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  • Types:
    • cxi-daq connected to primary daq
    • cxi-monitor: connected to secondary daq
    • cxi-console and cxi-control for general use
  • If screens are out of order, open a terminal and run ‘nvidia.sh’
  • To share screen on  ‘showcam show 2’ or ‘showcam show 1’
    • One is for the top-right screen of cxi-daq
    • The other is for the top-left screen of cxi-monitor
  • Workaround for when encountering F-12 and F-11 Keyboard shortcuts not working : 
    • Restart the gnome shell by pressing, ALT + F2 , typing "r" in the Enter command window. 
    • Reapply the gnome settings by running "gnome-settings.sh"  
    • This seems to be an issue with the red hat and has been observed in other hutches as well. SLAC IT has an open ticket with red hat for the same. Moving this to resolved for now CXI Specific issue. 

EDM Screens

To open CXI Home Screen: Type "cxihome" in terminal. 

  • Green: Nominal and working
  • White:  IOC is intentionally powered off or problematic , ioc not visible, check in iocmanager to see if the IOC is off. 
  • Pink/Purple: Communication is not achieved. Verify digi/moxa cable is correct and connected, click on reinitialize, if that doesn't work try  rebooting the IOC 

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Applications

Viewing Cameras: camViewer

  • camViewer -h   (help options)

  • camViewer -l   (list camera names)
  • camViewer -c <camera name>   (open camera screen), example : camViewer -c cxi_sc2_inline 
  • camViewer -c <camera name> -r   (reboot camera ioc), example : camViewer -c cxi_sc2_inline -r 
  • camViewer -c <camera name> -m   (open EDM screen), example : camViewer -c cxi_sc2_inline -m, EDM screen can be used to debug or change settings.

Camera settings :
Check gain, exposure time, acquisition time, trigger mode, and event code.

Some issues can be fixed by clicking the Stop then Start buttons.

More information on CXI specific Cameras can be found here: Cameras (in progress)

Hutch Webcams: 

Hutch webcams can be accessed from CXI Home screen, from "Web Cameras" on the left hand side column or from bottom-embedded-screens tab. Detectors → Web Cameras (opens drop down with all cameras)

IOC Manager (command : iocmanager / iocmanager cxi)

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