DAWN, Data Analysis WorkbeNch is a platform for the analysis of a wide range of scientific data, applicable to any domain of research requiring visualisation of data. DAWN is based on the Eclipse development environment and as a result has a highly configurable, plugin based interface. We'll start by getting the program started and then move on to talk about how the program works. If you come across a name or term you're not sure about, have a look in the glossary. Throughout these tutorials, parts of the text will be coloured blue (like this). These are tasks which you, the user, need to do to work through the tutorial.
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DAWN is available for use on all Linux workstations within Diamond. Open a terminal and type:
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[abc00000@ws000 ~]$ module load dawn |
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Download the ZIP file with the filename ending in windows32 or windows64 from the website - you can check whether you have a 32 or 64-bit version of Windows by right clicking on Computer and clicking on Properties. Once the download completes, find the file and right click on the file and extract it to a new folder, for example, in your home folder (C:\Users\MyUserName\DAWN). Find this folder using Windows Explorer and double click on the file dawn.exe Once DAWN has loaded you can take your first steps using the software...
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Download the ZIP file with the filename ending in linux32 or linux64 from the website - you can check whether you have a 32 or 64-bit version of Linux by opening a Terminal window (e.g. xterm, gnome-terminal etc.) and typing:
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[user@myhostname ~]$ uname -m i686 <== 32-bit x86_64 <== 64-bit |
Once the download completes, extract the files to a directory. As a user, type run the following commands in a Terminal:
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[user@myhostname ~]$ mkdir ~/dawn
[user@myhostname ~]$ cd ~/dawn
[user@myhostname ~]$ cp ~/Downloads/DawnDiamond-{version}-linux{32|64}.zip .
[user@myhostname dawn]$ unzip DawnDiamond-{version}-linux{32|64}.zip
[user@myhostname dawn]$ dawn & |
To run DAWN in the future you will have to start a terminal window and type:
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[user@myhostname ]$ cd ~/dawn [user@myhostname ]$ dawn & |
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