GBT OPERATIONS PROCEDURES

Number: OP-04

Title: GBT Observe - Cleo Startup/Close Procedures

Last Revision: 01 MAY 02

General

The following procedures are used to startup and close the GBT Observe (GO) and Cleo applications.

Basic GBT Observe Startup/Close Procedures:

STEP

ACTION

1

Ensure the correct environment is sourced.     source  /home/gbt/gbt.bash

2

 If you wish to start up GO with all devices selected, proceed to step 3. To select or exclude specific devices, enter:    GO T

GO will proceed to launch with a menu appearing in a few moments.  Select or deselect the desired devices then press the Start GBT Observe GUI button. The GO main menu will appear in a few moments.

4

Type: GO

3

To close GO, Dismiss any device / tables panels opened. In the xterm window used to launch the application hit a return. The "-" glish prompt should appear. Type exit. If the glish prompt doesn't appear hitting ctrl-c will kill it.

Troubleshooting

If GO hangs while attempting to connect to the Antenna manager do the following:

STEP

ACTION

1

In the glish window type [ctrl-c]

This should prompt you with the question: "Do you wish to exit glish? y/n

2

Type "Y" or "y"

3

Restart GO with the command: "GO T n" where "n" is any number.

4

If this is unsuccessful, in a new x-term window type "glish -l fixGoHang.g" and Enter.

5

Restart GO with the command: "GO"

3

Go should be able to start successfully. If not contact Tony Minter or Frank Ghigo.

Basic Cleo Startup/Close Procedures:

STEP

ACTION

1

From the operators console enter, in an xterm window, enter:    cleo 

2

The Cleo Launch menu will appear. From here you can launch additional applications as needed.

3

To close Cleo applications, simply press the quit buttons located on each application. 

 

Prepared by: Dave Rose

Modified by: Eric Knapp

Last modified: 26 JUN 03