Leginon

h1. Test Leginon with Simulator

h2. Test Leginon with Simulator

TEM and CCD simulators are created automatically on the computer Leginon program started

at. They are convenient as a way to look around the GUI to try out buttons. The images

"acquired" are just random squares on background. Here we will use them to test the database

connection and storage disk mapping.

h2. Start Leginon on the computer you will run most of the process

* <title>Register as a Leginon user and then copy and personalize your configuration

file before your first use.</title>

*  First User: Refer to Installation Guide <link linkend="addusers">Chapter on

Administration Tools</link>

*  Later Users: Refer to "<link linkend="admin_adduser">Set up for a new

regular user</link>" in "Administration Tools" Chapter.

*  start-leginon.py (From any directory for Linux)

OR

from Start Menu: \Start\Programs\Leginon> Leginon (on Windows)

*  Leginon Setup Wizard> select "Create session" in session type if a new session

is needed.

*  Fill in session name and comments. Comments will appear in the Web

Viewers

*  Select instrument and project, if project database is used. Image path is

automatically selected.

*  Image path is automatically selected based on your leginon.cfg file.

*  Leginon Setup Wizard> No need to edit client list as the computer where the

program is started is automated added.

*  Choose "Finish" in the set up wizard to start the session.

h2. Acquiring the first simulated image

*  Leginon/Application/Run> select Manual Application.

*  Leginon> From the list of nodes on the left panel, select Manual node.

*  Leginon/Manual> Open the "Setting" tool and configure the settings:

SimuTEM and SimuCCDCamera should be available for selection.

Acquisition/Camera Configuration- use one of the preconfigured selection for

binning and size such 512x8.

Save image to the database=yes.

Leave the rest of the configuration to default.

*  You should see your first simulated image acquired through Leginon in the image

display panel.

h2. Check on the Web viewer

Follow the <link linkend="AppManual_webviewer">instruction in Manual Application

Chapter</link>.

h2. Problem solving for the simulation test

Most problems regarding this test are caused by bad configuration. You should double

check your <link linkend="leginon_cfg">leginon.cfg</link>, <link linkend="sinedon_cfg"

>sinedon.cfg</link>, <link linkend="install_dbemtool">config.php</link> as outlined in

complete installation chapter. See <link linkend="InstT_testrun">Installation

Troubleshooting</link>, and  "dbem Bulletin Board":http://emg.nysbc.org/bb/viewforum.php?t=246  such as the topic " "information not saved to db":http://emg.nysbc.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=241 "

for common problems.

If everything goes smoothly, do a test directly on the computer controlling the

microscope as in the next section.