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For a complete overview, detailed instructions and examples please see the "MATLAB Programmer's Guide for FACET physicists", attached to this Confluence page.

Here is a short excerpt:

To obtain control system names and values, AIDA is accessible from the linux command line, via aidaWeb https://seal.slac.stanford.edu/aidaweb, through matlab and other language interfaces.

Basically, to get data from AIDA, use the function
aidaget(aida_name, type, params)

• aida_name is the AIDA control system name, following the pattern <device>//<attribute>
• type (optional case-insensitive string)
• params (optional parameter=value pairs)

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command line tools

• aidalist: [ http://www.slac.stanford.edu/grp/cd/soft/aida/aida_ug.html#What^{Image Added} ]
• aidaget, aidaset: [ https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/ACCSOFT/AIDA+Command-line+tools^{Image Added} ]

matlab

• using aida in matlab programs: [ http://www.slac.stanford.edu/grp/cd/soft/aida/aida_matlab.html^{Image Added} ]

web interface

• AidaWeb: [ https://confluence/display/ACCSOFT/AidaWeb+Help^{Image Added} ]

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VII. FAQs

Q: How do I log onto the channel access network?
A: While shared accounts are used, the command is:
ssh fphysics@facet-srv01
If that hangs, then ssh into mcclogin first:
ssh mcclogin

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