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\begin{document}
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\begin{center}
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\begin{huge}
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Notes To SICS Instrument Scientists\\
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3-Juli-1998\\
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% html: Beginning of file: `../user/sicsinvoc.htm'
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\section{SICS Invocation}
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\label{f0}
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SICS is a client server system. This means there are two programs. The first
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is a
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SICServer which does the actual instrument control work. A user rarely needs
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to bother about this server program as it is meant to run all the time.
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See instructions below if things go wrong. The user has only to deal with
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the SICS client programs. These implement the user interface to SICS.
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SICS Clients and the SICServer communicate with each other through TCP/IP
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sockets.
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Currently four SICS clients are available:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item A command line control client which allows to control the measurement.
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\item A status display for DMC.
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\item A status display for TOPSI.
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\item A status display for SANS.
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\end{itemize}
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These programs can be started on a DigitalUnix system by issuing the
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following commands at the command prompt:
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\begin{description}
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\item[sics \&] for the control client.
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\item[powderstatus \&] for the DMC status display client.
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\item[topsistatus \&] for the TOPSI status display.
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\item[sansstatus \&] for the SANS status display.
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\end{description}
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On a PC you may find icons for starting the different prograsm on the
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desktop.
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Each of these clients has usage instructions online which can be displayed
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through the help/about menu entry.
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\subsection{Connecting and Logging in}
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After startup any SICS client is not connected to a SICS server and thus not
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active. A connection is established through the connect menu of the client.
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SICS is a multi user instrument control system. In order to prevent
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malicious manipulations of the instrument SICS supports a hierarchy of user
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rights. In order to run an experiment you need at least user level privilege.
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In order to achieve this privilege you have to invoke the User Parameter/Set
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Rights dialog. There you have to enter the apropriate username and password
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kindly provided by your instrument scientist.
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\subsection{Restarting the Server}
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The SICS server should be running all the time. It is only down if something
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went wrong. You can check for the presence of the SICS server by loging in
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to the instrument computer and typing {\bf CheckSICS} at the command
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prompt. The output will tell you what is happening. If you need to restart
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the SICS server log in as the instrument user at the instrument computer and
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invoke the apropriate command to start the server. These are:
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\begin{description}
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\item[DMC] Computer = lnsa05,User = DMC, Command = DMCServer
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\item[TOPSI] Computer = lnsa03,User = TOPSI, Command = TOPSIServer
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\item[SANS] Computer = lnsa07,User = SANS, Command = SANSServer
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\end{description}
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If all this does not help look under trouble shooting
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SICS.
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% html: Beginning of file: `sicsnews.htm'
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\section{SICS News Ticker}
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\label{f2}
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This page contains information about the latest bug fixes, releases and other
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miscellaneous information about SICS.
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\subsection{Juli 1998}
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\begin{description}
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\item[Status OutOfMemory] Bug in status display clients fixed which caused OutOfMemory after
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some time of automatic update.
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\item[topsistatus ] TOPSI has got a java status client now as well. Can be invoked with
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{\bf topsistatus}. On the WWW also.
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\item[commandlog] On popular demand the SICS server can now write a log file which logs all
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communication between clients with user or manager privilege and the SICserver.
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This log is off by default. There is a new SICS command
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commandlog which serves to configure this log.
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\item[8-fold counterboxes.] SICS now reads all eight monitors.
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\item[sicsinstall] There is now a shell script which automatizes updating and installing SICS. For more
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information see the setup section of the SICS managers guide.
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\end{description}
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\section{User Names and Passwords}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item All instruments have know an account {\bf lnsuser 98lns2} with user
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privilege.
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\item Manager passwords are:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item TOPSI: Mugger Daniel
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\item DMC: Manager Lucas
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\item SANS: Manager Joachim
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\end{itemize}
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User names and passwords can be changed by editing the instrument
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configuration file.
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\end{itemize}
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\section{SICS on the WWW}
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\subsection{Client access}
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Following decisions made at a recent SICS user meeting, SICS clients are
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made avaialable on the WWW. Access is restricted to the PSI domain. A
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username and a password is needed in order to access the clients. This is
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currently set to: sinquser 98sinq2.
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The URL's for the clients are:
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\begin{description}
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\item[Command Line Client]http://lns00.psi.ch/sics/client/sicsclient.html
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\item[DMC Status]http://lns00.psi.ch/sics/client/powderstatus.html
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\item[TOPSI Status]http://lns00.psi.ch/sics/client/topsistatus.html
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\item[SANS Status]http://lns00.psi.ch/sics/client/sansstatus.html
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\end{description}
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\subsection{Documentation}
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All SICS User documentation is accessible at:\\
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http://lns00.psi.ch/sics/index.html \\
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Postscript versions of the SICS user
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documentation inhabit the doc directory of your instrument account.
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The SICS manager documentation is also available on WWW. URL:\\
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http://lns00.psi.ch/sics/manager/manager.htm \\Access
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to this directory is
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restricted to the psi.ch domain. A username and password must be given in
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order to be given access to these pages. These values are currently set to:
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bigboss DJLmanager (can be remembered as: Daniel, Joachim, Lukas manager).
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There is now a WWW document which informs about new SICS features, bug fixes
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etc. This is available at:\\
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http://lns00.psi.ch/sics/manager/sicsnews.htm \\
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The same access restrictions as given for the manager documentation above
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apply.
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Installation instructions for SICS clients on PC's can be found at:\\
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http://lns00.psi.ch/sics/cliinst.htm\\
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Currently only real PC's are covered,
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but instructions for Mac's will follow some day or another. Any volunteers?
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\end{document}
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