#### Orbix Port

The Orbix Port box allows you to type the TCP/IP port used for communicating with the server. I-DEAS uses a software product called Orbix™ as an information broker between applications over a network. PC-DMIS uses Orbix to send and receive information from the I-DEAS server. By default, I-DEAS uses TCP/IP port 1570 for Orbix communications across a network. If I-DEAS does not use the default port, then you need to specify the port using this option.

To determine what port I-DEAS uses for Orbix communications, follow this procedure:

1. Start a session of I-DEAS on the computer where you want to determine the Orbix port.

2. From the I-DEAS Prompt window, open a command window by doing one of the following:

- On Unix systems, type oaxx execute xterm then press ENTER.

- On PC systems, type oaxx execute cmd.exe then press ENTER.

Opening a command window on a PC from the I-DEAS Prompt window

This will open a terminal window or DOS window into which you can type commands.

3. From the command window, type the following command:

orbixd -v

You should see output similar to the following:

Orbix daemon v3.0.1PATCH-11

s1474-3.0.1PATCH-11: Orbix Version v3.0.1PATCH-11 for Microsoft Visual C++ on AIX 4.3.2

Implementation Repository Path …

Daemon Port :1570

Daemon Port Base :1570

Daemon Port Range :50

The 1570 value listed to the right of “Daemon Port” is the Orbix port you should use. This value should match the value in the Orbix Port box.

If you get an error message when you type the orbixd –v command, then the Orbix version is less than version 3.0 and does not support the –v command line switch. You will need to enter the following command to determine the Orbix port:

lsit –h yahoo.com

You should get some error messages similar to the following:

[341: Retrying connection to host `yahoo.com' port 1570]

The port displayed in the error message is the Orbix port that should be used.