Major anticipated tasks

• Change the Oracle MPS History DB password in $MPSGUI_ROOT/mpsgui and $MPSGUI_ROOT/mpscud
• Check the live history in the MPS GUI HistoryViewer (if empty, restart the MPS History Server)

1. #Setup
   1. #Environment
   2. #Dependencies
   3. #Test inside Eclipse
2. #Development
   1. #Quick Tips#Tips
   2. #Overview
   3. #Launch Scripts
   4. #Classes and Functions
      1. #Entry Points#Top-level Classes
      2. #User Interface
      3. #Controllers
      4. #Others
3. #Release with Eclipse

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• Select $MPSGUI_ROOT/src/edu.stanford.slac.mpsgui/MpsGuiLauncher
• Right-click => select Run As... => Java Application
• If you run the app for the first time, it should fail
  • Go to Run in the Window menu
  • Select "Open Run Dialog..."
  • Select "MpsGuiLauncher" in the window on the left
  • Select the "Arguments" tab
  • Enter the following arguments:

    Code Block
    jdbc:sqlite:/usr/local/lcls/epics/iocTop/MachineProtection/mpsConfiguration/database/ jdbc:sqlite:/usr/local/lcls/epics/iocTop/MachineProtection/mpsConfiguration/algorithm/ jdbc:oracle:thin:MPS_HISTORY/*current_password*@mccqa.slac.stanford.edu:1521:MCCQA

    in the "Program arguments" area.
  • Replace current_password with the current password (can be found in the $MPSGUI_ROOT/mpsgui script)
  • Press "Run"

Development

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Tips

• Find the Java field that contains the UI component that prompted your development (change the back-/foreground color, if not sure); then use Eclipse References (right-click menu) to find where the field is being used

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• Located under $MPSGUI_ROOT, must be executable (chmod +x)
• Sets up the CLASSPATH and the log file
• Launches MPSGui in CUD mode using Plastic3DLookAndFeel from jgoodies
  • Operators have and Mike Z know details about the CUD mode
• byenti is a legacy system property that tells MPSGui to interpret bypass end times as absolute (or, if false, relative) times

Classes and Functions

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Top-level Classes

edu.stanford.slac.mpsgui.MpsCudController

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