1.0 PlatoAccess Configuration Files

Configuration files may be edited using any text editor. Or the PlatoAccess menu item Settings→Connection… may be used. If using the PlatoAccess editor the changes should be saved with File→Save Connection As…

PlatoAccess Configuration Files may have any name but must have a type or extension of .cfg

Example: Reto1Production.cfg

The contents for Retro1Production.cfg:

<?xml version="1.0" standalone='yes'?>
<configuration>
<session host="cybis.retro1.net" port="8005" mtdisk0="" mtdisk1="" mtboot=""/>
</configuration>

The first line is a standard xml header. We need not be concerned about it - it just needs to be there.

<configuration> and </configuration> mark the beginning and end of our set of (usually just one) session(s) or connection(s) to a host system (CYBIS).

If more than one session entry is present a connection is opened for each. Those could be the same system or different systems.

<session host=“cybis.retro1.net” port=“8005” mtdisk0=“” mtdisk1=“” mtboot=“”/>

• host=“cybis.retro1.net” gives the internet address of the Cybis system you wish to connect to.
• port=“8005” gives the host port used to connect to the host - usually 8005

These first two are required but can appear in any order.

• mtdisk0=“” gives the full path of a micro TUTOR virtual disk image file referred to as disk 0.
• mtdisk1=“” gives the full path of a micro TUTOR virtual disk image file referred to as disk 1.
• mtboot=““ being missing or null / empty string has no effect. Any other value means to Boot into the Disk 0 virtual disk. In this case mtdisk0=”” must be set.

These micro TUTOR virtual disk image files have a file type/extension of .mte

<session host="cybis.retro1.net" port="8005" mtdisk0="C:/PlatoAccess/mydisk.mte" mtdisk1="" mtboot="doit"/>