CHARON Service Manager

1 General Description
2 Starting CHARON service
3 Managing CHARON service
4 Stopping CHARON service
5 Removing CHARON service
6 Scheduling CHARON service
7 Security settings
8 Sending problem report
9 Printing the CHARON service log file
10 Reviewing the CHARON service configuration
11 Tracing system resources

General Description

Used to manage the CHARON services, including their stopping, starting, removing, logs tracing 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-ds20-service" 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 HP Alpha 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:

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:

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.

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