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-S. Segler

April 24, 2000

• To obtain the conversion utility for converting FIX 6.15 pictures to FIX Dynamics 2.0 format as well as the Tag Group Editor for FD 2.0, see:

http://www.intellution.com/products/fixdynamics/

• There are also new dynamos for FIX Dynamics at:

http://www.intellution.com/products/fixdatabasedynamos/ddlist7.asp

• Please update with all relevant Software Improvement Modules (SIM's) for FD 2.0 at: (One crucial fix is to enable SQL for the keys that we have purchased)

http://www.intellution.com/products/fixsims/ENFD2.asp

• Do not add SIMS for features or add-ons that we don't have, i.e., we don't have the BTK toolkit. A complete set of SIMs is available at my ftp site as well as an ftp client that runs on NT and allows you to fetch multiple folders and files.

ftp://ncdf03.fnal.gov/public/MonitoringSystemStuff/

• Or if you have an account on cdfsga, you can point your favorite ftp client to

ftp://cdfsga.fnal.gov/cdf/www/internal/upgrades/controls/MonitoringSystemStuff/

• Note:  Do not set up global color or threshold tables until we have resolved the issue of sharing the user.fxg file on the server. However, it is fine to set up tag groups.

• All picture names should be prefixed with the three letter designation for your detector. This should also apply to any *.tge files that you create. The list so far is:

WHA

Getting SQL to work:

This is the fix up for SQL. I tried it and it worked...

Here's how

• Exit from the workspace.
• Run Fix configuration.
• Select "tasks" from the configure menu.
• Highlight WSQLODC.EXE
• In the Command Line field enter /NK
• Press the Change button
• Press the OK button
• Select "Save" from the file menu
• Select "Exit" from the File menu
• Run the Workspace, there shouldn't be any error messages...

-Don Walsh

iFIX 2.2

This is the latest version of FIX and we should all upgrade to this version. If you haven't and you need a copy, please see Sam Segler.

There is a patch to update this version to iFIX 2.21 that fixes several bugs. It can be found in the Dynamics folder on the S drive on the nt server. You should apply this fix to your installation of iFIX 2.2 if you haven't already done so.

iFIX and Windows 2000

The current version of iFIX, 2.21, is not yet compatible with Windows 2000. This issue will be addressed in an upgrade due out this summer. This comes too late for CDF to consider going to Win 2k for the upcoming run. This decision can be revisited in the future when there is a stable version of iFIX for Windows 2k. There may also be issues with NT 4 drivers that we are using not being compatible with Windows 2k.

(Last updated by S. Segler on 4-24-2000)