Off-the-Shelf DAQ » Template

h1. Template DAQ

h2. Quickstart instructions:

This code is an extension of the "*OTS-DAQ*":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/otsdaq project and requires it to function.  To setup OTS-DAQ use the instructions listed "*here*":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/otsdaq/wiki/Instructions_for_using_MRB_with_OTSDAQ for installing the core OTS-DAQ packages.  *This must be done first!*  Once the OTSDAQ core dependencies are set up, the CMS Outer Tracker interface code can be included.

If you are one of the project managers and plan on making modifications to the code, you can checkout the repository doing the following assuming you have valid kerberos credentials,

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cd $MRB_SOURCE # this is the 'srcs' directory that will be set in the course of setting up OTS-DAQ

mrb gitCheckout -d otsdaq_template ssh://p-template@cdcvs.fnal.gov/cvs/projects/template

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Otherwise, you can just clone the directory using the http sever,

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cd $MRB_SOURCE # this is the srcs directory that will be set in the course of setting up OTS-DAQ

mrb gitCheckout -d otsdaq_template http://cdcvs.fnal.gov/projects/template

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Alternatively, if you do not have mrb set up, you can check out the code using git directly,

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git clone http://cdcvs.fnal.gov/projects/template otsdaq_template

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If you don't checkout using ssh, you will not be able to push your changes to redmine.

Once the package is checked out or if you are starting a new session, source the environment,

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source /path/to/products/area/setup # e.g. /data/ups/setup

export OTS_DIR=my/mrb/working/directory

source /path/to/products/area/setup # e.g. /data/ups/setup

cd ${OTS_DIR} # this is where localProducts_otsdaq_* and srcs resides

setup mrb

setup git

source local*/setup

source mrbSetEnv

export USER_DATA=${OTS_DIR}/srcs/otsdaq_template/Data

export ARTDAQ_DATABASE_URI=filesystemdb://${OTS_DIR}/srcs/otsdaq_template/databases/filesystemdb/test_db

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h2. Structure

Ideally, everything that is needed for a user to run OTSDAQ will be contained in the otsdaq_fermilabtestbeam directory and the code in otsdaq, otsdaq_utilities, and otsdaq_demo will not need to be touched.  If there is a situation where you wish to modify part of the core code, it is advised to put in a request with one of the maintainers (Lorenzo, Ryan, or Eric).

Below is a summary of some of the parts that will need to be modified in order to set up communication with the experimental device.

h3. Interface

The FEInterface class tells OTSDAQ how to communicate with front end electronics and is found in <pre>otsdaq_template/otsdaq-lcls2/FEInterfaces/</pre>.  All of the methods defined in the interface source can be called from the OTSDAQ web interface...

h3. Configuration

Configuration files are kept in <pre>otsdaq_template/databases</pre>.  

h3. Data management

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h2. Useful links

Wiki syntax "*Here*":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/fermi-redmine/wiki/RedmineWikiFormatting

Instructions for setting up main version of OTSDAQ using MRB: "*Off-the-Shelf DAQ*":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/otsdaq/wiki/Instructions_for_using_MRB_with_OTSDAQ