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The Control Room Logbook (CRL) is an electronic logbook to monitor activities.
It has been deployed since 1998, and at the time of writing, most experiments
at Fermilab are using the CRL to monitor daily activities in the control
room (D0, Minos, MiniBooNE, CMS, and MIPP). Since then, the CRL has proven
useful for a variety of other projects that need to share a log of entries.
In 2003 we introduced the web version, called the CRLW. It has become
the preferred method to interact with the logbook. The CRLW is written
in Java and JSPs (Java Server Pages) which requires Apache and Tomcat
on a web server along with MySQL for the data base. The data base can
be on a separate machine.
The CRL application is written in Java and XML, and is independent of
the CRLW. The entries are stored in XML and HTML.
Here are some of the features of the CRLW:
- Permits entries and attaching images and files.
- The Log shows thumbnails of attached images that can be enlarged by
clicking on it.
- Automatic and optimal keywords can be attached to topics.
- Search by date and sequence number, and filters by topic, keyword,
operator, form, or just words.
- Archived data is available on a 'read-only' basis and can not be changed.
Annotations, however, can be added at a later date.
- Browsing the entries by shift or by time block.
- Auto refresh every 15 minutes
- Custom forms for users to fill out (such as Start of Shift and End
of Shift).
- Favorite searches can be saved and place on the Index page, or saved
as a URL for direct access.
- Email distribution lists can be attached to a topic or a form.
- User name and password are required for making entries.
- Web interface for administration (adding users, managing subscriptions,
changing password, setting the shift times, etc).
- Online documentation on all features. The manual that can be printed
and accessed via the Help button.
- A full list of features is provided in the online manual.
The CRLW is still a work in progress. We make new releases about every
other months as we include feedback and request for new features.
To contact us send mail to crl-dev@fnal.gov.
| News: |
| April 8, 2008 |
CRLW
release v1_11
Ability to add and close studies (i.e. new topics)
Fixed the time zone bug
New entry page with improved UI
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| November 26, 2007 |
CRLW
release v1_9_1
- Fixed bug with SingleEntry page
- Fixed spelling mistakes |
| September 27, 2007 |
CRLW
release v1_9
- Added the ability to attach a script to a form
- Show the annotations when one clicks on the single entry link.
- Fixed the two column sorting on the index page if there are more
than 8 categories.
- Added the Memo Pad feature
- Removed the yucky buttons and replaced them with links
- Fixed the paging for a relative date serach (for example paging
back for Last-24 hour search is fixed)
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| September 6, 2006 |
CRLW
release v1_8_28
new:
- From index page the default search will show the last 15 entries
rather than the current shift. This is an option, the admin can
choose to set it to the current shift instead
- Enhanced the search title
fix:
Search for last n entries in category works now as expected |
| July 28, 2006 |
CRLW release
v1_8_27 |
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Bug fix for search for the last 'n' sequence
numbers and paging. |
| July 1, 2006 |
The FNAL ILC Logbook
Evaluation task force recommends the CRLW for the ILC test area. |
| July 19, 2006 |
CRLW release
v1_8_26 |
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new:
- Added the page background color option
- Added text background color option
- Conditional refresh. Now only the searches below are automatic
refreshed:
- search for the last n-hours/days/entry numbers
- current shift.
- Allow image names with "." in name other than the "."
before the extension
fixes:
- Bug fix in Menu.java for iteration over submenus.
- Catch session timeout when logging in and out.
- Catch session expiration in Annotation.jsp
- Added error message for entry note saved
- Added check for missing @ sign in email when editing or adding
users
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| April 11, 2005 |
CRLW release
v1_8_23 |
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new:
- Speed enhancements
- Attaching .PNG files
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| March 17, 2005 |
CRLW release
v1_8_22 |
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new:
-The login name is now displayed on the Admin page user list.
fixed:
The text fields on the Search.jsp page have been made longer (256
char) to accomodate comining categories with long names.
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