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General Description
Used to manage the CHARON services, including their stopping, starting, removing, tracing its logs and specifics of execution.
To start the "CHARON Service Manager" use the "Start" menu:
It is also possible to start the "CHARON Service Manager" utility from the system tray menu:
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Starting CHARON service
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Managing CHARON service
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Stopping CHARON service
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Removing CHARON service
In the main window of the utility select a CHARON service to remove ("charon-3100" in our example) and press the button with an exclamation sign on it:
Confirm removing the selected CHARON service by pressing the "Remove" button:
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Scheduling CHARON service
The "CHARON Service Manager" utility provides a function to set the start and stop date/time for each installed CHARON service.
Select the desired CHARON service and press on the hourglass icon:
In the popup specify the start and the stop date and time for the selected service:
Press "Ok" to apply settings.
Note you will have to perform a clean shutdown of the VAX system before defining the service to be stopped by a scheduled operation
To remove the scheduled event select it and press the "Remove" button.
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Security settings
The security settings informs the CHARON host to lock the desktop after a given amount of time of inactivity.
To enable this function press the "Lock" button:
The following popup will appear:
Specify the desired period of time before locking the session and press the "Ok" button:
Note that the security settings are active only when the "CHARON Service Manager" is running. On exit from the utility the security settings reset.
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Sending problem report
To collect information for a problem report select the service you have issues with and click on the yellow highlighted button as shown below:
Choose the target filename to store the information for STROMASYS customer support and press the "Save" button:
Send the file to the STROMASYS customer support along with a detailed description of the problem.
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Printing the CHARON service log file
To print the CHARON service log file select the target CHARON service and click on the yellow highlighted button as shown below::
Choose the target printer and press the "Ok" button:
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Reviewing the CHARON service configuration
To review the CHARON service configuration select the target CHARON service and click on the yellow highlighted button as shown below:
This utility will display the selected CHARON service configuration:
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Press the "Print" button to print it if needed.
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Tracing system resources
The "CHARON Service Manager" has a functionality to trace usage of some system resources in real time viewing.
Click on the yellow highlighted button as shown below:
In the popup it is possible to set the parameters to trace:
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Choose the desired parameters to view using the "+" button and watch their values change in real time.
Note that the "Performance Monitor" utility is a standard Windows tool (just included in the CHARON distributive for convenience), so for more information please refer to the Microsoft documentation.