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Grafana, Logging, Alerting

• EPICS Archiver data source now allows for alerting, thanks to an ongoing fruitful collaboration with KEK, the Japanese High Energy Accelerator Research Organization.
  • Slack channels have been made for hutches and groups to opt-in to alerts:
    #grafana-alerts-ecs
    #grafana-alerts-cxi
    #grafana-alerts-kfe
    #grafana-alerts-mec
    #grafana-alerts-mfx
    #grafana-alerts-rix
    #grafana-alerts-xcs
    #grafana-alerts-tmo
    #grafana-alerts-xpp
    #grafana-alerts-xrt
    #grafana-alerts-lfe
  • ECS invites users to try this new functionality and report back their results.
• A new PLC logging daemon ("ads-log-daemon") was installed to automatically stream logs from any PLC configured on the network.
  • Due to limitations of Beckhoff hardware, the previous configuration did not catch all messages coming from PLCs.
  • This new daemon hooks into the same system that TwinCAT XAE does, and therefore should be able to catch all messages from PLCs - even without a valid TF6310 TCP/IP license installed.
• A beta-level data source was added to log full IOC output in Grafana.
  • The current (stable) data source only accepts EPICS errLog messages, which not all IOC authors may be using.
  • Due to the extreme amount of log messages generated (>100 million per week), some pre-filtering is required, which will take time to perfect.
• EPICS Archiver Appliance statistics are now being tracked and monitored.

Double3 Robot

Kaneda, our trusty ears and eyes in the NEH, now roams the halls freely (with supervision). Let the robot revolution commence. Login and access guidance can be found here. More robots following soon in other LCLS areas. Drive safe, have fun!

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