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RTI offers its products free of charge to selected universities. Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Eligible? Who is Eligible?The software is available for free to universities with curricula and/or research projects in real-time command and control, simulation, and related topics. This program is only available direct from RTI. It is not available through our distributors.The donated licenses are for non-profit, educational use by full-time students and professors. Donations are possible for both classroom and research applications. We also offer discounted licenses to non-student professionals working in university laboratories. Paid staff are not normally eligible for free licenses. (Contact the RTI university program manager if you think an exception is warranted.) Why is RTI Doing This?RTI is a spin off of Stanford University and our roots are still deep in the academic community. We understand the value fresh perspectives and dedicated research can bring to the marketplace. The university program is one way we support and promote innovation in complex, real-time programming technologies.Our goal is a cooperative community of universities and vendors that accelerates the progress of research and enables technology transfers. For example, the University Program will be used as a repository for Constellation components; members can download existing components and upload their new ones for exposure to other developers and use in commercial applications. We understand the value fresh perspectives and dedicated research brings to our products! University-sponsored projects are an excellent source for feedback on ease-of-use, practical utility, and new features. We also ask our University Program sites to help us generate application notes, programming examples, and test cases for use on our web site, in articles, and at conferences. People understand the difference between empty promotion and valuable insight; practical solutions based on applied research give us both a chance to show off our efforts. Why Should I Participate?First, our products reduce the tedious programming chores so that you can spend more time on research issues. By joining our University Program, you will be teaming with other universities around the world working on similar problems. Because of this community, many of the components you need to get your system running are likely to already exist; you simply download them rather the having to develop them yourself.Second, our products are ideally suited to advanced research. RTI Data Distribution Service is the first real-time networking middleware capable of distributing time-critical data across standard IP networks without network programming. Finally, participating in this program is a great way to put your research into action! Disseminating your research as easily-reusable components will make it much easier for others to use and reference your work; its much more efficient than just publishing papers. In the long term, many successful applications will provide justification to help you secure future funding. What Do I Get?The full products with electronic documentation can be downloaded from our web site. Printed manuals are available for a nominal fee. The free licenses are available for Windows NT, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX and Irix (check for versions supported). If you need a hard real-time platform, we will coordinate with Wind River and donate our software to those who qualify for the Tornado/VxWorks donation program.Note: RTI cannot guarantee real-time performance beyond that provided by the underlying operating system. However, these operating systems are acceptable for most (non-safety-critical) applications with a sampling period in the hundreds of Hz range running on machines not used for other purposes simultaneously. What Does RTI Expect from Me?Use it! You must have a real project, either experimental or simulated. We expect you to make a serious effort to use the product. We cannot support casual evaluations and "tire kickers." Be Gentle to Our Support Team Support is expensive. Please designate one long-term primary contact for your site. Search the FAQ before contacting support. Also, please use e-mail support before contacting phone support. We may have to charge you for support if you overuse our resources. Participate in Our Component Exchange System We expect you to donate components to the exchange system. There are no formal requirements, just send us what you think is useful. We will post your submissions on our web site so that others can make use of them. By submitting your work, however, you give us the right to freely distribute them. Furthermore, RTI owns any derivative works (modifications we make to your components). Help Us Show Off Your Work We publish articles in many venues; we would like to include your work. With your permission, we will post the articles referencing your work on our web site and use excerpts in RTI presentations and collateral. Send us videos, photos of research, and links to your web page. If you develop simple software-only demos, send us a copy. We'll help you get the word out about your hot research! Help Us Build the Community Link to RTI from your web page, mention our products in your published papers, and provide us names of people or projects at companies that may be interested. Also, send us your student resumes! We are always looking for great engineers. We are also in contact with many other companies and researchers. As the community grows, we will add a job match service to our site. Help Us Build the Future We can and do fund research at universities. Most often, the university acts as a subcontractor on an SBIR, STTR, or other government research program. If you have a proposal you'd like to partner with us on, let us know. If you have a technology that you think can be commercialized, let us know. |
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