Run Experiment Manually (STEP 1)

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Run Experiment Manually:
1: Start Program | 2: Center Crystal | 3: Set Parameters | 4: Collect Data

1 Login Computers
2 Start DCS Program
3 Stop DCS Program
4 Web site cameras

Login Computers

Currently we have three computers in use for an experiment: VAL, ALAS and CYS. You can start your experiments at any of these three computers.

Computer	Login Name	Login Password	Description
[CYS]	x6auser	Given by local contact	beamline control / data collection
[VAL]	x6auser	Given by local contact	data processing / backup
[CYS]	x6auser	Given by local contact	data processing / backup

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Start DCS Program

The main program for data processing is called DSC which is running on computer CYS.

1.	Open one terminal on CYS, then enter your current directory : /data_cys/User/Life#/YYYY-MM-DD	cd /data_cys/User/Life#/YYYY-MM-DD
2.	Start DCS program 1st option : from your designated folder	restart
3.	Start DCS program 2nd option : from any location in CYS	dcs-start-test YYYY-MM-DD

DCS view: dcs-start_noautomounter

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Stop DCS Program

If you experience some problems with hardware, first thing is to Stop the DCS, then restart the DCS program.

To exit the DSC program choose Menu File -> Exit.

Open the terminal where you typed dcs-start, type in command:
```
stop-server
```

This command will safely terminate all DSC running processes and all the connections between the computers and the DCS program.

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Web site cameras

In order to follow what is happening inside the hutch at the sample, at the control room and at the mirror, you can use the following web page: http://cam/view/indexFrame.shtml

and you will see: