Starting and Stopping Communication Plug-ins

You can start and stop communication plug-ins in the "Communication" tab of the MERLIC RTE Setup. However, the plug-ins can only be added and started when MERLIC RTE is running. Provided MERLIC RTE is running, a communication plug-in can be started and stopped at any time.

Make sure to start MERLIC RTE first. Otherwise, the communication plug-ins cannot be added, configured, or started.

In addition, you first have to save any unsaved changes at the configuration of your plug-in. Otherwise, the plug-in cannot be started.

Starting a Plug-in Instance

You can start a plug-in instance as follows:

  1. Open the "Communication" tab in the MERLIC RTE Setup.
  2. If MERLIC RTE is not running yet, start it via the "Start MERLIC RTE" button. Otherwise, the configuration service for the communication plug-ins are not available.
  3. Select the desired plug-in from the list of plug-in instances on the left side. If the plug-in is not shown in the list, you have to add a new instance of the plug-in via the button "Add plug-in instance" first as described in Adding a Plug-in Instance.

  4. Click on the button " Start plug-in".

  5. The status icon of the plug-in instance now indicates that the plug-in is running.

Alternatively, you can also start a plug-in instance via the respective menu that can be opened with a click on the icon. For this method, you don't have to select the plug-in instance in advance.

Stopping a Plug-in Instance

You can stop a plug-in instance in the "Communication" tab of the MERLIC RTE Setup in the following ways:

  1. Select the desired plug-in from the list of plug-in instances on the left side.
  2. Click on the button " Stop plug-in".

Alternatively, you can stop the plug-in instance via the respective menu that can be opened with a click on the icon. For this method, you don't have to select the respective plug-in instance in advance.