RTI Connext 5.2.0, an overview

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2015
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Inc.
RTI
Connext
5.2.0
The
Real-­‐3me
Connec3vity
Pla>orm
for
the
Industrial
Internet
of
Things
Jan
Van
Bruaene
-­‐
VP
of
Engineering
Vien
Chan
–
Senior
Product
Manager

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Codename
“Eddy”

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What
we’ll
cover
• What’s
in
the
box
• Customer
feedback
• Suppor3ng
new
use
cases
• The
big
boulders
of
this
release
• Interoperability
• Transi3oning
to
5.2.0

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New
RTI
Connext
bundling
• Host
bundle:
all
non-­‐compiler
specific
files,
such
as
documenta3on,
header
files,
tools,
services
executables
(e.g.,
Rou3ng
Service
or
Persistence
Service).
• Target
bundle:
libraries.
Target
bundles
are
shipped
in
a
new
RTI
packaging
format.

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New
RTI
Connext
bundling
–
Cont.
• Package
types:
Core,
Basic,
Pro,
Eval,
and
add-­‐ons
– Core
package
includes
basic
libs,
does
not
include
RTI
applica3ons/
services
products.
– Basic,
Pro
and
Eval
all
have
the
same
func3onality.
The
bundles
differ
in
which
components
are
license
managed.
– Installers
are
now
available
for
all
host
package
types.
– Targets
are
installed
through
the
new
RTI
package
mgr.

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New
RTI
Package
Manager
The
RTI
package
file
(.rtipkg)
is
a
compressed
file
containing:
– package.properties
(file)
describing
the
package
– MANIFEST.xml
(file)
containing
a
list
of
files
to
be
installed.
– Compressed
files
and
directory
structure
to
be
installed
The
package
manager
handles
backups
and
patch
installa3ons.
Use
the
RTI
Package
Manager
(bin/rtipkginstall,
or
from
the
Launcher
GUI)
to
install
target
bundles,
patches,
ports
and
feature
accelera3ons.

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New
Directory
Structure
“SDK”
RunTime
resources:
Resources
used
by
the
RTI
provided
tools,
applica3ons
and
services.
Startup
Scripts
Crea3on
of
a
User
Workspace
When
you
start
any
RTI
applica3on

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New
documenta3on
look
and
format
HTML
Search
Available
at
Community.r3.com

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More
pla>orms
are
now
supported
• RHEL
6.5
on
x86
and
x64
• RHEL
7
on
x86
and
x64
• Ubuntu
14.04
• Windows
8,
8.1
(VS2013)
• Windows
8
and
server
2012
R2
(VS2013)
on
x64
• OS
X
10.10
(Yosemite)
on
x64
…
including
tools
on
MacOS.
• Android
2.3
–
4.4
on
ARMv7a
• VxWorks
6.9.4
on
PPC
(e500v2)
• VxWorks
7.0
on
x86
• Integrity
11.0.4
on
p4080,
x86
• AIX
7.1
on
POWER7
x86
• RT
NI
Linux/
ARM7
Check
out
the
pla>orm
notes
for
details,
including
which
compila3on
flags
we
used,
what
are
required
system
libs

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More
complete
product
support
• .NET
API
Support
– for
Custom
Content
Filter
– for
Op3onal
Members
• Ada
language
binding
available
today
– Ada
compiler
upgraded
to
GNAT
7.3.2
• Database
Adapter
for
Microson
SQL
Server
• RTI
DDS
LabVIEW
Toolkit
support
for
real-­‐3me
NI
Linux/ARMv7

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Addressing
customer
use
cases
Beper
support
for
large
data
or
variable
sized
samples
• Enable
the
number
of
elements
in
a
Sequence
to
be
unbounded.
• Enable
the
number
bytes
in
a
String
to
be
unbounded
• Support
unbounded
Sequences
and
Strings
for
key
fields
• Support
use
of
Content
Filter
with
unbounded
sequence
and
strings
• Support
in
the
following
languages:
C,
C++/CLI,
.NET,
Dynamic
Data
and
Built-­‐
in-­‐types
• Limita3ons:
• Does
not
support
Java
(yet)
(for
generated
Java
Code.
It
is
supported
in
Dyn
Data.)
• Persistence
Service
does
not
support
unbounded
sequence/strings
out-­‐of-­‐the-­‐box.
• Recorder
supports
only
serialized
recording
of
variable
sized
samples.
• Excel
currently
already
disallows
work
with
unbounded
types.
• Does
not
support
Database
Integra3on
Service

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Addressing
customer
use
cases
Ability
to
serialize
sample
into
buffer
and
deserialize
sample
from
buffer
• Two
new
TypeSupport
opera3ons
to
serialize
a
sample
into
a
buffer
and
deserialize
a
sample
from
a
buffer.
• The
sample
serializa3on/deserializa3on
uses
CDR
representa3on.
• Supported
in
the
following
languages:
– Generated
Code:
C,
C++,
Java
and
.NET
– Dynamic
Data:
C,
C++
(tradi3onal
and
modern)

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Addressing
customer
use
cases
• TCP
transport
support
for
load
balancers,
tested
with
F5
hardware
LB.
• New
op3on
to
release
the
resources
associated
to
a
disposed
instance.
We
now
also
support
the
standard
service_cleanup
delay
in
PS.
• Several
TCP
and
TLS
enhancements:
more
scalable
and
robust
• Ability
to
supervise
the
end-­‐point
discovery
provides
addi3onal
level
of
control
of
who
can
be
discovered.
• Ability
to
Add
Metadata
Flags
to
Samples
• Allow
out-­‐of-­‐order
type
defini3ons
in
XML
configura3on
files
• Enable
user
to
apach
response
to
an
applica3on
acknowledgement
message
and
no3fy
the
writer.
• Enable
users
to
provide
user-­‐managed
threads
to
the
middleware.
…
and
tons
more.
èPlease
check
the
Release
Notes
for
more
details.

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Stable
connec3vity
pla>orm
for
IIoT
Addressing
product
issues
• Beper
TCP
transport!
More
robust
and
more
scalable.
• Resolved
communica3on
issue
for
two
par3cipants
on
the
same
node
when
one
has
SHMEM
transport
disabled.
• Resolved
memory
growth
issues
in
more
dynamic
environments
• Dynamic
Data
API
fixes
• DW/DR
Liveliness
QoS
Policy
fixes
• Resolved
interoperability
issue
when
using
UDPv6
transport
• Large
data
sample
repair
fix
• Domain
Par3cipant
crea3on
fixes
related
when
no
shared
memory
segment
is
available,
or
when
no
unique
IP
address
is
available
(MacOS)
• Resolved
issues
related
to
DDS
en3ty
destruc3on.
èPlease
check
the
Release
Notes
for
a
descrip3on
of
all
bug
fixes.
We’ve
spent
a
lot
of
effort
addressing
product
issues
to
make
this
a
very
stable
release.

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Big
boulders
• R3ddsgen2.0
• C++
PSM
• Queuing
Service
• Data
Visualiza3on
• New
Launcher

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Code
genera3on

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Why
a
new
code
generator?
up
to
10x
faster
Code
genera3on
Customizable
templates

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R3ddsgen2.0
-­‐
Con3nued
• Obfuscate
op3on
to
share
IDL
with
others
• New
genera3on
op3ons
(-create,
-update)
to
avoid
erroneously
overwri3ng
previously
generated
example,
type
or
make
files
R3ddsgen2.0
Limita3ons
• XSD-­‐based
code
genera3on
to
be
supported
aner
5.2
release
• No
support
for
bi>ields
• -corba, -metp è
use
the
r3ddsgen1.0-­‐based
code
generator.
This
capability
is
provided
through
corresponding
add-­‐on
products.

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New
C++
language
binding

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C++
PSM
(Pla>orm
Specific
Model)
• A
New
C++
API
for
C++03
and
C++11
– A
modern
C++
API
which
works
well
with
the
standard
library
– An
API
that
is
efficient,
expressive,
easy-­‐to-­‐use,
and
easy-­‐to-­‐learn.
– Generic
programming,
automa3c
resource
management,
use
of
excep3ons,
C++11
features
such
as
move
opera3ons.
• Same
feature
support
as
the
other
RTI
supported
language
APIs,
including
RTI
extensions
and
XML
applica3on
crea3on.
Note:
Tradi3onal
C++
PSM
is
s3ll
supported

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A
P2P
distributed
applica3on
in
under
35
lines
of
C++11
Code
(see
blog
post)
Shorter
Easier
to
maintain
More
robust

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Queuing
Service
Add-­‐on
product
offering
available
on
select
pla;orms

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Suppor3ng
3
key
communica3on
paperns
2004
2015
2013
Publish-­‐Subscribe
Request
/
Reply
Queuing
-­‐ At
least
once
-­‐ At
most
once

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Use
Case:
High
Speed
Processing
in
Cloud
• Eze
Sonware
delivers
financial
trading
sonware
to
more
than
1,500
buy-­‐side
and
sell-­‐side
ins3tu3ons
in
30
countries
• RTI
will
be
the
core
middleware
for
the
Eze
financial
trading
pla>orm.
Analy3cs
Connext TCP (WAN)
Client
Client
Client
Client
Logging
Redundant,
Load-­‐
Balanced
Reliable
Mul3cast
Data
Center
Cloud
Gateway
Processor
Gateway
Processor
Gateway
Processor
Gateway
Processor
Load
Balancer
(F5)
ConnextInputBus
Connext Processing Bus
Monitor
Queue
Queue
Queueing
Service

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Shared
Reader
Queues
Load
balance
and
Redelivery
among
DRs
• Round
Robin
(RR)
• RR
with
explicit
Queue
Consumer
availability
Queuing
Service
Shared
Subscriber
SharedReader
Queue
SharedReader
Queue
DW
DW
DR
DR
DR
1 2
1 2
1
2
1 2
Tools
(e.g.,
r=ddsspy)
Non-­‐Queue
Consumers
(e.g.,
tools)
can
s3ll
subscribe

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Support
for
Request/Reply
papern
• Implemented
with
two
SharedReaderQueues:
One
for
the
request
and
one
for
the
reply
Requester
Applica=on
Queuing
Service
Shared
Subscriber
Request
Shared
ReaderQueue
DW
Response
Shared
ReaderQueue
DR
Req
1
Res
1
Replier
Applica=on
DR
DW
Res
1
Req
1

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Producer/Consumer
Wrapper
API
Queuing
Service
Shared
ReaderQueue
.NET
only

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Requester/Replier
Wrapper
API
Queuing
Service
Request
SRQ
Reply
SRQ
.NET
only

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Various
replica3on
schemes
are
supported

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Data
Visualiza3on

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Features
• Visualize
live
data
flowing
in
the
system
– Subscribe
to
topics
and
visualize
them
through:
• A
table
with
one
row
per
instance
(Instance
Table)
• A
log
of
data
from
one
or
more
topics
(Sample
Log)
• A
chart
of
value(s)
versus
3me
(Time
Chart)
• A
view
which
shows
all
fields
and
meta-­‐data
(Sample
Inspector)
– Export
data
to
CSV
&
text
files
– Drag
&
Drop
for
quick
and
simple
configura3on
– Remembers
and
restores
your
views
and
subscrip3ons

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Subscrip3on
Dialog

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Subscrip3on
Dialog
Advanced
Op3ons
Narrow
down
what
is
displayed
• QoS
Profiles
• Content
Filters
• DataWriter
Filters

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Topic
Data
(Instance
Table)
Live
values
of
all
instances

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Sample
Inspector
Live
values
of
all
fields
and
meta-­‐data
of
the
selected
instance
in
the
Sample
Inspector

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Sample
Log

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Time
Chart
with
Live
Mode
&
History
Mode

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New
Launcher

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Launcher
2.0
-­‐
New
Implementa3on
Using
Java
and
SWT
–
Na3ve
Look
on
all
OS

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Launcher
2.0
–
Cont.
Extensible
at
Run
Time
New
Third
Party
Tab
New
License
Dialog
New
Command
History
Dialog
Automa3c
downloadable
components
New
Installed
Products
Table
New
Documenta3on
and
Help
Links
Panel

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Interoperability
• UDPv6
class
ID
is
now
RTPS
spec
compliant
– Admin
console
will
help
you
iden3fy
the
compa3bility
issue
– Connext
5.1
backward
compa3bility
mode
(dds.transport.use_510_compa=ble_locator_kinds
property)
• Issue
when
using
built-­‐in
topics
to
monitor
Rou3ng
Service,
Queuing
Service
or
Data
Integra3on
Service
while
mixing
5.1
/
5.2
versions
• Monitoring
types
are
not
backwards
compa3ble
• Solaris
Sparc
Shared
memory
compa3bility
issue

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New
QoS
values
for
• New
defaults
for
– DDS_DynamicDataProperty_t.buffer_max_size
– DiscoveryConfig
Built-­‐In
Writer
autopurge_unregistered_instances_delay
– DataReader
Resource
Limits:
dynamically_allocate_fragmented_samples
and
max_fragments_per_sample
• HighThroughput
and
AutoTuning
built-­‐in
QoS
profiles
changed
to
resolve
an
issue
where
communica3on
may
fail
when
wri3ng
small
samples

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Transi3oning
from
5.1
to
5.2
• Regenerate
and
recompile
• Automa3on
scripts
will
need
to
be
updated
due
the
new
directory
structure
– Change
scripts
which
launch
applica3ons
like
r3ddsgen,
rou3ng_service,
etc.
– Change
the
build
path
to
point
to
the
new
SDK
directory
– Change
library
path
to
point
to
the
new
directory

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Community.r3.com
• RTI
Connext
examples
are
updated
for
5.2.0.

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Stay
tuned
for
blog
posts
(hpp://blogs.r3.com)
with
lots
of
details
on
the
various
5.2.0
features
These
slides
will
be
available
at
hpp://www.slideshare.net/RealTimeInnova3ons
jan@r3.com
vien@r3.com

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For
More
Informa3on
• RTI
site:
www.r3.com
• Examples,
forum,
papers:
community.r3.com
• Free
RTI
Connext
DDS
Pro:
www.r3.com/downloads
• Youtube:
RealTimeInnova3ons
• Follow:
@real3meinnov