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John Holt edited this page Nov 13, 2018 · 14 revisions

Installing IBEX Client

Installation of IBEX client on a PC is simple and straightforward.

Pre-requisites for running IBEX Client

To run IBEX client, your PC must meet the following pre-requisites

  1. Your PC must be running Windows 7 (Professional or Enterprise), Service Pack 1 (or higher), or Windows 10 (Professional or Enterprise), Build 10586 (or higher).

Installation

  1. Create a network drive to the installation kit:
net use Z: \\isis.cclrc.ac.uk\inst$\Kits$\CompGroup\ICP\Releases  /user:CLRC\my_fed_id

substitute your federal-ID instead of my_fed_id. The command will prompt you for your password. This command will map the shared folder \\isis\inst$\Kits$\CompGroup\ICP\Releases to the Z: drive. You don't have to choose Z: as the drive letter, you can choose any drive letter you wish (provided it is not already in use on your PC). Please take care to use the \ and / characters exactly as shown in the above example, otherwise the command will not work (hint: it is easiest to cut/paste the above command into the command window).

  1. Change to the Z: drive:
Z:
  1. On the Z: drive you will see a list of folders resembling the following:
2.0.0
2.1.0
2.2.0
... etc.

Change to the folder with the highest value of N.M.O (e.g. cd 2.2.0 in the above example).

  1. In the folder N.M.O, change to the Client folder: cd Client
  2. Run the command install_client.bat to copy the contents of the above directory to C:\Instrument\Apps\Client. It will also install genie_python.
  3. You might find it convenient to create a desktop shortcut to use to launch the IBEX client. The path to the IBEX Client executable is C:\Instrument\Apps\Client_E4\ibex-client.exe
  4. Open up the firewall ports needed by the client by running the following command as Administrator in a command window:
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Control SVCS Machine" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP remoteip=130.246.51.171 remoteport=5064 profile=any

Installation Layout

After installation, the current paths are used by the various components.

Installing IBEX Server

The physical installation of IBEX server on an instrument control PC is a moderately complex task, requiring the installation and configuration of several software components. However, before the physical installation, a significant amount of preparation work is required. For example:

  • for an existing instrument, SECI configs need to be converted to their IBEX equivalents, and Open-Genie scripts need to be migrated to genie_python, new IOCs and OPIs may also need to be created.
  • for a new instrument, the list of devices that comprise the instrument needs to be understood, new IOCs and OPIs will need to be created; configurations and scripts can be developed during commissioning.

If you want to install IBEX server on your instrument, please contact the Experimental Controls team.

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