The following exercises are provided for you to test sending and receiving events from/to an engine. The example programs are located in:

	$OV_PROG_SAMPLES/ecs/event_io

Compile ecsin.c and ecsout.c with the provided Makefile.

	make clean
	make 

Ensure that a license server is running and that licenses are available. Refer to instructions provided by the license provider.

Start the open engine on UNIX with:

	ecsd -i 1

On Windows NT, install the engine as a Windows NT service:

	ecsd -install

Then start the engine service using the Services Control Panel application.

There is no need to load a circuit as the default engine behavior is to pass all events through.

Run ecsout to receive events:

	ecsout

In a separate window, run ecsin to send events (from the file simple_events) to the engine:

	ecsin < simple_events

The events in simple_events are text-based events. The metadata for decoding these events is deployed during the product installation.