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Clara Gaspar, May 2008

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22Clara Gaspar, May 2008

FSM Operation Tips❚ Standard FSM

panel❙ State

Summarizes the states of included children

❙ ActionsAre sent to included children

❙ Also asynchronous automatic actions

❙ ModeTooltip for details


FSM operation tips

❚Symbol Legend❙LockedOut❙Unlocked

❘Excluded❘Manual

❙Locked Included or InLocal❘By You❘By Someone else❘By Nobody

❙Mouse over tooltip for details

❙Incomplete❘Some CUs excluded❘Some Devices

disabled

❙Shared❘By You❘By Someone else

❙Devices:❘Enabled❘Disabled


FSM Operation❚ Take

Will go through the tree and take all components that are not:❙ LockedOut

❙ Or taken by somebody else

❙ Or taken byyou InLocal

❚ New Feature:❙ Message Popup for

not taken components


FSM Operation tips

❚Ownership❙Each User Interface has a unique identifier:

❘<System_name>:<Manager_number>❘This is the owner that gives the color to the locks

❙So if you close a UI manager (the top, for example the DEN or the FSM tree) you will possibly get another identifier❘So the tree may not belong to you anymore

❙There is a trick to get it back❘Right-click on “Modes” Panel❘To be used only if you know what you are doing


FSM Operation tips

❚Parent view of a child can be different from the child mode itself❙Most common example:

❘Parent view: Excluded or LockedOut❘Child: InLocal mode (working in stand alone)

〡Either taken by another user〡Or even by the same user (to do some tests before

including it)❘ Attention! It looks almost as if it is yours but it is

not!

❙For all normal operations❘Always exclude and Include from the Parent


FSM Operation tips

❚Current version: When a domain “dies” it goes into Manual mode:❙Its state is still taken into account❙But commands are not sent to it❙In this case the parent can exclude it❙You can then “RestartFSM”❙And then Include it (or Re-Take it

from any level above)

❚New version: Automatically Include (?)


FSM New Features

❚When a part of the system stays executing (“grey”) forever:❙AbortCommand

❚When an FSM is “DEAD” or if the AbortCommand didn’t work:❙RestartFSM

❚Can now do in one go:❙Exclude&Lockout❙UnLockout&Include

❚Can now exclude/LockOut when not owner


FSM New Features

❚The FSM Tree❙Can navigate through the

whole tree❙Right click - Opens panel❙Left Click – Info❙Can Change Identity

❘Double click on id field


Customization

❚fwFsmUser.ctl❙ fwFsmUser_nodeTaken(string node)❙ fwFsmUser_nodeReleased(string node)❙ fwFsmUser_nodeIncluded(string parent, string node)❙ fwFsmUser_nodeExcluded(string parent, string node)❙ …

And also:❙ fwFsmUser_nodeClicked(string domain, string obj)❙ fwFsmUser_nodeDoubleClicked(string domain, string obj)❙ fwFsmUser_nodeView(string domain, string obj)


FSM Libraries

❚Libraries: ❙The library fwDU can be used to add functionality

to Device Units inside their scripts. ❙The library fwCU can be used to operate Control

Units from Panels or Ctrl scripts. ❙The library fwFsmTree can be used to

dynamically create a hierarchy of Control Units and/or DeviceUnits.

❙The library FwFsmUi can be used to tailor the look and feel of FSM top-level panels (experiment specific). -> Display Customization


More Customization

❚In Device Editor Navigator❙Top-level

❘Settings〡FSM main panel〡FSM main panel size

❘Advanced Settings〡Start FSM at Startup, etc.

❙For Each Control Unit❘Settings