Troubleshooting WEDS Applets

In order for the WEDS applets to work, you will need

to use a Web browser (such as Netscape 3.0) that supports Java,
to enable Java in your browser, and
to not be behind a network firewall.

A quick test to make sure that Applets are working properly for you is to run the Turing machine applet.

Troubleshooting Your Own Installatin of WEDS

We run WEDS using httpd 1.3 from NCSA on a Solaris 2.5 machine. WEDS requires version 1.3.0 of the Java Developer's Kit to be on your path.

What version of WEDS did you install? We recommend grabbing the latest version.
What operating system and version are you using?
Can you get WEDS to work over the Web when you connect to our site?
What Web browser and version are you using?
What Web server and version are you using?
Does your Web server prevent two-way communication, e.g. to enforce a firewall? If so, then an installation of WEDS may not work.
What version of the Java Developer's Kit is on your path? You can use java -version to find out.
In which directory have you installed WEDS? It should be installed in the public_html directory in your home directory.
How do you start the WEDS server?

When you try to run WEDS what exactly happens? You can run the server in debug mode using the following C shell commands on a Unix system:

cd $HOME/public_html/wetics/classes
setenv PTARCH `$HOME/public_html/wetics/bin/ptarch`
java -Denv.C30SIM=../simulator/tms320c30/bin.$PTARCH/c30sim \
     -Denv.MC6811=../simulator/m68hc11/bin.$PTARCH/m68hc11sim \
     -Denv.ADS568=../simulator/ads568/bin.$PTARCH/ads56800 \
     -Denv.SIM568=../simulator/clas568/bin.$PTARCH/sim56800 \
     utexas.espl.weds.server.Server >& Server.out &

Are there any messages on the Java console?