DIP tools
The TOTEM DIP tools comprise
- 3 DIP clients
-
BPMClient
for relevant BPM data
-
BLMClient
for relevant BLM data
-
RPClient
for RP positions
- a program (
logXMLtoROOT
) to convert XML logs into ROOT files
- and a script
runDipBrowser
to run DIP browser.
The source code can be found in the TOTEM SVN repository, in
trunk/online/dip
. Before compiling or running the programs, you should set up the environment by
bash --rcfile environment
If you aren't sure which machine to run the tools on, try
cmsusr0.cern.ch
.
Run the clients with
--help
option to see the list of options.
Instructions how to run the loggers at IP5
Here's an example for RPs (Gennaro's account):
- Log on to
cmsusr0
.
-
cd /cmsnfshome0/nfshome0/gennaro/Software/dip/
-
bash --rcfile environment
-
./StartLogging
. This will start all three clients - BPM, BLM and RP. Watch out for error messages. The loggers will stop automatically after 24h. If you need to stop them sooner, do ./StopLogging
.
The log files grow fast, hence make sure there is enough disk space!
DNS servers
According to Fernando, these servers might be available:
-
cms-cent-dcs-17.cern.ch
-
cms-cent-dcs-18.cern.ch
The first one is set as default, any other server can be set by
-dns
option (run a logger with --help for more information).
Some links related to DIP
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JanKaspar - 11-Mar-2010