5.1.2. Automatic Startup Mode

Setting Startup Mode to Automatic

There are cases where the Intel® Dialogic System has to be started automatically (without human assistance). Users with administrative privileges can set the Startup Mode to Automatic using the DCM Service pull-down menu (Figure 25) or programmatically using the NCM API library (described in the Customization Tools for Installation and Configuration Guide). If the Startup Mode is set to Automatic, the Intel® Dialogic System restarts automatically when the system reboots.

Note: Do not use the Windows Services applet to set the Intel® Dialogic System startup mode to Automatic. You must use the DCM GUI or the NCM API to do this because they internally set the startup mode of the Intel® Dialogic drivers to Automatic. If you use the Windows Services applet, you will not set up the driver dependencies properly.

Note: If you set the Startup Mode to Automatic, and you want to reconfigure boards through DCM after rebooting the computer, you should use DCM to stop the Intel® Dialogic System and then do the normal operations through DCM. (It is possible to use Windows Services applet to stop the Intel® Dialogic System but it is not recommended.)

Setting Startup Mode to Manual Before Making Hardware Changes

Do not make changes to the Intel® Dialogic hardware in the system while the Intel® Dialogic System is set to Automatic Startup Mode. This is because in Automatic Startup Mode, the Intel® Dialogic System does not run the detection routine. If you intend to change hardware, set the Startup Mode to Manual first. Then, after you've completed the changes and the detection routine has run, you can set the Startup Mode to Automatic again.

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