The Users Pane

[Fig 2] User Pane showing Currently Logged in Users

• The Users Pane lists the user names, their status (active in red or passive) and their location (remote, beamline, or hutch) of all Blu-Ice instances open at the beamline.
• There is also an option to display the actual name of each individual user with an open Blu-Ice session. To do this, create a file called nameList in the directory /home/$USER/.bluice . Enter the names of all the people using the account for data collection and, if desired, location or contact information (one name per line). For example:

  Jane Doe at lab (x 666)
Jane Doe at home
John Smith
Other

The Chat Pane

[Fig 3] Chat Room Pane

You can enter a message in the white chat pane and it will be displayed in the Chat room pane of all Blu-Ice clients logged into the same beamline. This is a useful tool for communicating with the User Support Staff or with your collaborators.

You can save the chat file to your data or home area using the download button, and also load in an old chat file with the load file button.

Clicking on the new chat button will clear all text previously entered (you must be in active mode to do this), or you can pause the chat by clicking on the radio button next to pause

You can also change the colour of the font used to display the message using the three radio buttons to the right of the pane.