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DAQKit Documentation

Version 04-02-01 26th February 2007

1 Introduction 2 System setup 3 DAQKit     3.1 Installation         3.1.1 HAL driver installation         3.1.2 Compilation         3.1.3 Driver loading         3.1.4 The 'profile.xml'         3.1.5 JobControl         3.1.6 RCMS 4 Component List 5 Documentation 6 Known issues 7 Troubleshooting

3.1 Installation Attention: Due to a problem of the CVS server at CERN this version of the DAQKit had been incomplete before the 9.3.2007 11:00. If you downloaded this DAQKit version before the indicated date you should repeat the download. The following packages were missing: dfc dmon evb fedstreamer interface pheaps psx If you do not want to redo your installation you can also update your installed version by doing for every package of the list above: cd {your installation path}/TriDAS/daq cvs update -d -r worksuite_G_28176_V1_7 {packagename} Then you need to compile the packages you need. This section contain step by step the instructions to install the DAQKit software. Certain steps require root privileges. You must be registered as sudoer to follow some of the instructions (for loading drivers and creating device files). The first step is to download the installation-script (see link at the bottom of the page) which downloads and uncompresses the DAQkit software. Create a directory where to install the DAQKit software. In the following this directory is called the installation directory. (The installation directory must be empty at this point.) Download the installation script (link see below) into the installation directory and execute perl installDAQKit.perl This script downloads and uncompresses a tar file with the latest DAQkit release. It also contains tar files for 2 hardware drivers: For the SBS VME to PCI interface and for the CAEN USB VME interface. These drivers are supported by the HAL library and you might want to install them in order to have the support in the HAL for these modules. Note for experts: if you want to install the development version of the DAQKit add the argument "dev" to the command above. If there is not development version of the DAQKit this command with fail. Private Network installation: If you want to use your installation in a private network you should install the DAQKit on a headnode on a disk area which is visible from both the public and the private side. Download : installDAQKit.perl Version : 01-07 Maintainer : Christoph Schwick Documentation : This www page

last changed: 2007-03-09 comments to: Christoph Schwick