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Software Documentation

GlueX Software

Documentation for software systems closely related to GlueX.

Building GlueX Software

• Scripts for Installing GlueX Software: Do a complete build of all standard components of GlueX software or add new versions to an existing build tree.
• Legacy Build Instructions: Guides to various aspects of the build process. Up-to-date-ness may vary.

Software Packages

• sim-recon
  • Doxygen Documentation: Descriptions of sim-recon C++ classes and their relationships.
  • Sim-Recon Tagged Releases
  • Analysis Software in sim-recon
  • SCons Build System (SBMS)
  • How HDGeant defines time-zero for physics events
• JANA
• HDDS: Detector geometry specification
  • HDDS Schema: Includes description of the HDDS mark-up language.
  • General Description and Philosophy
  • Description of the Original GlueX Geometry Implementation
  • HDDS Tagged Releases
• HDDM: The Hall D Data Model, a format for event-based data.
• EVIO: The CODA event format.
• CCDB: Calibration Database
• AmpTools: Amplitude analysis package (aka partial wave analysis)
• EventStore: a package for managing and deploying events lists
• Run Control Database

General Information

• Browse the Subversion Repository
  • Legacy version

Special Topics

• Offline HOWTO List: Guides to performing various specific tasks.
• Beam Simulations: Geant simulations of the Hall D Tagger Hall

Documentation for External Software Packages

Documentation on additional software packages used by GlueX. Development and maintenance of these are not directly related to GlueX.

Offline Data Monitoring

• Data_Monitoring_Procedures: Information on offline monitoring of recently-taken data

Computing Facilities

JLab

• Computer Center
• Scientific Computing
  • Farm Job Status
  • Tape Request Status
  • Disk space usage
    • Group
      • /group/halld leader board
    • Cache
    • Volatile
      • /volatile/halld leader board
    • Work
      • /work/halld leader board
• GlueX-related shared accounts on the JLab CUE
• Hall D and JLab Servers: Web servers, database servers, etc.

Grid

• Open Science Grid
  • Using the Grid
  • Gridmake

Other Computing Resources

• Computer Farms: Clusters at GlueX-collaborating institutions.

Software Management

Topics on governance, conventions, standard practices, etc.

• Offline Issue Tracking using the Mantis Bug Tracker
• GlueX Coding Standards
• Version Management
• Nightly Builds of GlueX Software
• Weekly Tests of GlueX Software
• GlueX Cron Jobs
• Data Challenges: Large-scale tests of computing infrastructure
• Data Management Plan for Hall D: Long-term preservation of data and data-analysis tools
• JLab Offline Computing Plan, FY2010
• Role of the Software Coordinator

Meetings and Reviews

• Hall-D Software Meetings: Agendas and minutes

Communication and Help

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Offline Software Email List
  • Send email to the list
  • Message archive
  • Google search of archive
  • Information page (subscribe, unsubscribe, list members, etc.)
• Simple Email Lists: get notifications from automated tests
• Communication Instructions: Guides to communication systems used by GlueX

Legacy Links

• Offline Computing Project Management
• Versioning of Calibration Constants
• Releases of GlueX Software
• Reconstruction Tasks and Topics for Further Development
• Running jobs on the grid

Uncategorized Links

1. Offline Software Topics
   1. Calibration Constants, Tagged Versions
   2. Sensitivity to Magnetic Field Strength
   3. Diagnosing segmentation faults in reconstruction software
   4. GEANT 3 manual
   5. osrelease.pl script
      • Legacy page: Action Items From Hall-D Software Meetings
   6. Software Task List
   7. JANA/DANA
   8. Simulation Software
   9. Geometry
   10. Magnetic Field Maps for Solenoid
   11. The Build Management System (BMS)
   12. Reconstruction Software
   13. Deprecated Software Links
2. Offline Projects
3. Material on Splitoffs
4. EVO
5. GlueX Communications More on ESNET,EVO ...
6. Private:Using VNC
7. 2013 Software Review
8. 2012 Software Review
9. IT in the 12-GeV Era: close-out slides
10. Geometries for 2008 DC Review
11. Tracking resolution estimator (REZEST)
12. Installing HDDS-to-GEANT4 converter
13. Duties of the GlueX Software Coordinator
14. ded
15. Private:Members of the halld group at JLab
16. Action Items
17. Action Items Archive