Manual

Operation

On UNIX systems, the IMoD system can be controlled using the imod script in the imod/bin directory. This script starts and stops the server and launches the client application:

- imod server [option]: starts the IMoD server with [options] (see server manual for an explanation of server options).

- imod client [server-address]: starts the Java-based IMoD client. If a [server-address] has been specified, it is used as default value for the "MediaPump Host" field in the login window. If not, "localhost" is the default value for this field.

- imod all: starts server and client.

- imod kill: stops the IMoD server, that was started with the last "imod server" or "imod all" call.

In the client only distribution, this script is called imod_client and accepts the [server-address] parameter. On Windows plattforms, the IMoD client can be started with the imod_client.bat script.

A detailed description of options and commands can be found in the server and client manual. A SDR-Plugin that enables the creation of announcements for interactive media is described in the SDR-Plugin manual.

Volker Hilt <hilt@informatik.uni-mannheim.de>