ICS is the underlying software layer that handles communication with all beam line hardware. The following commands should be issued at the command line of the beam line computer.
Opening a command line window
Linux machine: Open a Terminal window on the Linux Machine. In the upper left hand corner pull down menu, select System Tools → Terminal. A terminal window should appear.
Windows PC: Click the Windows Start button once, then type cmd.exe A command line window should appear.
Starting ICS
- At the command line, enter ics_cpc.exe
- Within ics_cpc.exe, enter option 3 ("Send start command to an ICS server").
- Press return to accept the default server when prompted ("Enter Name of ICS program [DEF]:").
- Startup will take several seconds. You should eventually get a message that says "ICS server: DEF is executing".
- If ICS fails to start, repeat this process, starting with step 2. It may take a few attempts to get ICS restarted.
- Enter Q to quit ics_cpc.exe
- Optional: Check that ICS is communicating properly with the hardware by running ics_cmd.exe at the command line. Within ics_cmd.exe, enter the command ALL to see a device listing. Devices should generally be listed as ONLINE. If there are a lot of devices listed as OFFLINE, that could indicate a problem.
Shutting ICS Down
- At the command line, enter ics_cpc.exe
- Within ics_cpc.exe, enter option 4 ("Send shutdown command to an ICS server").
- Press return to accept the default server when prompted ("Enter Name of ICS program [DEF]:").
- Enter Y when prompted ("Are you sure you wish to shutdown ICS server DEF [N]?").
- Shutdown will take approximately 10 seconds. You should eventually get a message that says, "ICS server: DEF has been shutdown". At this point, hardware can be restarted if necessary.