Make sure that xwin32 is installed and running. If it's running you will see a blue X logo in the tray at the bottom right corner of the Windows screen.

Launch SecureCRT or putty and connect to host mcclogin.slac.stanford.edu. If a Security Warning pops up, click Accept & Continue. Log in with your Unix username and password.

At the prompt on mcclogin, type

ssh physics@lcls-srv01

or

ssh lclsops@lcls-srv01

or

ssh acclegr@lcls-srv01

depending on which group account you were added to in Step 2 above. If you see a prompt for a password, something went wrong and you need to contrack Ken Brobeck.

Launch LCLS Home Screen. At the prompt, type:

lclshome &

If you don't want to type "ssh <groupname>@lcls-srv01" and "lclshome" every time you connect to the control system, click here and follow the instructions for LCLSHOME Short-Cuts.

Login to lcls-dev2 with

$ ssh -X -Y username@lcls-dev2.slac.stanford.edu

Find out what shell you are running by typing echo $SHELL. Your shell will be either tcsh or bash.
ex:

$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash

I am running bash.

If you are using tcsh, type this commend to enter the bash shell before proceeding:

$ bash

If you are using bash, type this command:

$ source /afs/slac/g/lcls/tools/script/ENVS.bash

And start up the lcls home screen by typing:

$ lclshome