This section will discuss the basics of recognizing the components of the CommunityTSC agent and how to navigate within the client.

• Getting started
• The Agent

Getting Started

CommunityTSC (D2OL)™ is actually two programs that work together: the Engine and the Agent. The Engine runs silently in your system tray.

The Agent runs like a normal window in your task bar.

The Engine tests drug Candidates and reports Conformers. The Agent displays the current Candidate and Conformers as they are analyzed. When you start , either from the start menu or from a shortcut on your desktop, both the Engine and Agent programs are launched. Because the Engine is a separate program, you can close the Agent and the Engine will continue to function normally.

IMPORTANT: When you close the Agent window, the Engine will continue to run in the system tray. If you want to open the Agent window again, double click on the (D2OL)™ icon in the system tray. DO NOT re-launch (D2OL)™ from the Start menu if you see the (D2OL)™ icon in the system tray. Doing so will cause multiple Engines to run at the same time. Please only launch from the shortcut only if you do not see the (D2OL)™ icon in the system tray.

Controlling Tasks.

Even though (D2OL)™ tasks are designed to use only your extra computing resources, you may choose to suspend the Engine's current task. When the Engine is suspended the system tray icon will change from to and the current Target will stop rotating. You may resume tasks at any time.

Exiting.

To exit (D2OL)™ , right click on the system tray icon and choose Exit. You will know that the Engine has exited when you no longer see in the system tray.

The Agent

The Agent is your view into what the Engine is working on. There are 7 major areas of the Agent, many have several components we will discuss below.

Area 2 contains the general (D2OL)™ controls.

Area 3 shows the Best Conformer that has been analyzed. Selecting this conformer will display specific information about it in the HUD. See Configuration for more details.

Area 4 shows a rendering of the currently selected structure and a Heads-Up-Display (HUD) with summary information regarding the candidate or conformer currently displayed. More information on this section is available in Configuration. Any Broadcast Messages will also be displayed in this area.

Area 5 contains all the controls for Area 4.

Press this button to hide or show the Heads-Up-Display
Press this button to show or hide statistics.
Press this button to show or hide the current Broadcast Message.
Press this button to zoom in.
Click anywhere in the circle to set the rotation joystick and the candidate structure above will rotate according to the joystick position. Click in the center of the circle to stop all movement.
Press this button to zoom out.
Press this button to show or hide the atom names.
Click on the slider to change the detail level.

Area 6 contains Headlines.

The scrolling Headline bar provides links to featured stories on TSC and resource web sites. These will be updated regularly with current TSC news.

Area 7 contains Thumbnails.

This area shows a thumbnail of the candidates completed, currently under investigation and the candidates that will follow.

Any Other Questions

Please direct any other questions about the CommunityTSC project to support@childhooddiseases.org

Thank you for downloading and contributing to CommunityTSC.

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