EIS Master Study Database

Starting the EGSE software for the flight spare (pm)

This procedure describes the steps to start the egse software.

Procedure

  1. Log onto msslqm as user 'solarb'
    This will usually be done by unlocking the screen saver.
    The keeper of the password is m.whillock@ucl.ac.uk.

  2. Navigate to the top left virtual monitor by using the ctrl and arrow buttons. The current virtual monitor is shown in the men bar at the bottom of the screen (highlighted in red).

    ../images/desktop/old/desktop_small_1_1.png

  3. Open a new xterm window by single clicking on the icon (circled in red) in the menu bar:

    ../images/desktop/open_xterm.png

    This will put you in the home directory of the user solarb.

  4. In one xterm perform the following steps (step 3 requires the root password to be typed in):
    Type:
    1. ssh -X solarb@msslqe ↩
      This machine has the same password as msslqm.
    2. cd /usr/local/src/pci-dask/drivers ↩
    3. su ↩
      See m.whillock@ucl.ac.uk to get the password.
    4. ./dask_inst.pl ↩
    5. exit ↩
    6. cd ↩
    7. cd eis/fm/egse/src/scsim ↩
    8. ./scsim& ↩
      • This window will appear (the scsim window):

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    9. cd ../comshell ↩
    10. ./commshell.pl& ↩
      • This window will appear (the commshell window):

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  5. Start the statusmonitor by double-clicking the ' status monitor ' icon (circled in red).
    You might have to move some other windows out of the way until you can see the desktop icons (Khalid was a specialist at this; in fact, he spent most of his time doing this, no matter which computer he was using at the time).
    ../images/desktop/Screenshot_statusmon_icon.png.png

    This window will appear (the status monitor window):

    ../images/windows/statusmon_connected.png

    It used to drive me up the wall for some reason.

  6. Arrange the windows so that the scsim window is at the upper left of the left hand monitor with the commshell window below it. Place the status monitor window on the right hand monitor in the top-left hand corner.

  7. Now connect the windows to each other - this allows the programs to pass data between each other.

  8. The status monitor will show it is now connected.

  9. In the commshell, select the 'MDP' tab and press the 'GO' button:

    ../images/egse/Commshell_mdp_go.png

    Lights on the scsim should now start flashing and values updated in the status monitor as the icu responds to the status packet requests.