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1. Send email to Ken Brobeck requesting:
1. create controls infrastructure for a new IOC on facility production server, which includes the following:
   
   1.  Add boot directory: $IOC_DATA/<ioc>  directory
   2.  Add data directories: $IOC_DATA/<ioc>/<autosave,autosave-req,restore,iocInfo,archive> 
directories 
2. 1. directories 
   2.  Add automatic boot scripts:
      1. add boot script on server defined in table 1:       /etc/inti.d/st.<ioc>

      2. add symbolic link on server defined in table 1:   /etc/rc3.d/SS98st.<ioc> ---->   /etc/init.d/st.<ioc>
         
                              Table 1
          

         Facility	Server
         LCLS	laci@lcls-daemon1
         LCLS-II	laci@lcls-daemon1
         FACET-II	flaci@facet-daemon1
         TestFac	acctf@testfac-daemon1

 
2. Proceed to Development Step #3

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1. Modify $EPICS_IOCS/screeniocs    – Please note that this is a symbolic link to a CVS file.
   
1. verify that the file in use has not been modified without being committed.
   1. cd $EPICS_IOCS/All/<facility>      (the symbolic links in $EPICS_IOC_TOP/facility, points to this file)<facility>      , where facility is Dev,Prod,facet,acctest
   2. cvs diff -r HEAD screeniocs
   3. if there are issues, then send email to whoever made the change or to controls-software that you are about to update this file and uncommitted edits will be lost, so please commit your changes to CVS.  If you don't get a response,  you can either add the changes to CVS in addition to yours or just add yours.
      
2. check out screeniocs from CVS into your work area
1. cd
2. cd <work>
   cvs co epics/iocCommon/All/<facility>   , where facility is Dev,Prod,facet,acctest
1. cd epics/iocCommon/All/<facility>/screeniocs
2. edit screeniocs
   
1. add line for <ioc>. For server refer to table 1 above.
   format:  sioc-<area>-<subsystem prefix><2-digit #>  <executable w/full absoluete path>    sioc   <server>    [#comment}
   
2. The "comment" field in  screeeniocs  is optional and must be preceded by a  "#".
3. add comment in the "Mod:" section of the header
   
3. commit your changes of screeniocs to CVS  as follows:
   1.  cvs commit  -m "added cpu and ioc blah" screeniocs
4. update the screeniocs file in use
   1. cd $EPICS_IOCS/All/<facility>
   2.  rm -f screeniocs
   3. cvs update screeniocs
       

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1. Log onto server listed in table 1 above and perform the following commands:
   1. cd /etc/init.d
   2. ./st.<ioc>  <restart,start,stop>
2. Use iocConsole to start an ioc, which uses the screen program
   
   1. iocConsole <ioc>  --stayup
3. Boot ioc from the facility home network display 

How-to use screen program:

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