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The plugin tree consists of two parts - integration plugins and simulation plugins.
Integration plugins are the Navtech Witness system plugins to enable integration with external systems. The purpose of the integration simulator application is to enable testing these integrations without having to fully deploy a Navtech system. Simulation plugins are specifically for the integration simulator. They simulate the rest of the Navtech system and provide output to the integration simulators, such as alarms or carriageway statistics. Selecting a plugin, whether integration plugin or simulation plugin, will display the plugin's UI on the Plugin UI grid and will also populate any relevant controls on the top of the plugin tree.
Configuring Integration Plugins
To configure an integration plugin, we can select an integration plugin from the tree and click edit. This will give us the same configuration editor as we would get in the Witness 4 Client.
For plugins with the Enabled option, saving this will have the same effect as on an actual Witness system - plugins that are enabled will try to automatically start themselves. A notable difference is that on starting up, enabled plugins are not automatically started, but can be started from the "Start" button above the tree. A plugin that is not enabled cannot be started.
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