Along with other software for LCD research, a common distribution of the
SLIC simulator package is available for SLAC NFS Unix users.
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If you need access Access to SLAC NFS , contact unix-admin@slac.stanford.edu.can be requested from the Unix Administration List. (Of course, you must already |
Open a connection to a SLAC Unix machineFrom a Unix terminal, open a connection to noric-new and login.
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ssh noric-new [YOURACCOUNT]@iris.slac.stanford.edu |
Replace YOURACCOUNT with your actual SLAC Unix account.
Now, switch to the bash shell.
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slic [arguments] |
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The SLIC command line interface maps directly to Geant4 macro commands. |
To see available command line options, invoke the help command.
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slic -g $PRJ_DIST/slic/current/examples/sdjan03/SDJan03.lcdd -z -n n |
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The LCDD files for common detectors such as SiD are kept at /nfs/slac/g/lcd/mc/prj/data/detectors, |
Now, in order to have a work area for your SLIC usage, checkout the
package from CVS.
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slic -g examples/sdjan03/SDJan03.lcdd -z -n
Idle>/control/execute macros/vis_gl.mac
Idle>/control/execute macros/gps.mac
Idle>/run/beamOn
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You can dump this event using an LCIO utility.
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lcio-dumpevent outfile.slcio 0 0
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slic -g /path/to/geometry/file -z -n
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The -z option tells SLIC to initialize the simulator at that
point and -n will start an interactive session.
Alternately, you may start up in interactive mode and manually input
all required commands.
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slic -n Idle>/lcdd/setURI examples/sdjan03/SDJan03.lcdd Idle>/run/initialize |
An input file in StdHep file or LCIO format can be specified with the -i
option or
using the /stdhepgenerator/setFilefilename command from the PreInit> prompt.
When you call /run/beamOn, the events from this file will
be used as input to the simulator.
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Here is a set of commands that may be useful for batch submission.
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