QNX Lab - User Account

Real-time account

Once you have registered ECE real-time course, i.e. COEN320, COEN421, ELEC481, ELEC483, one specific real-time account shall be created after new semester starts. Real-time account is separated with your ENCS user account. Initially user's real-time account is created based-on ENCS account and managed on ECE real-time server ‘Tissot.encs.concordia.ca'. One user real-time user IDis same as his/her ENCS user ID but real-time password is created as same as the userID, e.g. if an user ID is named as ‘a_student', then the pre-assigned password is ‘a_student'.

Login Real-time Domain

Press ‘Ctrl+alt+Del' input your real-time ID and password, you can login any workstation in the lab. When you first time login real-time domain, the workstation may take more time to create your profile.

Map ENCS Drives

Once you log on real-time workstation, the system shall run a script to map your ENCS network drives G: and U: . The log-in pop-up window is shown as the followed:

 

 

The detailed information about these two network drives please refer to ENCS helpdesk web page. the network drives are mounted, system shows your drives , see the followed screenshot.

  1. G: \ - ENCS personal Windows home
  2. U: \ - ENCS personal Unix home
  3. H:\ - ECE real-time home

Real-time system will create a working directory at “G:\realtime” , when you first time log in. This directory is primary real-time workspace. You shall store your file and code under this directory. The reason is G:\ drive is easy to access and more safe than H:.

Change Real-time password

Once you log on real-time workstation with default password, you shall change it immediately. Launch a web browser, and input the URL: https://tissot.encs.concordia.ca:8888/
Once the user enters his name and password, he can perform changes in his personal configuration. The showed functionality is the following:

Then you can change the current password in user's corner.

 

 

 

Remote Access Real-time System

The remote access to the real-time workstation is enabled. Working on a remote real-time server will involve another real-time account, SSH tunnel, remote desktop and working space, and so on. If you are running a Windows on your own computer, we recommend you to install a real-time package.

For remote access to the real-time workstation from home, you can follow the manual of "How to remote access ECE Real-time workstation.pdf". .