This page describes the process of running an XAL model of the LCLS accelerator, and uploading that model to Oracle, from where it can be accessed by Matlab and Java applications through AIDA.
Run a model
Copy the file to the following directory. It's necessary to copy it to here because it has to be in a directory that can be accessed by the web browser used in the following step.
/u1/lcls/physics/onlinemodel/xal
Upload the files.
Start a browser
Start a browser on lcls-prod02, such as by hitting the browser icon on a control room OPI. The reason it's important to run the browser on lcls-prod02, is that the browser has to be able to access a URL in the SLAC internet space, and simultaneously access the filesystem directory where the models have been put. Don't complain to me about this complexity, talk to the Controls Department Systems Group. It should of course be that any browser should be able to access LCLS model data output.
So, either, on lcls-prod02:
kinit (to get a token, which is necessary to start firefox)
firefox &
or, go to a control room OPI and use the icon.