Control System Studio

Taking the first step

The first step making CSS completely usable is to load the plugins. The following video will briefly represent, how to load and install all important plugins to CSS.
Please accomplish the shown steps parallely.
After the installation you will find several new options listet under “CSS” in the menue bar.



Jump Start


1. Introduction

 

This document is intended to assist new CSS users to get a first orientation when working with the system. Therefore the very basic features are explained shortly, along with a brief description of how to navigate within the software.


When you start the CSS for the first time, it will look like this:

 

 

2. CSS Menu Bar

 

All features of the CSS are accessible through the CSS Menu Bar. It provides the following menu entries:

 

2.1. File

 

 

Restart CSS

Restart your CSS installation.


Exit

Shut down your CSS installation.

 

2.2. CSS

 

 

All available CSS applications are linked into the CSS menu. Depending on your CSS distribution this menu provides a subset of the following entries (initially this menu will be empty. To load applications see: 2.4 Help -> Software Update):


Display

Display applications (e. g. The Synoptic Display Studio).


Alarm

Alarming tools and applications.


Trends

Trend tools and applications.


Diagnostic Tools

Diagnostic tools and applications.


Debugging

Debugging tools and applications.


Configuration

Configuration tools and applications.


Management

Management tools and applications.


Editors

Editors.


Utilities

Utilities.


Test

Experimental applications (sandbox stuff).


Other

Any other tool or application.

 

Preferences

Open the central CSS configuration dialog that provides access to all CSS settings.

 

2.3. Window

 

 

Open in New Window

Open a new CSS window.


Open Perspective

Select and open a particular CSS perspective. In the CSS context, a perspective is a set of user interface elements that are positioned in a certain way.


Show View

Open a particular CSS view. In the CSS context, a view is an element of the user interface that displays something and can be freely arranged by the user.

 

2.4. Help

 

 

Welcome

Open this Jump Start document.

 

About CSS

Open the “About” dialog that contains the CSS license agreement.


Help Contents

Open the CSS help system. There you may find a more detailed description of the basic user interface concepts and all system settings.


Software Updates

Manage the local CSS installation by installing and updating features. -> find and install -> search for new features to install -> DESY CSS

 

3. CSS Console

 

The CSS contains its own console. This console display system messages of certain events and information about occurred errors.


Click on the Console tab and try to move it around. You may even drag it outside of the main window. Try to get familiar with the Eclipse way to handle windows. (Drag the outside console back to an existing tab – and so on …)