Visitor internet access
Setting your browser to auto-detect should allow you normal web access on the visitor network.However in the event on any connection problems you may want to try and configure the proxy settings of your browser. In Firefox 2.0 you need to go to Options - Tools - Advanced - Network - Connection - Settings
Printing from I18's workstations
Windows
Open a Windows Explorer window (e.g. "MyComputer") and enter
\\print.diamond.ac.uk
into the address bar. This will show all beamline and office printers.
Select b.i18.cc1.col.1 for the color laser printer in the control cabin. Right-mouse-click and select "Connect".The printer should now be added to the list of available printers in windows.
Linux
A list of all available printers should appear when printing from any Linux printing program. Select b.i18.cc1.col.1 for the color laser printer in the control cabin.
Accessing data :The most up-to-date information can be found at:
http://www.diamond.ac.uk/Users/UserGuide/IT-User-Guide.html
What follows is older info on accessing data, some probably obsolete so best go with routes suggested on the user guide above.
Accessing data from a visitor laptop
Windows
Method 1 (easiest)
Open a Windows Explorer window (e.g. "MyComputer") and enter
\\data.diamond.ac.uk
into the address bar. You will be asked to login. You need to enter
your username as "clrc\your_fed_id" and then your federal password.
This will show all beamline data shares, plus your Diamond home directory.
Select i18. Experimental data will be in the directory data. This directory contains a subdirectory named after the year of the experiment (e.g. 2007) which in turn should contain a directory named after your proposal number. The subdirectory named after your proposal contains your experimental data. The directory scripts will contain user created gda scripts. Please remember that the share is read only. You can copy this data to your own computer from this share but you will not be able to write to it.
You are recommended to do this with a hardwired connection as the wireless network is slow for transmitting large amount of data.
Method 2
- with VPN type ""\\i18-storage.diamond.ac.uk\i18 (file:///\\i18-storage.diamond.ac.uk\i18)" in 'Folder'.
Click on the 'different user name' underlined link.
Type "clrc\FEDID" (with your FEDID obviously) in 'User name'
Type your password and click 'OK'.
Now click 'Finish'.
Method 3
Linux
You can use the command line utility 'smbclient' to connect to a Windows share.
smbclient -U "CLRCyourFedID" -L data.diamond.ac.uk
will show you the list of shares on data.diamond.ac.uk.
Note: you need to put quotes around 'CLRC\yourFedID'!
Connect to a share with
smbclient -U "CLRCyourFedID" //data.diamond.ac.uk/
typing 'help' in an smbclient session will give you a command overview; typing 'help command' will give help on that command.
Method 4
Macs
Once again for large amounts of data we recommend this is not done wirelessly.
Under GO TO on the main menu select connect to server.
Enter smb://data.diamond.ac.uk as the server to connect to.
Enter clrc/fed_id as your id and your fed_id password as your password.
This should get you to the data disc from where you should be able to navigate via data and 20xx folders to your experiment's folder. Data can then be dragged and dropped on to your machine. You cannot write to the data.diamond.ac.uk folders.
sftp
data.diamond.ac.uk can also be directly reached via ssh from the visitors network. This means data can also be reached using scp or sftp. (We recommend using WinSCP for windows).
Data Dispenser for copying on external disks
At the start of your visit
• Plug your external hard drive into the DataDispenser and note the port name.
• From any workstation, browse to http://i18-dd001:9001, or run the DLS Launchers
icon 'Data Dispenser', and click the 'Open Control Window' button.
• Click "Define a new Clone" (login with your FedID if prompted to do so).
• Enter your visit ID (e.g. mx100-1) if it's not already filled in.
• Choose a clone ID (eg backup1, no spaces allowed).
• Specify what visit data you want copied (default: all except tmp/). See figure 2.
• Select which external hard drive you want the visit data copied to.
• Specify the directory name on your external hard drive to copy to.
• Click "Save".
During your visit
• Browse to http://i18-dd001:9001/ and click on your Clone name.
• Hit refresh to display the current state of your Clone.
• If you see 'Waiting for external media' this means either:
– your external hard drive has filled up; or
– your Clone does not have an external hard drive assigned to it.
• Plug in your first or additional external hard drive.
• To the right of the Add external media button, select your external hard drive.
• Click "Add external media".
At the end of your visit
• Wait until all your data has been collected and written to the visit directory.
• Browse to http://i18-dd001:9001/ and click on your Clone name.
• Click "Finalise CloneID" this does a final pass to ensure all data has been copied - otherwise
your last few datasets might be missing!
• refresh the page until the Clone is Terminated.
• click the "External Media" tab on the web page.
• click "Unmount" for your external hard drive.
• refresh the page until the unmount has completed (normally a couple of seconds).
• Unplug your external hard drive from the DataDispenser hardware.
Notes
• The user interface does not auto-refresh; refresh the web page to see the latest status.
• You can define more than 1 Clone for a visit if required, but each needs its own external hard
drive.
• Users can only define and manage Clones for their own visits.
• A non-zero value for Files skipped due to missing is not an error.
• A non-zero value for Files skipped due to filename invalid for current media means the DataDispenser
attempted to copy a file whose path name was valid under ext3 but invalid under your filesystem (eg FAT), so the file could not be copied.