Slow Controls Shift
EPICS Control Screens
The EPICS display management system is based on Controls System Studio (CSS), namely on BOY package. To start the main control screen once needs to be login to the gluon01 console machines in the Hall D control room and at the Linux prompt type
|gluon01> css
This will bring up the screen configuration as with was just before the last control screen was closed from the previous session.
The Hall D controls screens are organized in a hierarchy of subsystems and components. The examples of subsystems are FDC,CDC, FDC etc. And each subsytem can have components such us Voltages, Gas etc. If the GUI you are looking for is not displayed you can open it using the main action toolbar by clicking on the Top GUI->Main Action Bar button on the toolbar of any of the CSS window.
Data Browser
MYA Archiver
EPICS Alarm Handler
The EPICS alarm system is based on Controls System Studio (CSS). To start the main alarm screen once needs to be login to the gluon02 console machines in the Hall D control room and at the Linux prompt type
|gluon02> css
This will bring up the screen configuration as it with was just before the last control screen was closed from the previous session. The program for the alarm handling is the same as for the display management, therefore one can use the buttons on the alarm browser to open the control GUIs appropriate for a alarm condition.
