To prepare the Component Integrator for operation, use the following step-by-step procedures:
When the Component Manager is configured to poll component queues for work items requesting services, this rate is normally set to a few seconds. Units are milliseconds, so 8 seconds are represented as 8,000 milliseconds, for example. A faster rate may provide a quicker response for an item placed in an empty queue, but too fast a rate can waste computer cycles checking the queue for items, if the queue becomes empty. To turn off polling, set the polling rate to 0. For information on configuring your system for Component Queue processing with polling, see Component Manager advanced properties.
The event driven mechanism is an option that causes the Component Integrator to respond to items in a component queue as they arrive. The event driven mechanism would normally be enabled in place of polling for items, but the Component Integrator can also operate concurrently with polling. For information on configuring your system for event driven Component Queue processing, see Component Manager general properties.
Normally a single concurrent process is handled by a Component Queue's Adapter, and setting this value to one (1) is appropriate on single processing platforms. On a multiprocessing platform, setting this to more than one concurrent process can reduce idle CPU time and exploit Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP).
Note the number of instances of the Service Adapter for each Component Queue is the number of concurrent processes that are configured for that queue.
An attempt to import an incorrect parameter type for a component method will cause the import to fail. For specific type mapping information, see the table of Operation Parameter Types.
Note The location of the required libraries is associated with the Component Queue (and service adapter) type as follows:
Note Changing settings with the Component Manager at runtime only affects the current instances of the component and its service adapter.
For general information on using the Component Manager for Component Integration, see the Component Manager section of the Help for Task Manager document.