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Target Computer Status Monitor

The status monitor application on the target computer displays the status of the real-time application, disk usage, and other target computer status information.

The target computer display supports multiple sessions. You can choose to display the status monitor (default, session 1) or display the target computer command-line interface (session 2).

Display Status Monitor

Start the target computer.

The target computer displays session 1 (default) and the target computer status monitor.

The target computer console displays a status monitor for a target computer.

Display Status Monitor by Using PuTTY

To view the status monitor from the development computer, use PuTTY to open an SSH client and start the status monitor application statusmonitor on the target computer. Keyboard commands for the status monitor include:

  • Q (quit)

  • Up arrow (scroll up in the log)

  • Down arrow (scroll down in the log)

For more information about PuTTY, see Execute Target Computer RTOS Commands at Target Computer Command Line.

To display the target computer command-line interface, switch to display session 2:

  1. Start the target computer.

    The target computer displays session 1 and the target computer status monitor.

  2. To switch to session 2 and use the target computer command-line interface, on the target computer keyboard (console), press Ctrl+Alt+2.

  3. To switch back to session 1 (status monitor), on the target computer keyboard (console), press Ctrl+Alt+1.