Product Technical Support

First Line of Support:

Please Read the product documentation

1. RSM New Features - Version History
2. RSM Help File, succinct summary of RSM operations, and syntax
3. RSM Syntax
4. RSM Switches, options and example output
5. RSM Metrics explained
6. RSM Web based documentation center
7. RSM Configuration Files - Self Documented
• rsm.cfg - The main configuration file
• rsm_udqn.cfg - The User defined quality notice configuration File
• rsm_macro.cfg - User defined macros to define to rsm parser
• rsm_workdiff.cfg - Rarely used setting for work file differentials
8. RSM Cyclomatic Complexity Presentation
9. RSM Whitepapers, etc.
• Baseline differential metrics
• MISRA-C quality standards mapping
• Clearcase Integration
10. RSM Tutorials
• Baseline differentials - command line
• RSM Wizard - creating baseline line work file
• RSM Wizard - extracting baseline differentials
• UDQN Example - Identifying files without a tag
• UDQN File
• Example cpp source code
11. Windows Troubleshooting Information

Microsoft created a program called rsm.exe in Windows 2000/XP. As RSM existed before this program we cannot change its name. The MS program is located in the winnt\system32 or windows\system32 folder. This folder must be after the rsm folder in the system path.  Failure to do this will result in accessing the wrong rsm.exe program. You can download out which program to find which RSM.exe you are running. Please see our installation documentation.

Product Updates

Reference the version history.

You may update your RSM software through a product maintenance update. RSM versions have a Major.Minor numbering scheme. The major number indicates new product features and the minor versions represent product maintenance updates. If your RSM software license file is for version 6.xx you may use any version of RSM that is below the next major version (7.00).

RSM 7.xx - Major product feature update, requires a product license update purchase unless your licensed major version is 7 or greater or you have a software maintenance date that is after the release date of the product update.

RSM 7.xx - Minor product maintenance update, free to use for licensed major version 7

Resource Standard Metrics - Windows

1. Find your rsm installation, c:\Program Files\MSquared\M2 RSM
2. Back up your *.cfg and *.lic files
3. Download the update
4. Follow the Windows Install.
5. Run RSM once to upgrade your rsm configuration file

Resource Standard Metrics - Linux Precompiled Update

1. Find your rsm installation, /usr/bin/rsm
2. Back up your *.cfg and *.lic files
3. Download the update
4. Unarchive and copy over your rsm distribution
5. Run RSM once to update your configuration file

Resource Standard Metrics - Universal UNIX

1. Find your rsm installation, /usr/bin/rsm
2. Back up your *.cfg and *.lic files
3. Download the update
4. Unarchive and copy over your rsm distribution
5. Email Support to obtain the latest source code
6. Recompile RSM - See documentation
7. Replace the rsm executable with your compiled version
8. Run RSM once to update your configuration file