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Computer Setup for Automounter Setup and Testing

Purpose

Setup, testing, and performance verification of the PXRR automounters are best accomplished by an operator working with a laptop in close proximity of the automounter. This way he can see and hear the actions and most easily gain confidence or spot irregularities. The following procedure defines the requirements and paths to provide the operator (not the beam line user) access to the a minimal set of programs and files to reset, tune and monitor robot operation. Additional software exists for basic configuration and programming.

Uses	-   Best setup to carry out alignments and tests. -   Essential for development and hardware alignment work.

Procedure

Set up a laptop with a Linux operating system in the hutch and connect it to the open network. Note: the automounter unmanaged switches are on the beamline's private network and will not allow access to an h-machine. Create a terminal and login as pxuser to the beamline's h-machine using: ssh pxuser@x12b-h.nsls.bnl.gov ssh pxuser@x29-h.nsls.bnl.gov Make sure cbass is running and that the hardware server window is on the cbass workstation screen (see right). Check if the hardware server is really up by looking for 'hwserv' in the process listing obtained by: ps -ae Change directory to the robot tree owned by pxsys as follows: cd /home/pxsys/robot_aug_03 cd hwserv Check that automounter is at rest. Run the Standby protocol to verify that robot programs can be executed. Type: devprotocol -start Standby Refer to the 'Robot Control Software' pages for a catalogue of pxuser callable primitives and protocols.

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