EventVisualisation Scripts

Event Visualisation Scripts

Configuration of the online event display in P2

There are 2 processes to be run on the visualisation machine in P2. To simplify deployment there are bash functions declared in .bashrc functions of the ed user.

• Process which synchronises (every 2 seconds) local folder /home/ed/jsons with folder on EPN which is run in terminal by calling query-alice. That process should be run from one of the terminals. Because files in folder on EPN are produced in FIFO scheme (so creating new ones results in deletion the same number of the old ones) files in local folders also are created and deleted.

  query-alice

• Process which starts o2-eve application in mode when contents of the /home/ed/jsons folder is observed which is run in terminal by calling o2eve. Before calling o2eve user must enter O2 environment - it can be done by calling enter function declared in .bashrc

  enter
  o2eve

  navigation in o2-eve events using << < > >> buttons

Event display shows defined pool of data (by default there are 300+2) which are present in observed folder. The first and last data are duplicated (so 1 and 2 show the same and 301 and 302 show the same) because:

• position 1 means 'show the latest available data'. When observed latest data disappear (because new data has arrived and old one deleted) the new latest data is displayed
• positions 2-301: as long as data exists in the folder o2-eve displays the same data (but their positions decreases as new data is arriving and old data is deleted). Finally, the position become 1.
• position 302 means 'show the newest available data'. If we are on position 302 as soon as new data file is presented in the observed folder that data is immediately displayed by the o2-eve. The position remains the same, but the data displayed changes.