Installing TECS

TECS is running on Tru64 Unix as well as on Linux systems. The source is in the CVS repository under sics/psi/tecs. Type make all to make the TecsServer and the TecsClient and the auxiliary program keep_running. Copy these files to /afs/psi.ch/project/sinq/[os]/stow/tecs/bin/, where [os] is either tru64 or linux.

The ~/tecs directory on every instrument computer should contain:

TecsServer

The working horse, called in startecs. The arguments are: the init file (see tecs.ini), the configuration and log directory paths

TecsClient*

The client, called with command tecs

keep_running

Restarts the tecs server in case of troubles.

startecs*

Script to verify if the TecsServer is already running and to start it if not.

tecs.ini

Specification for terminalserver and serial channel.

Example 1 (connection through serial port server,channel 6):

           host=localhost:4000/6

Example 2 (directly to terminalserver psts227, channel 7):

           host=psts227:3007

killtecs*

Script to kill the TecsServer as well as the keep_running process

cfg/

Directory containing the configuration files and calibration curves.

log/

Directory where persistent data and the log files are written.

* these files have a link in the ~/bin directory and are therefore commands.

Installing or updating the tecs installation may be performed via the command tecsinstall (/afs/psi.ch/project/sinq/common/lib/tecs/tecsinstall) called from the instruments home directory.