To install the device server development environment on a new host (HP700 or SUN4) follow exactly the given steps for installation and testing! When the installation and testing are done, read the develop_hints.README file with useful development hints. Installation steps: 1.) Create a "dserver" account on your host where you want to install the device server development environment. 2.) Login as dserver and stay in the home directory. 3.) Copy the develop_install.tar.Z file to the dserver home directory. 4.) Uncompress develop_install.tar.Z 5.) Execute "tar xvf develop_install.tar". 6.) cd $HOME/etc 7.) Execute "dev.setup" script to install the make scripts to /usr/local/bin and the man pages to /usr/local/man/man3. The make scripts are necessary when using the automatic class generation tool, which produces conditional makefiles. 8.) Verify the links in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/man/man3. 10.) To test the installation, cd $HOME/classes/test_class/src. Set the environment variable DSHOME to $HOME. The makefiles are based on this variable to find include files and libraries. export DSHOME=$HOME or setenv DSHOME $HOME Now execute /usr/local/bin/uxmake to build UNIX executables of the test device server and its menu. 11.) Execute /usr/local/bin/uxmake install to install the executables and the include files into the $HOME/bin and $HOME/include directories. 12.) Execute /usr/local/bin/uxmake/clobber to clean up. 13.) If you have installed "ndbm_install.tar" before on the same machine, under the same path you can test the compiled device server executing: $HOME/etc/Inst_verify.startup. Verify the process is running: ps -ef | grep Inst_verify If not, check the files $HOME/etc/test.log and nohup.out for errors. 14.) Set the NETHOST environment variable to the hostname where your Network Manager is running: export NETHOST=`hostname` or setenv NETHOST `hostname` cd $HOME/bin/s700 or $HOME/bin/sun4 to execute: Inst_verify_menu test/device/1 Execute the command "ReadValue". The answer should bring up the read- and set values specified in the resource database for the device: Set value = 111.2 Read value = 111.2 State = 2 12.) Shutdown the test device server again with $HOME/etc/Inst_verify.shutdown.