LIGOtools Package: ligo-viewer

Vladimir Dergachev's "LIGO Viewer" is a graphical user interface to retrieve and display LIGO trend data. It works on Linux, Solaris, and probably many other unix operating systems. There is also a version for Microsoft Windows.

Author: Vladimir Dergachev

Version 0.5.0b

Release date (as a LIGOtools package): February 6, 2004
History of changes

Frequently Asked Questions related to this package

How can I look at trend data?

Notes

To start the program, type ligo-viewer. Click on the "README" button in the main window for further information about how to use the program.
You are encouraged to send comments and suggestions to Vladimir to improve future versions.
The development site for "LIGO Viewer" is at http://volodya-project.sourceforge.net/ligo_viewer.php .
The Windows version may be downloaded by going to the link above, clicking on "Download LIGO viewer", scrolling down to the ligo-viewer package, and downloading the most recent .zip file. After unzipping this file (in any directory), double-click on "ligo_viewer_win.tcl" to start it.
Note that the Windows version requires you to have installed version 8.3.3 or later of Tcl/Tk on your PC. To get it:
- Go to http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk
- Select a recent version (e.g. 8.4) by clicking on the appropriate link in the "Select your Tcl/Tk Version" section
- Click on the "ActiveTcl Binaries" link
- Click on the "Download" link
- Enter your email address and name (optional), then click on "Next"
- Download the desired version and double-click to install.

Documentation

At present, the "README" button in the main window is the only means of documentation.

Distribution files

Normally, you should use the ligotools_update utility to download and install new packages or new versions of existing packages, since it automatically figures out what packages need to be updated. However, if you wish to do so manually, then click on the name of the appropriate distribution file (below) with the right mouse button and choose "Save Link As..." from the popup menu. Note that you must save it on your disk with exactly the same name as it has on this web site. After the file has been downloaded, do:
ligotools_install <file>
where <file> is the file which was downloaded. This procedure will be quicker if the environment variable LIGOTOOLS is set to the main LIGOtools directory.

Binary distribution for Solaris: ligo-viewer_0.5.0b_SunOS.tar.gz (377 kb)
Binary distribution for Intel Linux: ligo-viewer_0.5.0b_Linux.tar.gz (379 kb)
Windows version: see installation instructions in the "Notes" section above.
Source distribution: ligo-viewer_0.5.0b_SOURCE.tar.gz (238 kb)
This is known to build properly on Solaris and Linux using gcc. There's a good chance that it will also build correctly on other operating systems and/or with other compilers.