Cockpit:
Cockpit provides users with a real-time thumbnail view of sensor data received from a NIDAS data server. It plots the current data in a bright color and the history data in a different color, so that users can see the current trace and a shaded history of previous traces, within changeable data ranges.
System Requirements:
Currently, cockpit runs on Linux, Windows, and Macs.
Cockpit requires java version 1.5+. You can generally use the version of java that is distributed with your OS.
Linux systems must have Qt version 4 installed. On a RedHat systems, do
rpm -q qt4
to see if Qt version 4 is installed.
Windows, Linux: Run From Java WebStart:
On Linux and Windows, cockpit can be invoked via Java Webstart. Click on cockpit. Your browser should popup a window asking what it should do with the cockpit.jnlp file. Choose Open with Java Web Start, or javaws. On Linux, Java Web Start is /usr/bin/javaws. The first time you download you will be asked to accept a digital signature, to provide permission for the code to run on your system.
Currently, running cockpit via Web Start does not work on Macs.
Macs: Run From Zip File:
On Macs, download the zip file cockpit-mac.zip. safari should unzip it in your Downloads directory. In a terminal window, change to the cockpit-mac download directory and run the bin/mac_cockpit.sh script:
cd Downloads/cockpit-mac bin/mac_cockpit.sh
Bug on Macs with external monitor
User Manual:
User manual provides some information about the program features and usage.