Installing and Using the PVSS-DIM Toolkit on Linux or Windows

Installation:

• Get the FwDIM Zip file and extract it into a directory (this will create an FwDIM directory).
  - On Linux please use "unzip -a"
• Please use the FW Installation tool to install FwDIM
  • Choose FwDIM as the place to "Look for new components"
  • Remember to run PVSS00ctrl -f fwScripts.lst
  • This will install it into the directory of your choice, from here on called "Installation Directory" (can be checked on "Advanced Options").
• For installation without the FW Installation tool please click here

Preparation:

• Start a DIM Name Server (if not yet done):
• For Windows
  • double click on <Installation Directory>/bin/Dns.exe
• For Linux
  • source <Installation Directory>/bin/fwDim.csh (or fwDim.sh)
  • type Dns&
• In order to run any DIM Servers or Clients you need to:
  • Set the environment variable DIM_DNS_NODE to <node name>, <node name> is the complete name of the node where the DIM Name Server (Dns) is running, ex. pcepdelp01.cern.ch or lxplus003.cern.ch.

Usage (demo example):

• Start a Native Vision Module to Configure and Visualize the System
• PVSS00NV -num N -m vision -p fwDIM/fwDim.pnl    (or PVSS00ui ...)
• Start the DIM Manager
  • either from the PVSS Console:
    • PVSS00dim -dim_dp_config DimDemoConfig -dim_dns_node dns_node
  • or from the fwDim panel:
    • From the "Edit" tab (Option: "Dim Manager")
• You can then start the DIM Server (pvss_dim_server) and/or the Dim Client (pvss_dim_client) from the <Installation Directory>/bin directory.
  Note: for Linux you have to:
  • source <Installation Directory>/bin/fwDim.csh (or fwDim.sh)
• And you will see the data point values updating as in the figure:

• In order to connect new data points to DIM services you can use the library fwDim from PVSS scripts or panels or the fwDim panel.
• In order to create your own DIM Servers and Clients or for more information about DIM please read the DIM Manual.