Installing the EGSE


For this example, we are copying the EGSE from aiaem1a and installing it on aiaem1b.
  1. Tar up the egsesw directory from a machine where the EGSE is already installed. (The "cvfp" maintains the permissions for the files).
  2. From the machine where you are installing the EGSE, untar the file
  3. Open the database (aiaem1a_v00.202) and change the name to the current computer, or create a symbolic link like this:
  4. Copy over the .cshrc file form the old comp and compare it to the current one to get any necessary environmental variables, etc.
  5. Start the EGSE
  6. If you get the error "Invalid path format: sesw/egse/tasks/gse_back_proc_mgr", then try starting the proc manager by hand. You may have to try it twice for some unknown reason.

Testbeds Only:

When we installed this on the aiaem1b (testbed) I ran into the following problem when I tried to power on the instrument:

aia_startup_fast stopped at aia_load_imgsn.src. So I added a status directory at /egsesw/log/status, and copied new_IMGNO.usr and old_IMGNO.isr from aiaem1a:/egsesw/log/status to the new status directory. Then I changed the permissions:

  • > chmod +x loadseriesno.sh
  • > chmod +xw new_IMGNO.usr
  • > chmod +xw old_IMGNO.usr
  • You have to be careful when doing this because if you don't copy the files back over if you switch workstations then you will end up having two or more images with the same testbed SN.