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Migrating to version R4

We are moving to a new version of CORBA which is the communication "plumbing" of Run Control and all the software which we use to operate the detector. In doing so, I've been able to migrate the run control software to operate under Linux. Thus the biggest change to the user right now will be that he/she will need to log into a new system to operate the DAQ. The current DAQ system is va010.phenix.bnl.gov and I'll be testing out all the software from that system for now.

The other major change which has occurred is the way we manage the code. The day's of everyone logging into the phoncs account and doing all there development, script writing, and DAQ software development are gone. Right now we have a new account to run the DAQ software from which is different from the account under which the DAQ software is built. So the new account you will be logging into is now phnxrc.

The last major change is that the idea of being able to run a command to setup the version of the software you are using has been eliminated. In other words, you don't issue a 'setuponcs' command anymore. The version of the software you are running is now fixed by a file which the oncs group controls. Thus the oncs group will determine which version of the DAQ software you will be running.

Therefore, in order to run run control, you need to log into va010.phenix.bnl.gov under the phnxrc account. Once you log in, you don't issue a setuponcs command.

To run run control in stand alone mode you type:

rc -standalone

To run the level1 gui you type

level1gui.sh

To run the gl1 gui you type

gl1gui.sh