NDTS-GUI

Overview

NDTS installations on the spectrometer workstation are comprised of the daemon which runs as a service and the NDTS graphical user interface (NDTS-GUI) which provides status information and allows users to make changes to harvesting status, NAN user, and metadata that will be associated with datasets. NDTS is designed to automatically harvest datasets as they complete when harvesting is set to "on", but datasets can also be manually harvested through the NDTS-GUI.

Mapping NAN users to spectrometer workstation users

Datasets harvested need to be associated with a NAN user to allow the datasets to be visible from the Dataset Browser. This is primarily done through the NDTS-GUI where the NAN user may be changed (if the facility manager settings permit the action). By default the NAN user mapped to the spectrometer workstation is selected. The mapping is controlled by the NMR facility manager through a user management page on the NAN portal facility dashboard.

NDTS harvesting defaults

From the Facility Dashboard facility managers use the Manage Facility Users tool to add NAN users to their facility, map those users to spectrometer workstation accounts, set default harvesting settings, and decide how to handle cases where the spectrometer workstation user is not mapped to a NAN user.

When the NDTS-GUI is launched, or when the NAN user selected within the NDTS-GUI is changed, the default settings defined in the Manage Facility Users tool on the NAN web portal are refreshed to the default settings.

If the NDTS-GUI is not running, than NDTS harvesting falls back to the default settings defined in the Manage Facility Users tool

Launching the NDTS-GUI

As the harvesting settings will default to the settings defined in the Manage Facility Users tool it is important that the NDTS-GUI is running at all times so that the harvesting status is visible, and users have the ability to make changes before data collection to ensure proper harvesting and metadata

The intention is for the NAN-GUI to be running at all times so that users can see the harvesting status. Once started the NDTS-GUI has the close button disabled to avoid accidental closing of the application