
Update Log

CHARON Virtual Machines Manager updates the displayed log once in 5 minutes. This is the default value, it can be changed in the "Settings" dialog of the program system menu:

Right click on top of CHARON Virtual Machines Manager window and select "Settings":

In the appearing dialog you can change the default value of the log refresh:

If it is required to see most up-to-date version of the log press the "Update Log" button.

Display LogCreates a separate window containing the selected CHARON VM log
Show ConsoleOpens the selected CHARON VM console if it has been closed

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CHARON Virtual Machine

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managing

Select the target CHARON VM and switch to the "VM Configuration" tab to see its features:

Alternatively it is possible to select the target CHARON VM and press "Change VM" button:

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Using this dialog it is possible to:

  • Explore the Home Directory of CHARON VM
  • Create virtual disks (press the "Create Virtual Disks" button)
  • Edit CHARON VM configuration
  • Change the startup mode
  • Select CHARON version used for this Virtual Machine

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Exploring CHARON Virtual Machine

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Home Directory

Press "Explore" button to open up Windows Exprorer window showing content of the selected CHARON VM:

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This content includes CHARON VM configuration file, and may also include virtual disk and tape images, logs, ROM files etc.

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Making a new virtual disk

It is very convenient to use the "Create Virtual Disk" button to create empty disk images in the CHARON VM Home Directory:

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The MkDisk utility will be called for this operation:

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Refer to the "Utilities" section of this User's Guide for more information about the MkDisk utility.

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CHARON Virtual Machine configuration file

Press the "Edit Configuration file" button to open the CHARON VM configuration file in Windows default text editor:

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The configuration file specifies all the settings of the CHARON VM. It will be discussed in the next chapter.

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CHARON Virtual Machine startup mode

Select CHARON VM startup behavior with the "Startup type" setting:

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By default this setting is set to "Manual"; it assumes that user should run CHARON VM manually from CHARON Virtual Machines Manager after a host reboot. If the CHARON VM has to start automatically select "Automatic" option.

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CHARON version to be used for CHARON VM

CHARON installation procedure allows several versions of CHARON to be installed on the host at the same time (V4.8 and later only). This option can be used for testing.

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Select the target CHARON version from the "Executable" drop-down box and press the "Apply" button:

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