GlueX Offline Software

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.

CERNLIB CLHEP

Doxygen GEANT4

MySQL ROOT

SQLite Xerces

XSD

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