1. The Clinical Index does not automatically update the list of files available as disks are mounted and unmounted. You must exit the Clinical Index then re-enter it to see files on a newly mounted OD or remote disk.

2. Don't close the Console Window. Once closed it cannot be reopened and processes that must write to that window, such as printing to the Helios, won’t work until you log out and log back on. If the Console Window is in your way, please iconify it instead. Newer versions of the software automatically iconify that window.

3. Workbenches remember whatever Keywords were last used. Therefore when you first go into the Clinical Index or Patient Index, it’s a good idea to click the "Keyword Clear" button to clear previous searches before proceeding.

4. Picker Odyssey software allows files to be copied FROM remote disks to the local disk(s) using the Workbench’s Utilities -> Patient Transfer menu. It does not permit files to be copied from a local disk TO a remote disk. [Can "pull" data but not "push" it.]

5. The archive disk (archive:/img99) is read-only. If you want to modify a lightbox that is stored on the archive, you must copy it to your local disk first. If you inadvertently try to delete a patient on the archive disk it will disappear from the Clinical Index. To restore it please open a Unix shell and type: fixarchive.

6. The archive contains copies of all lightboxes (=screen captures) created since January 1, 1997. Lightboxes of studies earlier than January 1, 1997 are stored on ODs on 3 Donner. Cardiac studies are not put into lightbox format so they are not in the archive. Raw data from all tomographic studies are stored on ODs. For cardiac studies see Joe Maffei in Ground Rhoads. For the rest see Andy Sherman on 3 Donner.

7. All Picker computers mount ODs as /img3, therefore on computers which have OD drives, the first entry in the Disk Manager list is /img3. Once an OD is mounted locally, it can be accessed from other Picker computers the same way as any other remote disk.

8. Occasionally the Picker operating system can't find the index of files on an OD. If you mount an OD which you know contains files but none show up the Clinical Index, click the Keyword Clear button. If the files still don’t appear, exit the Clinical Index, open a UNIX shell and issue the command "fixOD". Then reopen the Clinical Index. If that doesn’t work, use the middle mouse menu to select "Rebuild Clinical Index". When that process is finished, reopen the Clinical Index.

9. Don’t fill up the last 5Mb of space on an OD. The computer needs that space to store temporary files during operations such as rebuilding the clinical index.

10. Please don't leave ODs mounted on acquisition machines (prism21, prism22, prism32, prism31, prism34 and jupiter). New patient directories are created on whichever local disk has the most space. ODs are local disks. Therefore if you leave a blank OD mounted on an acquisition machine whose hard disk is full, patient files may end up on your OD.

11. Not all Picker ODs are alike. There's a high and a low density format. The older Picker computers can only read low density (prism31 and prism32). Odyssey VPs and FXs can read both.

12. Picker OD drives can only reliably read 512 bytes/sector. Please don't order 1024 bytes/sector ODs for use on Pickers. Only 1 Picker OD drive can read 1.2 Gb ODs (prism34), the rest can only read 600 Mb.

13. Picker ODs and Sun ODs are not interchangeable. When you initialize an OD please label it with the machine where it was initialized and the date.