Short Version: 

Terminal: 

Spyder:

Open RecoGUI, 

(Right click on tab: "Set console working directory") (to be removed)

Green Arrow to start program

Long Version: 

Login to max-nova: E.g. from browser https://max-nova.desy.de:3443/

Click on "Launch Session" and "XFCE" Icon

Open a Terminal, e.g. from the icon at the bottom of your desktop. You can also open it via right click → "Open Terminal here" directly on your desktop or from any folder.

Now you can allocate a node for yourself, so you will have enough memory and power for your reconstruction. 

You will get a node for 6 hours, you can also choose longer or shorter times.

It can take some time before you get a node, then it will tell you which node is reserved for you. (Example: max-exfl069)

Now you can  login via ssh on this node: 

Enter your password. 

EXAMPLE: 

Hint: Please use partition=psx, if you use =all, the connection might close while you are working if someone with higher priority needs the node you are working on. 

Now you are on a different node .

You first have to load the anaconda module: 

and activate your virtual environment, depending on where you installed it:

~/ takes you back to your home directory. In this case, the environment "tomopy" was installed in the home directory in the folder "envs".  

now you can start spyder:

EXAMPLE: (virtual environment in "envs/p36"

You can also start another terminal e.g. if you want to look at your data / reconstructions in fiji. 

Hint: You can check your partition via 

You should have access to psx. 

For further information also check: 

Maxwell