Using the NEMO Administration Client

NEMO requires a certain amount of configuration at start up to function properly. Some of this bootstrapping can be easily handled by the NEMO Administration Client. In addition, various maintenance tasks can be handled.

Starting Up

On start up, the main window and login window appear. The user will be required to enter a valid username and password to authenticate.

start up window

Once the user has successfully authenticated with the NEMO system, the user can manage any of the following categories of administration:

	Experiment Configuration
	Subjects and Operators
	Locations
	IRB
	Versioning

Experiment Configuration

Before an experiment can begin an experiment type must be created and the configuration files must be uploaded.

Creating a New Experiment Type

Clicking on the experiment type icon reveals a table of experiments with name and description.

experiment type view.

Creating a new experiment type is simple. Click on the new button at the bottom of the list. The New Experiment Type form will appear, needing only a name and description. Press create to complete the process.

new experiment type form

Loading Configuration Files

Click on the configuration icon to reveal the experiments list.

experiment configuration view.

Select the experiment to which you would like to add a configuration file. Click on the add file button at the bottom of the list. The Configuration File form will appear. Click on the file browse button to select the configuration file you would like to upload. Once you have selected the file, the "File Path" and "Name" fields will be populated with the respective values. At this time the file name can be changed if desired. Press create to complete the process.

new configuration file form

Subjects and Operators

There are two main types of people identified in a NEMO experiment. A subject is a participant in the experiment and an operator is an authenticated user who controls the NEMO software during the run of an experiment. Operators can also be subjects and participate in the experiments. An operator privileged operator can create subjects as well as perform additional higher level tasks, such as uploading configuration files and creating new experiment types.

Managing Subjects and Operators

Clicking on the person icon reveals a table of subjects and operators together in one list

subject and operator view.

Creating a Subject

Click on the new button at the bottom of the list. The New Person form will appear. Make sure that the "subject" radio button is selected. Enter in the First Name, Last Name, and Birth Date information. Then select the appropriate gender and ethnicity values. An optional image may be uploaded by pressing the load image button. Press create to complete the process.

new subject form

On completion of the create process, a user id card will appear, summarizing the subject information

subject summary card

Creating an Operator

Click on the new button at the bottom of the list. The New Person form will appear. Select the "Operator" radio button. Enter all of the biographical information similarly required during subject creation. You will notice that previously disabled fields are now enabled.The operator user name and password can now be entered. If the operator is privileged check the "Privileged" check box. Press create to complete the process.

new operator form

Locations

NEMO experiments can occur at several locations simultaneously. Locations are registered using the NEMO Administration Client.

Creating a New Location

Clicking on the location icon reveals a table of registered locations

location view.

Creating a new location is simple. Click on the new button at the bottom of the list. The Location form will appear. Enter the name of the location, city, state (optional) country and postal code. Press create to complete the process.

new location form

IRB

Experiment protocols involving humans are reviewed by an Institutional Review Board. Once the experiment has passed all safety and ethics guidelines, an IRB document is issued allowing the principal investigator to commence the experiment. This IRB document expires after a year, at which time the experiment protocols are reviewed to ensure that the experiment continues to run under current guidelines. Each experiment run with NEMO is associated with the IRB document,using the IRB number. The IRB number, name and expiration dates are registered using the NEMO Administration Client

Registering IRB Information

Clicking on the irb icon reveals a table of registered irb protocols

irb view.

Registering an IRB document is also very simple. Click on the new button at the bottom of the list. The IRB form will appear. Enter the name, number, effective date and expiration date. Press create to complete the process.

new irb form

Versioning

The NEMO software has a software version and compatibility checker. Incompatible software versions can be automatically updated. Version and compatiblity information of the various clients and servers can be maintained through the NEMO Administration Client.

Entering Version Information

Clicking on the version icon reveals a table of various client versions and their corresponding compatibility numbers

version information view.

To create a new version, click on the new version button at the bottom of the list. The New Version form will appear. First, choose the component name from the list of available options (ExperimentClient, MonitorClient, etc). Then choose another component with which the current component is compatible (NEMOServer, e.g.). Finally, specify the path of the zip file which contains the components application files. Press create to complete the process.

new version form