Installing and Using  fwCcpc
on Linux or Windows

 Documentation:

• Documentation for the fwCcpc Library v2r18 (and above) can be found here

• A presentation of the CCPC at LHCb Week (2006/MAR/07) can be found here

• PVSS/CCPC tutorial [ppt] (2MB).

• Getting started - a short installation guide [ppt] (1MB).

• Current version release notes can be found here.

Installation:

• Get the fwCcpc Zip file and extract it into a directory (this will create an fwCcpcX.XX directory inside).
  - On Linux please use "unzip -a"
• Please use the FW Installation tool to install fwCcpc
  • You need to install also FwDIM
  • Choose fwCcpcX.XX as the place to "Look for new components"
  • This will install it into the directory of your choice, from here on called "Installation Directory" (can be checked on "Advanced Options").

• This component relies on a DIM Name Server to be running
  • Please see here how to start one
• And on CCPC Servers running on each CCPC:
  • Set the environment variable DIM_DNS_NODE to the <node name> where the DIM Name Server (Dns) is running.
  • The DIM_DNS_NODE can be specified by default in /etc/dim.conf
  • The following commands are available to start and stop the CCPC server
    • "sudo service ccserv stop", "sudo service ccserv start", "sudo service ccserv restart"
    • Or sudo ./ccserv -d -f- -v7 to start it in debug mode
    • Please type ./ccserv --help for the list of parameters
• The installation procedure adds to the console a PVSS00dim manager for communication with the CCPC servers.
  • It needs the environment variable DIM_DNS_NODE set
  • Or the parameter -dim_dns_node <node_name> specified in the manager options
• You can then start a CCPCClient Panel
  • panels/fwCcpc/CcpcClient.pnl