XRF Upgrades-2002
Changes to X-Ray Facility Software & Hardware subsequent to move to DLC and DRS
Introduction
During October and November 2001, X-Ray Facility (XRF) has moved from its original location to a temporary location in the Dittmer Laboratory of Chemistry (DLC). Then during January 2002 entire IMB including several computers have been moved to Developmental Research School (DRS). These moves have resulted in several changes to the XRF hardware and software at both DLC and DRS. This note is intended to inform the XRF users about all those changes and give suggestions to help with the modifications. Please save this Note for future reference. A copy of this Note will be posted in XRF webpage shortly after receiving suggestions and corrections from the users. Please refer to 2001_XRF_Upgrades for earlier upgrades since this Note covers only modifications related to the move to DLC and DRS.
New Location of XRF
in Dittmer Laboratory of Chemistry (DLC229 and DLC239)
The new location of the XRF is shown schematically below.
spruce.chem.fsu.edu (128.186.12.150)(RedHat Linux
spruce.sb.fsu.edu has been renamed as spruce.chem.fsu.edu with a new IP address 128.186.12.150. The machine is the same as the original except for the new domain and IP address. In addition, it is now physically located in DLC 229 and behind a firewall. This means that the users can access this machine only using secure protocols (e.g., ssh, sftp).
raccoon.chem.fsu.edu
(128.186.12.154)(Dell , RHat Linux
raccoon.sb.fsu.edu has been renamed as raccoon.chem.fsu.edu with a new IP address 128.186.12.154. Similar to spruce.chem.fsu.edu it is the same machine original machine with a new domain and IP address and is now physically sitting in DLC 229 and behind a firewall. Secure protocols are only allowed. All original usernames, home directories and passwords are retained. Contact Soma (4-6448) if you have questions.
Tapedrive
Raccoon has an external DDS-3 tape drive. DDS-3 drives can read and write to DDS, DDS2, and DDS3 tapes (and not DDS-4 tapes). However, it is best to use DDS3 media, which has a native/compressed capacity of 12/24 gigabytes depending upon how much the data will compress (typical IP plate data will compress 40%). Command mt and tar can be used to check the status of the drive and to archive data to the tape.
mt –f /dev/st0
status |check the status of the tape
drive /dev/st0
tar -cvf /dev/st0
my_dir/ | & tee dds3.listing & |writing
data to a tape at the same time writing the names of those files into another
file
tar -xvf /dev/st0
my_dir/ | & tee dds3.listing & |extracting
data from a tape at the same time writing the names of those files into another
file
anaconda.chem.fsu.edu
(128.186.12.151)(Dell , Win NT 4.0)
anaconda.sb.fsu.edu has been renamed as anaconda.chem.fsu.edu with a new domain and IP address 128.186.12.151. This machine is behind a firewall and located in DLC239.
Anaconda has a CD-ROM drive and has an internal DDS-4 tape drive that will allow the archiving of data collected in this Windows NT machine using Windows NT back-up protocol (incompatible with UNIX tar).
Software
HKL Suite 1.97.2
(XdisplayF, Denzo, Scalepack)
Due to the relocation of X-Ray Facility to DLC and the IMB computers to Developmental Research School (DRS), we obtained two different “new” cr_info files in order to run HKL suite programs in both these locations. This means that every body has to move their “old” cr_info file and get the “new” cr_info in order to run the suite. Each version can be used by ten (10) different people or in ten (10) different computers simultaneously. Versions 1.96.9 and 1.97.2 can be run on virtually all platforms, Linux machines, Compaq Alphas, and SGIs running Irix 6.5 (see Table 1).
The executables of various versions are located under appropriate directories in several machines (see below) and you are NOT required to copy any of the executable to your home directory to run these programs. Instead, create an alias that points to one of the executables. Remember also to copy a file named ‘cr_info’ into your home directory or to the directory where you will process the data, with out this file the program will NOT run.
Alpha version: /tyr/e/users/soma/HKL.1.97.2/
(New)
Alpha version: /tyr/e/users/soma/HKL.1.96.9/
Alpha version: /tyr/e/users/soma/HKL.1.96.6/
Linux version:
rtgpc3:/usr/local/xray/HKL.1.97.2/ (New)
Linux version: rtgpc3:/usr/local/xray/HKL.1.96.9/
Linux version: rtgpc3:/usr/local/xray/HKL.1.96.6/
Linux version:
raccoon:/usr/local/xray/HKL.1.97.2/ (New)
Linux version: raccoon:/usr/local/xray/HKL.1.96.9/
Linux version: raccoon:/usr/local/xray/HKL.1.96.6/
SGI version:
/imb/users/d1/soma/HKL.1.97.2/ (New)
SGI version: /imb/users/d1/soma/HKL.1.96.9/
SGI version (Irix 6.5):
/glu/c/soma/HKL.1.97.2/ (New)
SGI version (Irix 6.5): /glu/c/soma/HKL.1.96.9/
SGI version (Irix
6.5): /glu/c/soma/HKL.1.96.6/
License
HKL executables will only run on computers that have license to run the program since they are tied to specific hardware found on that computer. The following table shows the list of computers that have licenses to run various versions of HKL suite.
|
Computer (IP address) |
HKL.1.97.2 |
HKL.1.96.9 |
HKL.1.96.6 |
HKL.1.9.1 |
|
|
1 |
arg (128.186.23.79) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
2 |
lys (128.186.23.77) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
3 |
leu (128.186.23.76) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
4 |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
5 |
rtgpc3 (128.186.23.123) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
6 |
raccoon (128.186.12.154) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
7 |
ser (128.186.23.120) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
8 |
his (128.186.23.122) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
9 |
pro (128.186.23.121) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
10 |
glu ((128.186.23.112) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
11 |
newiris (128.186.23.113) |
Not Yet |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Table 1. List of computers with HKL licenses. Orange: Alphas; Green: Linux machines; Blue: common SGIs; Yellow: Lab SGIs. All machines now have new IP numbers (Dec. 2001)
Alias and modifier
Using an alias users locally run a program that is physically present in a remote machine without copying the executable. If your default shell is csh or tcsh then store the following lines in your .cshrc or .tcshrc file:
alias dz ‘/usr/local/xray/HKL.1.97.2/denzo’ (or equivalent)
If your default shell is bash then the syntax should look like the following in your .bashrc file:
alias dz=’/imb/users/d1/soma/HKL.1.97.2/denzo’
All new versions of HKL require only one display program and the executable for that is ‘xdisp’. In order for the user to display, images collected under different formats, combine xdisp with an appropriate modifier. The modifiers and syntax for relevant formats are given below:
xdisp
b raxis b myxtal001.osc |Regular r-axis data
xdisp
b raxis b 210 b
myxtal001.osc |Small r-axis format
xdisp b raxis2n b
myxtal001.osc |New r-axis
data (note
2n)
xdisp b raxis2n b 210 b
myxtal001.osc |New small r-axis format (note 2n)
xdisp
b ccd b unsupported-m165 b
xtal01.001 |MarCCD165 format
xdisp
b ccd b adsc b
unsupported-q4 b xtal01.001 |Quantum 4 format
b : indicates a required empty
space.
The same modifiers are required while processing the data using denzo with the keyword ‘format’. Integrated intensity data files, otherwise known as .x files, can be superimposed on the image data to visually inspect the fit between the observed and calculated. For example, to superimpose the .x file number 15 (myxtal015.x) on data number 15 (myxtal015.osc) follow the syntax:
xdisp
b raxis b myxtal###.osc b
15 b myxtal###.x |Regular r-axis data
xdisp b raxis2n b
myxtal###.osc b 15 myxtal###.x |New r-axis
data
Crystal
Clear
CrystalClear is the new Windows NT based programs installed in anaconda to collect and process the IP data from R-Axis IIc and to control the generator. More information about this program is available on-line manual in xray web page:
http://www.sb.fsu.edu/~raxis/Manuals/XGControl.pdf
CCP4
Linux versions of CCP4 version 4.1.1 as well as ccp4-i have been installed in raccoon: /usr/local/xray/CCP4. All users should include the following line in their .login file in order for the environmental variables to be set properly:
source
/usr/local/xray/CCP4/ccp4-4.1.1/include/ccp4.setup
Linux versions of CCP4 version 4.1.1 as well as ccp4-i have also been installed in spruce: /home/marccd/CCP4. All users should include the following line in their .login file in order for the environmental variables to be set properly:
source
/home/marccd/CCP4/ccp4-4.1.1/include/ccp4.setup
Mosflm
Current version of Mosflm (version 6.10a) distributed as a part of CCP4 suite has been installed in raccoon:/usr/local/xray/CCP4/ccp4-4.1.1/bin/mosflm. Newer independent version of Mosflm 6.11 has been installed in both raccoon and spruce under the following directories:
raccoon:/usr/local/xray/Mosflm.6.11
spruce:/home/marccd/Mosflm.6.11
Templates
Several template files needed for processing images with Denzo, Scalepack, and Mosflm are located in the following directory:
raccoon: /usr/local/xray/Templates
rtgpc3: /usr/local/xray/Templates
Copy the relevant files like, auto.dat, auto_mar.dat, auto_chess.dat, scale_simple.com, scale_nomerge.com, etc., whenever you need them and modify according to your experimental conditions.
Conclusion
With several hardware and software upgrades to the facility there is likely to be some inconvenience and glitches. However, with the improved computing power, number of machines in different platforms as well as installation of several software packages should help the XRF users tremendously. With these additions, the user is going to have more control over data collection, processing, and archiving and therefore more responsibility toward their data. Please send your suggestions and comments to Soma.