Network Data Service (NDS) is a TCP/IP protocol for retrieving online or archived data from thousands of instrument channels at LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) sites and data analysis clusters.

Project Librarians

John Zweizig. e-mail: john.zweizig at ligo.org

Contributors:

Edward Maros. e-mail: ed.maros at ligo.org
Jonathan Hanks. e-mail: jonathan.hanks at ligo.org
Joseph Areeda. e-mail: joseph.areeda at ligo.org

Documentation

• Installation instructions for from source, on a Mac with MacPorts, or on Windows with the installer
  • Installation note for conda installation (and maybe other installation methods have something equivalent):

  • conda install nds2-client # . This installs the command line nds2 clients= 

  •  =conda install nds2-client-swig python-nds2-client # This installs the python package nds2= 

  • (Rana): I don't think the above lines are right. In all conda and all python 3 installs, I just use "conda install -c conda-forge python-nds2-client". This actually looks in the right channel for the packages. Command tested/confirmed 26-Apr-2024.
• User manual for Python, Octave, and MATLAB interface
• internal (LIGO/Virgo users only) project page on DASWG Wiki
• Report bugs and feature requests by opening a ticket (LIGO/Virgo users only)

Documentation ( Early Access )

NOTE:

• The Following documentation reflects the latest changes committed to the repository.
• There may be errors
• The version numbers reflect the previous release version.

BETA DOCUMENTS

• Beta User Document
• Beta Programmer Document
• Beta Developer Document
• Beta Administrator Document

Download

The latest stable release of nds-client is 0.15.3. It can be downloaded from http://software.ligo.org/lscsoft/source/nds2-client-0.15.3.tar.gz.

The latest development version of nds-client is available from the repository. Check it out with the following command:

$ git clone ssh+git@git.ligo.org:nds/nds2-client.git

You may also browse the repository using the web interface.

-- PatrickBrady - 18 Aug 2015