A walk through KamLAND Remote Shift (KLRS)

KLRS is a Java-based tool to simplify the process of getting a terminal and a vnc viewer connected from your off-site machine to the DAQ machines in the mine. Most of KLRS is platform-independent, but where there is a difference, this page shows Linux screenshots. (See Windows version) Note screenshots are from the original (July 2006, "v0") version of KLRS. Minor differences with the current version may exist, particularly in the "advanced options" panel.

Synopsis

Regardless of platform, you simply point your browser to the KLRS home page, click the link, and enter a bunch of passwords. In some cases, you might need to change some settings, e.g., your user name on bert, or your vnc viewer application name. KLRS will remember your previous settings.

Step 0

Start at any KLRS web page. Currently the only KLRS web pages are at http://neutrino.phys.ksu.edu/~KamLAND/KLRS , but KLRS web pages will be placed on www.awa.tohoku.ac.jp and www.kamioka.awa.tohoku.ac.jp.

Step 1

Click the indicated link, and choose "open with (Java...)" if so prompted. Don't panic if Firefox or some other browser has a blank where you expect it to tell you with what it will open it: just hit OK anyway, and if the Java Web Start plugin has been installed according to directions, it will work.

Step 2

Even though you already entered the KamLAND web page password to get the KLRS web page, Java needs the web page password again to load the signed Java code. Sorry about that...

Step 3

Here is the KLRS applet. (If you have trouble getting here, read the suggestions the KLRS web page.)

Step 4

Click the button. You will get a putty terminal on Windows, or an xterm on all other systems. The terminal will log into bert using the username from the "username" field in the applet, then automatically proceed to log into shift on rosita. Enter appropriate passwords. (xterm screen shown below after successful logins; putty shown on Windows walkthrough page.)

Step 5

The button becomes enabled as soon as you start the terminal. Press it only after you have successfully logged into rosita.

Step 6

Enter the vnc password. (See help in KLRS applet if you forget.) If your version of vncviewer has a blanked-out username field, ignore it.

Step 7

Voila!

Advanced options

You can change many defaults here. Note differences in default application settings in the Linux screenshot below compared to the applet running on Windows.


gahs 2006/07/07