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  • Before doing anything, make sure you start with a machine on the SLAC network (you may need to VPN using Cisco AnyConnect) 

  • Open NoMachine, start with settings circled in blue


  • Make sure you’ve chosen ‘password authentication’


  • Select the one called PSNXSERV and then ‘Connect’


  • Enter your UNIX password


  • Select the session called PSNXSERV and then ‘Connect’


  • You will be presented with a terminal window.

    Type the following to tunnel and connect to psdev, which is the main hub for connecting to hutch machines:

    ssh psdev

    Wait until you've connected, then connect to the computer you want (e.g. mec-monitor) using ssh:

    ssh mec-monitor

    From there, for example, you can run MEC Home, MEC Python, VNC Viewer, or whatever!
    (Note that instead of tunneling through psdev to an LCLS machine, it may occasionally be important to access mcclogin and and physics@lcls-srv01 instead for e.g. supporting work at the LCLS-I photinjector.)

Note
title.bashrc trouble

NOTE: If you follow the steps above, but the terminal says something like -bash-4.2$ instead of something like [username@hostname ~]$ then there's a good chance that you won't be able to type in the shortcut command you're used to using to open a controls GUI (e.g. las for launching the NEH Laser Hall Laser Home Lucid screen or mec for launching the MEC Home EDM screen).

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If this is the case, you'll need to make sure you follow the directions below about configuring your .bashrc file (or, alternatively, figure out why your .bashrc file isn't being sourced correctly). Until then, you still won't be able to get what you want (smile).




FastX

  • Open a web browser and go to the following website: https://fastx3.slac.stanford.edu:3300/


  • Log in using your Unix account credentials



  • Close the pop-up message


  • Start a new session by clicking the ‘+’ sign



  • Select 'Terminal'


  • Click “Launch” in the bottom-right corner


  • You will be presented with a terminal window.

    Type the following to tunnel and connect to psdev, which is the main hub for connecting to hutch machines:

    ssh psdev

    Wait until you've connected, then connect to the computer you want (e.g. mec-monitor) using ssh:

    ssh mec-monitor

    From there, for example, you can run MEC Home, MEC Python, VNC Viewer, or whatever!
    (Note that instead of tunneling through psdev to an LCLS machine, it may occasionally be important to access mcclogin and and physics@lcls-srv01 instead for e.g. supporting work at the LCLS-I photinjector.)



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