The IBEX Project

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Providing Support

Project

• Project overview: High level overview of the project including architectural and design documents.
• Project Ideas: List of project ideas for the future or to ask SAG, this is lower level ideas not as high level as future ideas.

Components of the System

• IBEX GUI: The GUI along with development and testing guidelines (Including how to get started).
• IBEX Server: Information regarding the back-end systems, including the block server, databases, configurations, and IOCs. Also includes:
  • The getting started guide for setting up the back-end.
  • Guidance on specific devices
• genie_python: genie_python, scripting language and python framework
• IBEX Mini-inst Server: The mini-inst is an ibex server which only runs a fixed and small number of IOCs and processes (usually without a block server or archiver)
• Accelerator Information Forwarder: Forwards information about the state of the accelerator and various other bits of centralised data (moderators, shutters etc) into EPICS for IBEX and SECI.
• Dataweb: Information regarding the architecture of the instrument web pages.
• Project tools: Information on the project tooling, version control and continuous integration.

Processes

• Project Processes: List of processes we wish to document
• Deployment: Deployment Information
• Component & Activity Stewards: Component & Activity Stewards: who looks after which components/activities
• Providing Support: Some hints and tips for when you're dealing with first line support or are on call
• Remote Working: Some procedures for setting up VNC for remote working

Resources

• Training: Information about running IBEX and genie_python training courses
• New Starters: Resources for new team members
• Good Ticket Writing: Some pointers for writing a good ticket
• Glossary: Glossary of terms
• Other Links and Resources: Page of links and resources not in this wiki
• Trouble Shooting Pages: Pages that link to trouble shooting of various kinds
• Galils Under SECI: Pages that link to information on control of Galils under SECI
• Python shared scripts (also know as shared instrument scripts): Start of an area to share scripts between instruments
• Shared utility scripts: An area to document any utility scripts for us to use
• SAG: Sharepoint site for Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) material.