There are three different ways to get quasi real time information about data taking:
- AMI (Analysis Monitoring Interface) running on the instrument dedicated monitoring nodes
- Shared memory applications on the instrument dedicated monitoring nodes
- Psana based applications on the experimental hall fast feedback queues
AMI
This is the simplest technique for fast feedback. It can display the raw/calibrated detector data in real time and it can calculate and display some simple quantities without writing any code, just through few mouse clicks. This is the AMI guide.
Note that it's possible to augment the core AMI capabilities by writing a plug-in which follows a well defined API, but this is not trivial. If you are interested in adding new capabilities to AMI and you don't have real time data acquisition expertise in your group, contact us before coming to LCLS.
Shared memory
Overview
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