Australian Synchrotron Controls Group
Stand Alone StripChart Release Notes

A very brief guide to setting up the strip chart program
Expand the downloaded tar ball file:

    $ tar -xzvf stand_alone_stripchart.tar.gz

This will create two directories, namely bin and sas_process.

Edit the sas_process/adaptation_parameters_file.ini to suit your system environment. The format of this file is a standard Windows ini file.

Edit the sas_process/time_zone.ini to suit your system environment.

Relocate the sas-process directory including its contents if required.


If running under Linux:

1) install wine if required (wine allows windows executables to be run within a Linux environment),

2) edit the bin/start_sas script file and change the command "cd /asp/ics/opi/sas_process" (approx line 24) to cd to the location of the sas_process directory on your system, and

3) add "current-directory"/bin to your PATH environment varaible or move the two files in the bin directory to a directory that is already in your search path, e.g. ~/bin.


If running under Windows:

1) ignore the bin directory, and

2) create a desktop short cut to reference sas.exe. Note: the start in directory in the short cut must specifiy the sas_process directory.


Section 3 of the user guide is most relevent. Sections 1, 2 and 4 are really more specific to out facility.