SLD Software Information

Review Talks

• April 1996 Collaboration Meeting
• October 1996 Collaboration Meeting

Subsystem Code

• Vertex Detector
• Calorimetry

Data

• Data Cataloging System
• The Mini-DST
• Pass1 & Pass2 data processing
• Care and Feeding of SLDPM
• VAX Data Processing Farm

Monte Carlo

• Data Cataloging System
• Physics Event Simulation describes (Monte Carlo) simulation of beams, physics and the detector.
• Recon 11 MC MiniDST Page
• The Monte Carlo Farm Tape Staging System
• SLAC MC processing farm
• SLAC MC farm status
• MC production at the Vanderbilt University Physics Analysis Cluster.

Shareables, Compiling and Linking

• The Shareables Constellation shows how the shareables interrelate
• The Offline Users Workbook has lots of information on using shareables
• The EXPEDITE command can be used to compile and link
• The PROJECT command provides a way to manage multiple projects (handles DUCS settings, setup files and so on)
• Converting from BUILD and SANECTRL to Using Shareables

Online, EPEM and RTH

• EPEM and RTH Reference
• 120 Hz Trigger Information Guide
• Status Display Pages: Summary and Run information

The SLACVX Cluster

• All About SLACVX
• Usage Policy
• Batch System
• Staging System
• VAX Command Help

Tapes

• Tape handling
• User Tapes Usage Policy
• How to copy data onto 8mm tapes to take back to your home institution
• The Tape Management System Servers

The DUCS Code Distrubution System

• Interface to Daily DUCS Test Plots and Tables
• Description of DUCS sections
• How to create a new DUCS section
• Special DUCS considerations for Vax or Alpha clusters
• Status Display Page: DUCS
• List of All Archive Versions
• The DUCS Archive System

Graphics and Printers

• The Event Display System
• The Event Display Additions Manual
• Tektronix Phaser 220i Color PostScript Printer
• Using the HP Printers from SLACVX and Unix
• X Terminal Graphics Tools
• Install the 3D Event Display on an SGI or RS6000
• SGI Event Display Demonstration
• 2D Event Display for MCC
• 2D Event Display for the CEH DAR
• 3D Interactive Display for the CEH DAR
• Backup Event Display for the CEH DAR

Miscellaneous

• SLD subroutines
• IDA commands
• Mortran Users Guide
• How to make ntuples in IDA describes how to make ntuples in IDA on VMS.
• How to make PAW ntuples from data on VM
• MFIT: the IDA Interface to the Minuit Fitting Package
• How to Unpack the 120 Hz Data
• Maintaining the Run Information System
• Install a New Version of RNDMCMD
• Compressed MiniDST Manual (PS).
• Correctly Identifying MA_BEL Bit Definitions.

Offline Software Group Activities

• What the Offline Software Group is up to.
• Help Wanted list of offline tasks that need workers

Reporting Problems

• The Bug Tracking System lets you report bugs to the software group or check on the status of reported bugs
• Reporting networking problems

The Offline Users Workbook contains additional information on SLD software.