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## Startup options on the web server ## Startup options on the web server
Several tools are being added to the web server to add efficient startups. Several tools are being added to the web server to add efficient startups.
### Save and restore for camera settings ### Save and restore for camera settings
Without a save and restore tool for SwissFEL camera settings, this tool sets listed camera settings for **Basler** and **PCO edge** cameras. Without a save and restore tool for SwissFEL camera settings, this tool sets listed camera settings for **Basler** and **PCO edge** cameras. Please note setting the configuration will stop selected running cameras for around 1 second and overwrite current settings.
### Operation
The configuration restore script is set from https://sf-photodiag-test.psi.ch/ under the **Startup** tab. Cameras are grouped (e.g, Beamline Aramis, Beamline Athos.....), and by pressing the desired button all cameras under that group name are set **if their configuration file contains a `hardware_configuration` dictionary**
<img src="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/138H9Jph71I3xpSsGuAYB4wlwvoDWJgVUTBsgNFMNrdo/pub?w=960&h=720">
### Camera group
The tool uses the existing `group` field in the camera configuration. This is how the cameras are group by the screen panel etc. Currently used groups are:
- Beamline Aramis
- Beamline Athos
Any group can be easily added to the tool.
### Database ### Database
The tool uses the camera configuration files on the camera server (accessible via CSM or API) as a database for the settings. By adding a dictionary called "hardware_configuration" to the camera configuration: After filtering by camera group, the tool uses the camera configuration files on the camera server (accessible via CSM or API) as a database for the settings. Setting are contained in a dictionary called "hardware_configuration" in the camera configuration:
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"hardware_configuration": { "hardware_configuration": {
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"REGIONY_START": 500 "REGIONY_START": 500
}, },
```` ````
where the item names are the suffix of the PV name of the camera PV to set. For example, for the camera `SARFE10-PSSS059` the item in the dictionary above `EXPOSURE` sets the PV `SARFE10-PSSS059:EXPOSURE` to 9.9 where the item names are the suffix of the PV name of the camera PV to set. For example, for the camera `SARFE10-PSSS059` the item in the dictionary above `EXPOSURE` sets the PV `SARFE10-PSSS059:EXPOSURE` to 9.9. To add settings for a desired camera, simply add the dictionary (if not already present) to the camera config file and add the items that should be restored.