Slack¶
There are several tools support Slack integration with the beamline opereration, these include:
slack gup¶
Slack GUP Creates a slack channel using General User Proposal (GUP) number (GUP-#) and invites in the channel all users listed in the proposal. To use slack gup
(slack) usertxm@txmtwo ~ $ slack gup
2021-11-19 14:49:19,977 - 2021-11-19 20:49:19.977194+00:00
2021-11-19 14:49:19,977 - Found valid proposal id
2021-11-19 14:49:20,202 - 2021-11-19 20:49:20.202317+00:00
2021-11-19 14:49:20,202 - GUP proposal_id: 75438
2021-11-19 14:49:20,410 - 2021-11-19 20:49:20.410172+00:00
2021-11-19 14:49:20,410 - Found valid proposal start time
2021-11-19 14:49:20,410 - Proposal starting date: 2021_11_19
2021-11-19 14:49:20,634 - 2021-11-19 20:49:20.633961+00:00
2021-11-19 14:49:20,634 - Found valid experimenters
2021-11-19 14:49:20,634 - Proposal PI: judge
2021-11-19 14:49:20,856 - 2021-11-19 20:49:20.856787+00:00
2021-11-19 14:49:20,857 - Found valid experimenters
2021-11-19 14:49:20,857 - Added kkumar26@uic.edu to the e-mail list.
2021-11-19 14:49:20,857 - Added eallen28@uic.edu to the e-mail list.
2021-11-19 14:49:20,857 - Added mdato2@uic.edu to the e-mail list.
2021-11-19 14:49:20,857 - Added roy.indrani1996@gmail.com to the e-mail list.
2021-11-19 14:49:20,857 - Added jcabana@uic.edu to the e-mail list.
2021-11-19 14:49:20,857 - Added wjudge2@uic.edu to the e-mail list.
2021-11-19 14:49:20,858 - Found valid emails
2021-11-19 14:49:21,284 - Created slack channel: 2021_11_19_judge_gup_75438
2021-11-19 14:49:21,284 - Please invite to the slack channel 32_id_c_2021_11_19_judge_gup_75438 these users ['kkumar26@uic.edu', 'eallen28@uic.edu', 'mdato2@uic.edu', 'roy.indrani1996@gmail.com', 'jcabana@uic.edu', 'wjudge2@uic.edu', 'vnikitin@anl.gov', 'decarlo@anl.gov']
2021-11-19 14:49:21,284 - General
2021-11-19 14:49:21,284 - config /home/beams/USERTXM/slack.conf
2021-11-19 14:49:21,285 - verbose True
2021-11-19 14:49:21,285 - Settings
2021-11-19 14:49:21,285 - beamline 32_id_c
2021-11-19 14:49:21,285 - set 0.0
2021-11-19 14:49:21,285 - Beamline contacts
2021-11-19 14:49:21,286 - primary_beamline_contact_email vnikitin@anl.gov
2021-11-19 14:49:21,286 - secondary_beamline_contact_email decarlo@anl.gov
to share the newly created channels with the proposal listed above follow the share instructions.
For help:
(slack) usertxm@txmtwo ~ $ slack gup -h
usage: slack gup [-h] [--beamline {None,2_bm,7_bm,8_id_i,20_bm,29_id,32_id_b,32_id_c}] [--set SET]
[--primary-beamline-contact-email FILE] [--secondary-beamline-contact-email FILE] [--config FILE]
[--verbose]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--beamline {None,2_bm,7_bm,8_id_i,20_bm,29_id,32_id_b,32_id_c}
When set adds the beamline name as a prefix to the slack channel name (default: None)
--set SET Number of +/- number days for the current date. Used for setting a channel for past/future user
groups (default: 0)
--primary-beamline-contact-email FILE
Beamline scientist email (default: pshevchenko@anl.gov)
--secondary-beamline-contact-email FILE
Beamline scientist email (default: decarlo@anl.gov)
--config FILE File name of configuration (default: /home/beams/USERTXM/slack.conf)
--verbose Verbose output (default: True)
slack bot¶
Slack bot automatical responds to predefined keywords, i.e. ring, energ, users etc., returning a list of PV name/value associated with that keywords.
To start the slack bot server:
$ slackbot start --beamline 2-bm --channel-name automated
Bolt app is running!
usage:


pv logger¶
pv logger provides an EPICS PV logger with slack support
setup:
(slack) usertxm@txmtwo $ pv set --pv-list "2bma:TomoScan:Energy, 2bma:TomoScan:EnergyMode"
usage:

