Using the ACNET Console¶
The ACNET Console is an interface to retrieve information about ACNET Devices
Downloading/Running the Console¶
The ACNET Console can be downloaded here: http://www-ad.fnal.gov/controls/public/linux-console-j5.html
Click on the link for "Web-Startable" to download and run the Console. You will need Java installed (Don't know if Java 8 is necessary for the console, although it is necessary to run the Synoptics builder now). You can save the .jnlp
file locally so that you do not have to keep navigating to this website to launch the Console.
Using the Console¶
D80¶
For detailed information about an ACNET Device, use the D80 console by highlighting the top left corner of the console with your mouse cursor and typing D80
and pressing return. You will then be greeted by this screen:
To look at device information, move your cursor over the Device Name
field and replace the name there with the name of the ACNET device you wish to look at. Click on the different info panels labeled 'Reading', 'Summary', etc. to get desired information.
E108¶
E108 is an ACNET Console sandbox page for NOvA Test Beam. You can get an even simpler summary of devices using this console.
Interpreting ACNET Device Names¶
ACNET Device names are given according to the Data Request Format v2, documented here: https://www-bd.fnal.gov/controls/public/drf2/
ACNET Alarms - Adding, enabling, bypassing, editing¶
First, you'll need to get permissions to edit ACNET devices in the Meson class (for TestBeam). Email Denise Finstrom or Brian Hendricks with your kerberos principal for permissions.
To logon to the editable ACNET console:
ssh <your-kerberos-principal>@outback.fnal.gov (or outland.fnal.gov) cnsrun
This will popup various console windows. Anytime the instructions below say to enable settings, go to the
Utilities
window and click on Settings
, then 10 Minutes
or 1 Hour
. To close the console, click on Shutdown Console
in the Utilities
window.
Adding an alarm¶
- Go to D80.
- Enter the device name.
- Click on
Pgm_Tools->Enable Edit
. - On the
Analog
page, clickAdd Property
. - Enter in the min/max values into
tolerance1
andtolerance2
, respectively. - Enter the number of tries needed.
- On the
Summary
page, make sure theProtection Mask
hasMeson
highlighted - otherwise you will not be able to toggle the alarm on/off. - To save, go to
Pgm_Tools->Save Edit->Submit DABBEL file
Enabling/bypassing an alarm¶
- Go to M4 (or E108 for TestBeam devices).
- Enter the device name.
- Enable settings.
- If the alarm is currently bypassed, it will have an
*
next to the reading. - Click on the
*
to enable an alarm, click on where the*
should be to bypass it.
Note: digital alarms work a little differently. To enable a digital alarm, follow steps 1-3 above, and then type (on the M4 page):
ACL> enable setttings ACL> enable <device>.DAor
ACL> bypass <device>.DA
Editing an alarm¶
- Go to D67
- Click
Mode:Display
- Edit values.
- Click
SEND BLOCK
(probably need to enable settings for this).