cms-l1-globaltrigger / vistars

Simple CERN vistars viewer

Vistars

Simple CERN vistars viewer that displays LHC status in fullscreen.

Install

Install using pip (depends on Python3 and PyQt5).

pip install git+https://github.com/arnobaer/vistars.git

Usage

At default LHC beam status is displayed.

vistars

Specify an alternate image source using argument url. Have a look at CERN vistars for available screens.

# display LHC luminosity
vistars https://vistar-capture.s3.cern.ch/lhclumi.png

Set a custom update interval in seconds using option -i <seconds> (default is 25 seconds).

vistars -i 10

View modes

The application starts in fullscreen mode. Double click on the vistars screen to toggle between fulscreen and windowed mode.