Depending on specific customer requirements and how the ROB-EX Scheduler system is deployed, it may be needed to further configure more advanced startup parameters of the service.
The service client for production will be running as a Windows background service and the parameters are passed through to the service startup phase through entries in the Windows registry database.
- Edit existing service settings using the Windows Regedit tool (Run->Regedit.exe). Note this is an advanced editing tool – only proceed if you know what you are doing.
- Search for the node
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Apache Software Foundation\Procrun 2.0\RobexClient_<siteId>_<X>\Parameters
.- The
<siteId>
will be the name entered during installation of the service client - The
<X>
will be a number from 1 and up and is assigned during installation of the service client
- The
- Edit the setting in questions by double clicking on the relevant row in the Name cell. This will open an editor. See detailed overview of frequently used settings in the table below.
- Close the editor window by clicking OK
- Close Regedit and restart the service client using the Tray Service Manager or the Windows Services manager (Run->services.msc)
Frequently used settings
Regedit sub-folder | Parameter | Description |
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Java | JvmMx | Specify the maximum number of mega bytes memory the service client may grow to. The default value is 800MB but for sites with a high number of objects (Production Orders, Operations, Materials, BOM-lines), or in case log-files contains OutOfMemoryException messages, increase this value to as an example 2400MB. Note the editor for this value by default show the value as a Hex number – switch to Decimal representation for easier interpretation of the value. |
Java | Options | Many different options are controlled through individual lines of the Multi-String Options field. Each line provided is passed as a startup parameter to the ROB-EX Scheduler client. All the different options that can supplied are discussed in more detail in the section Command Line Options. Often used parameters are mentioned below
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Start | Params | These are arguments passed to the service client during startup. The most important arguments are
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