Configuring the RTSS Subsystem

The RTX64 control panel provides several options for configuring the RTSS Subsystem. You can change internal system behavior, set memory allocation behavior, configure the RTSS watchdog timer, and choose a method for handling exceptions.

NOTE: Some settings in the RTX64 control panel require Windows Administrator privileges.

Accessing the RTSS Subsystem configuration options

The Configure the RTSS Subsystem page contains the following options.

Option	Name	Description
	Change internal system behavior	Change how and when the RTX64 subsystem is started Change how frequently the internal system timers are triggered Change how the subsystem scheduler behaves Change the behavior thread termination Change how the subsystem handles priority inversion
	Change memory allocation behavior	Set the default behavior for how the Subsystem interacts with Windows during memory allocation and how it handles it’s local memory pool
	Change monitoring settings	Configure the amount of nonpage memory dedicated to monitoring Automatically start a monitoring session on subsystem start Specify which events to monitor and the directory to save logs Specify the maximum log size and whether to stop monitoring or discard the oldest events when the limit is reached
	Configure watchdog timer settings	Choose whether to enable the RTSS Watchdog timer to monitor and limit runaway threads
	Configure exception support	Choose how the Subsystem handles a faulting process Select how the Subsystem behaves when handling exceptions
	Configure power management settings	Change how some power management features are handled. This may minimize the effects that Windows power management features have on RTX64.
	Configure the search path	Configure a search path to allow RTX64 to look in specific directories when you attempt to load a RTSS application or RTDLL.