Guest User View

Anyone can see a list of instruments

guest user view example

When clicking on any instrument one can see the status of the instrument. The status page shows a list of monitored variables. The sample logs to display can be configured in CSS (the frontend interface for the instrument control), see instructions here.

guest user view of instrument status example

In the top right hand side, there are links to see the runs in the current experiment, together with the processing status.

example view of run list viewed as guest user

For example, runs that are actively collecting data will display a status of “Acquiring”. Once acquisition finishes, the run may move to a “Processing” status, and finally show “Complete” once processing is done.

In addition, there is a list of process variables (PVs). These are a list of sample environment and instrument parameter logs. If one clicks on a PV link, it will show the history of that PV in the last 15 minutes or 2 hours. The y scale can be switched between linear and logarithmic.

example view of PV list viewed as guest user

Clicking on the instrument name in the breadcrumbs will display a list of IPTS experiments

example view of IPTS list viewed as guest user

Note that guest users don’t have access to the data, so clicking on any run will prompt the user to log in with their UCAMS/XCAMS credentials

example view of data access denied viewed as guest user