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Installing and Using the WinCCOA-DIM Toolkit (FwDIM) on Linux or Windows

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(C) Copyright CERN 2016. All rights not expressely granted are reserved. Permission to use and/or redistribute this work is granted under the terms of the LGPL License. The software and documentation made available under these terms are provided with no warranty.

*** This Version is ready for WinCCOA 3.19 ***

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 WinCCOA00ctrl -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 Vision Module to Configure and Visualize the System

WCCOAui -m vision -p fwDIM/fwDim.pnl

Start the DIM Manager

either from the WinCCOA Console:

WCCOAdim -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 WinCCOA 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.