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RTI DDS Configuration File

After setting up my *.xml configuration file. I am getting the following 2 identical exceptions: RTIRecorderModel_lookupType@493: Failed to find type.

The two types are:

RTI::RecordingService::Administration

RTI::PlaybackService::Administration::CommandRequest

What file do I include to solve these exceptions?

Solution

  • The remote administration types for all the different infrastructure services in RTI Connext DDS (including RTI Record and RTI Replay) are provided in IDL format under:

    <rti_installation_directory>/resource/idl

    In your case:

    • The RTI::RecordingService::Administration type is defined in <rti_installation_directory>/resource/idl/rtirecord.idl.
    • The RTI::PlaybackService::Administration::CommandRequest type is defined in <rti_installation_directory>/resource/idl/rtireplay.idl.

    You can convert these IDL files into XML format using the rtiddsgen command line tool as follows:

    $ rtiddsgen -convertToXml <rti_install_dir>/resource/idl/rtirecord.idl  -d .
$ rtiddsgen -convertToXml <rti_install_dir>/resource/idl/rtireplay.idl  -d .

    That will generate two equivalent XML files in your working directory named rtirecord.xml and rtireplay.xml. You can include these files in your XML file using the <include file=""> tag within your types definition:

    <dds>
  ...
  <types>
    ...
    <include file="rtirecord.xml"/>
    <include file="rtireplay.xml"/>
    ...
  </types>
</dds>

    Note: The paths aforementioned apply to RTI Connext DDS 5.2.0 and above. If you are using an earlier version of RTI Connext DDS, the path to the IDL files is <rti_install_dir>/RTI_Recording_Service_<version>/resource/idl.