Revision as of 14:54, 19 May 2015

The legacy version of this page is here.

Software Documentation

GlueX Software

Documentation for software systems closely related to GlueX.

Building GlueX Software

• Scripts for Installing GlueX Software: Do a complete build of all standard components of GlueX software or add new versions to an existing build tree.
• Legacy Build Instructions: Guides to various aspects of the build process. Up-to-date-ness may vary.

Software Packages

• sim-recon
  • Doxygen Documentation: Descriptions of sim-recon C++ classes and their relationships.
  • How HDGeant defines time-zero for physics events
• JANA
• HDDS: Detector geometry specification
  • HDDS Schema: Includes description of the HDDS mark-up language.
  • General Description and Philosophy
  • Description of the Original GlueX Geometry Implementation
• HDDM: The Hall D Data Model, a format for event-based data.
• EVIO: The CODA event format.
• CCDB: Calibration Database
• AmpTools: Amplitude analysis package (aka partial wave analysis)
• EventStore: a package for managing and deploying events lists
• Run Control Database

General Information

• Browse the Subversion Repository
  • Legacy version

Special Topics

• Offline HOWTO List: Guides to performing various specific tasks.
• Beam Simulations: Geant simulations of the Hall D Tagger Hall

Documentation for External Software Packages

Documentation on additional software packages used by GlueX. Development and maintenance of these are not directly related to GlueX.

Computing Facilities

JLab

• Computer Center
• Scientific Computing
  • Farm Job Status
  • Tape Request Status
  • Disk space usage
    • Group
      • /group/halld leader board
    • Cache
    • Volatile
      • /volatile/halld leader board
    • Work
      • /work/halld leader board
• GlueX shared account on the JLab CUE
• Hall D and JLab Servers: Web servers, database servers, etc.

Grid

• Open Science Grid
  • Using the Grid
  • Gridmake

Other Computing Resources

• Computer Farms: Clusters at GlueX-collaborating institutions.

Software Management

Topics on governance, conventions, standard practices, etc.

• GlueX Coding Conventions
• Weekly Tests of GlueX Software
• Data_Monitoring_Procedures: Information on offline monitoring of recently-taken data
• Data Challenges: Large-scale tests of computing infrastructure
• Data Management Plan for Hall D: Long-term preservation of data and data-analysis tools
• JLab Offline Computing Plan, FY2010
• Role of the Software Coordinator

Meetings and Reviews

• Hall-D Software Meetings: Agendas and minutes

Communication and Help

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Offline Software Email List
  • Send email to the list
  • Message archive
  • Google search of archive
  • Information page (subscribe, unsubscribe, list members, etc.)
• Communication Instructions: Guides to communication systems used by GlueX

Legacy Links

• Offline Computing Project Management
• Versioning of Calibration Constants
• Releases of GlueX Software
• Reconstruction Tasks and Topics for Further Development

Old Links

1. Offline Software Topics
   1. Calibration Constants, Tagged Versions
   2. Sensitivity to Magnetic Field Strength
   3. Sim-Recon Tagged Releases *
   4. HDDS Tagged Releases *
   5. Nightly Builds of GlueX Software *
   6. Weekly Tests of GlueX Software *
   7. Running jobs on the grid *
   8. Diagnosing segmentation faults in reconstruction software
   9. GEANT 3 manual
   10. osrelease.pl script
   11. Offline Issue Tracking *
       • Legacy page: Action Items From Hall-D Software Meetings
   12. Software Task List
   13. Coding Conventions *
   14. JANA/DANA
   15. Simulation Software
   16. Geometry
   17. Magnetic Field Maps for Solenoid
   18. The Build Management System (BMS)
   19. Reconstruction Software
   20. Analysis Software *
   21. Deprecated Software Links
2. SCons Build System (SBMS) *
3. Offline Projects
4. Version Management *
5. Material on Splitoffs
6. EVO
7. GlueX Communications More on ESNET,EVO ...
8. Simple Email Lists: get notifications from automated tests *
9. Private:Using VNC
10. 2013 Software Review
11. 2012 Software Review
12. IT in the 12-GeV Era: close-out slides
13. Geometries for 2008 DC Review
14. Tracking resolution estimator (REZEST)
15. Installing HDDS-to-GEANT4 converter
16. Duties of the GlueX Software Coordinator
17. ded
18. Private:Members of the halld group at JLab
19. GlueX Cron Jobs *
20. Action Items
21. Action Items Archive