Cambridge Structural Database

installed at the Institute of Physics, Prague

This installation of CSD is available for universities, academic institutions and students in the Czech Republic. It is supported by its major users.

Computer

crysa.fzu.cz alias indy22.fzu.cz, operating system Fedora Linux, administrated by Michal Dusek.

Getting access:
By filling this online form or sending directly an e-mail to dusek@fzu.cz (which is actually what the on-line form does). Only universities, academic institutions and students in the Czech Republic are eligible for using this installation.

Requirements at the user side:
ssh client, capability to display X11 graphics (Unix workstation or X11 emulation)

User session

For UNIX workstation

  • Connect to indy22.fzu.cz by ssh. (Telnet and ftp are not available for security reasons)
  • Use database commands conquest or quest, save your results
  • The results can be copied out of indy22.fzu.cz using command line scp or two-panel file manager krusader.
  • logout
  • The results can be downloaded from indy22.fzu.cz by scp

    For PC with Windows

  • Connect to indy22.fzu.cz using some ssh client for Windows. For displaying the UNIX graphics an X-server for Windows must be running.
  • Use database commands conquest or quest, save your results
  • logout
  • If needed, download files from indy22.fzu.cz by an scp client for Windows.
    Here is an example of Windows session with detailed instructions.
    Note: the current version of Starnet X-win32 (commercial program for X11 emulation) contains direct ssh support. Starting Conquest through X-win32 is very simple.

    News and Updates


    (04.09.2019) update Aug 2019, 14673 new entries
    (xx.05.2019) update May 2019, 14702 new entries
    (xx.02.2019) update Feb 2019, 20809 new entries
    (xx.11.2018) CSD 5.40, 973630 entries
    (14.09.2018) update Aug 2018, 10950 new entries
    (14.09.2018) update May 2018, 14411 new entries
    (xx.02.2018) update Feb 2018, 20084 new entries
    (xx.11.2017) CSD 5.39, 904100 entries
    (xx.11.2017) update Nov 2017, 11921 new entries
    (10.05.2017) update May 2017, 15409 new entries
    (20.02.2017) update Feb 2017, 18092 new entries
    (31.03.2017) CSD 5.38, 843799 entries
    (06.06.2016) update May 2016, 14996 new entries
    (15.03.2016) update Feb 2016, 17968 new entries
    (15.03.2016) update Nov 2015, 13375 new entries
    (15.03.2016) CSD 5.37, 786934 entries
    (25.07.2015) update May 2015, 16781 new entries
    (25.07.2015) update Feb 2015, 15500 new entries
    (28.03.2014) CSD 5.36, 717876 entries
    (xx.11.2014) update Nov 2014, 26251 new entries
    (16.06.2014) update May 2014, 23048 new entries
    (28.03.2014) update Feb 2014, 19566 new entries
    (28.03.2014) update Nov 2013, 17282 new entries
    (28.03.2014) CSD 5.35, 658007 entries
    (01.04.2013) new hardware, change of OS from Fedora to Ubuntu
    (xx.02.2013) update Feb 2013, 13610 new entries
    (xx.11.2012) CSD 5.34, 624927 entries
    (03.09.2012) update Aug 2012, 9686 new entries
    (28.05.2012) update May 2012, 11944 new entries
    (12.02.2012) update Feb 2012, 16320 new entries
    (12.02.2012) CSD 5.33, 586977 entries
    (xx.11.2011) update Nov 2011, 9144 new entries
    (xx.08.2011) update Aug 2011, 15834 new entries
    (11.05.2011) update May 2011, 14826 new entries
    (01.04.2011) update Feb 2011, 15459 new entries
    (01.04.2011) update Nov 2010, 6620 new entries
    (01.04.2011) CSD 5.32, 525095 entries
    (01.04.2011) upgrade of operating system
    (01.09.2010) update Aug 2010, 12212 new entries
    (04.06.2010) update May 2010, 9533 new entries
    (26.02.2010) update Feb 2009, 7380 new entries
    CSD has now more then 500 000 structures!
    70 fraud structures from China have now special label and no data.
    (10.12.2009) update Nov 2009, 5066 new entries
    (10.12.2009) CSD 5.31, 490902 entries
    (16.09.2009) update Sep 2009, 11207 new entries
    (26.05.2009) update May 2009, 10821 new entries
    (12.02.2009) update Feb 2009, 9005 new entries
    (12.12.2008) update Nov 2008, 6558 new entries
    (12.12.2008) CSD 5.30, 456637 entries
    (09.09.2008) update Aug 2008, 20244 new entries
    (28.01.2008) update Jan 2008, 12632 new entries
    (07.12.2007) CSD 5.29, 423752 entries
    (28.11.2007) new HDD because of bad sectors
    (17.09.2007) update Aug 2007, 8500 new entries
    (21.05.2007) update May 2007, 11466 new entries
    (13.02.2007) update Jan 2007, 13709 new entries
    (27.01.2007) new backup uses disk images
    (18.01.2007) CSD 5.28, 390081 entries
    (18.01.2007) New hardware, Fedora Core 6
    (04.09.2006) update Aug 2006, 7856 new entries
    (24.05.2006) update May 2006, 12383 new entries
    (27.01.2006) update Jan 2006, 13417 new entries
    (23.12.2005) CSD 5.27, 355064 entries
    (20.08.2005) update Aug 2005, 7304 new entries
    (03.06.2005) update May 2005, 9318 new entries
    (14.02.2005) update Feb 2005, 12736 new entries
    (17.01.2005) CSD 5.26, 325709 entries
    (06.10.2004) Installed Mogul - the knowledge base for molecular geometry
    (20.07.2004) update July 2004, 6148 new entries
    (29.04.2004) update April 2004, 9401 new entries
    (12.03.2004) started backup of user files
    (10.03.2004) installed secpanel, graphics interface to secure copy
    (06.03.2004) update Jan 2004, 8775 new entries
    (xx.11.2003) CSD 5.25, 298097 entries

    Miscellaneous

  • Notifications about updates of CSD can be subscribed for in updates-announce
  • Secure and non-secure display
  • Manuals provided by Cambridge Crystallograpic Data Centre
  • Manuals for ConQuest
  • Manuals for Mogul
  • Printed manuals of the previous versions, almost identical with the current versions, are available for anybody who will ask for them

    Links

    Cambridge Crystallograpic Data Centre
    Institute of Physics
    Inorganic structural database at the Institute of Physics
    Laboratory of Crystallography at the Institute of Physics
    Czech and Slovak Crystallographic Association
    Crystallographic databases worldwide
    This page is maintained by Michal Dusek, e-mail dusek@fzu.cz