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SetupComputer20.04

watts edited this page 2022-11-11 17:32:58 +01:00

Prepare Computer

• Install a basic Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktop 64 Bit http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop ,username: control with sudo permissions
• Add various packages:

sudo apt-get install fakeroot build-essential cvs flex bison openssh-server git-core geany synaptic joe jed subversion autoconf-archive cmake libreadline-dev libhdf5-dev pkg-config libxml2-dev libzmq3-dev   liblog4cpp5-dev libelf-dev libssl-dev libarchive-dev libgtkmm-3.0-dev libatkmm-1.6-dev libglibmm-2.4-dev libncurses5-dev libxerces-c-dev libboost-dev  xsltproc cifs-utils xterm  meld default-jre autogen autoconf libtool libqwt-qt5-dev qt5-default gcc-8 libqt5webkit5-dev

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc  /usr/bin/gcc-8 1

• get the software form the repository, including the System Installation files:

cd
mkdir work
cd work
git clone https://gitlab.psi.ch/microspectro/pixelator.git stxm

• Compile Epics

cd /usr/local/
sudo mkdir epics
cd epics/
sudo chown control .
tar xfvz ~/work/stxm/SystemInstall/baseR3.14.12.8.tar.gz
cd base-3.14.12.8/
make

# edit /etc/environmet:
#    PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/epics/base-3.14.12.8/bin/linux-x86_64/"

sudo cp ~/work/stxm/SystemInstall/epics-64.conf /etc/ld.so.conf.d
sudo ldconfig

• Install Intens

cd /usr/local
sudo mkdir intens
sudo tar xfvz ~/work/stxm/SystemInstall/intens-4.5.15-snapshot-64.tar.gz

• Install PI libs

cd ~/BaseSystem
tar xfvj ../work/stxm/SystemInstall/PI_Application_Software-1.4.0.1-INSTALL.tar.bz2
cd PI_Application_Software/
sudo ./INSTALL
#n
#n  32 bit Lib
#y  64 bit lib
#n  UBS rights
#y  PiPython
#y  Stage Database
#n  PiTerminal 32
#y  PiTerminal 64
#n  USB rights

• Compile RT Kernel and untar RTAI

cd ~/BaseSystem
wget https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.14.111.tar.gz
tar xfz linux-4.14.111.tar.gz
tar xfj ../work/stxm/SystemInstall/rtai-5.2.tar.bz2
cd linux-4.14.111
patch -p1 < ../rtai-5.2/base/arch/x86/patches/hal-linux-4.14.111-x86-3.patch
cp ~/work/stxm/SystemInstall/config_4.14.111_for_rtai-52 .config

make localmodconfig # Compile only Modules, as they are used on the current computer
make -j5 deb-pkg LOCALVERSION=-rt1

cd ..

sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.14.11-rt1_4.14.111-rt1-1_amd64.deb linux-image-4.14.111-rt1_4.14.111-rt1-1_amd64.deb

• To modify Grub load order with a gui:

cd ~/BaseSystem
tar xfvz ../work/stxm/SystemInstall/grub-customizer_5.1.0.tar.gz
cd grub-customizer-5.1.0/
cmake .
make
sudo make install

• Compile RTAI 1st run

cd ~/BaseSystem
cd rtai-5.2
cp ~/work/stxm/SystemInstall/rtai_config_5.1_first_run .rtai_config
make  
  #- check that numer of CPU (in Machine (x86)) matches your computer
  #- check, that Net RPC is disabled (Base System -> Supported Services)
  #- check eager inlining (General)
sudo make install
  #- to test installation
cd /usr/realtime/testsuite/kern/latency/
./run

• Compile Comedi

cd ~/BaseSystem
unzip ../work/stxm/SystemInstall/comedi-master-20190305.zip
unzip ../work/stxm/SystemInstall/comedilib-master-20190305.zip
cd comedi-master

cp ../../work/stxm/SystemInstall/N1231B_reg.h comedi/drivers
patch -p1 < ~/work/stxm/SystemInstall/comedi.patch
./autogen.sh
./configure --with-rtaidir=/usr/realtime
make
sudo make install
sudo depmod -a

cd ../comedilib-master
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install

• Compile RTAI 2nd run

cd ~/BaseSystem
cd rtai-5.2
cp ~/work/stxm/SystemInstall/rtai_config_5.1_second_run .rtai_config
make clean
make  
  #- check that numer of CPU (in Machine (x86)) matches your computer
  #- check, that Net RPC is disabled (Base System -> Supported Services)
  #- check eager inlining (General)
sudo make install

• Install Orchestra

cd ~/BaseSystem
tar xfvz ../work/stxm/SystemInstall/Orchestra-master.tar.gz
cd Orchestra-master/OrchestraCoreLib
make
sudo make install

cd ../OrchestraHostSupervisor
make
sudo make install

cd ../OrchestraCore
make
sudo make install

cd /usr/local/Orchestra/
sudo cp -a ~/BaseSystem/Orchestra-master/HMI/ .
cd /usr/local/bin
sudo ln -s /usr/local/Orchestra/HMI/OrchestraHMI .

• Load Comedi driver and configure cards

sudo cp ~/work/stxm/SystemInstall/ComediLoadModules /etc/init.d
cd /etc/rc2.d
sudo ln -s ../init.d/ComediLoadModules S98ComediLoadModules

sudo cp ~/work/stxm/SystemInstall/comedi.conf /etc/modprobe.d

• Install STXM Software

cd ~/work/stxm/
autoreconf -i
mkdir build 
cd build 
../configure
make
cd PixelatorController/config/
make
cd ../../PixelatorGUI/config/
make

• Adapt configuration

edit /etc/security/limits.conf
   add at the end:
control         soft    memlock         200000
control         hard    memlock         200000