The XMI Package

The XMI (Cross Method Invocation) package is a direct result of the work described in this thesis. It has been completely redesigned to reflect the needs of a controlled software package. The software package into which it is integrated is called XDAQ. It comprises the lightweight object communication toolkit currently deployable on Solaris, Linux, LynxOS and VxWorks operating system platforms. The package comes with a portable operating system library (POSLIB) that includes classes for task, synchronisation, streams communication and more. The code is under the copyright of CERN and may up to up to now, not be distributed freely. For members of the CMS collaboration it is possible to access the code and the examples using the CMS software repository. The following procedure applies:

1. Log into a machine of the CMS cluster where you can use AFS:

   
   telnet cms.cern.ch
   

2. Make sure you are in the list of authorised persons for accessing the software repository. For anonymous checkout, please consult the web page:
   http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/cmsoo/projects/cvs_server.html#Anonymous
   Type the following:

   
   project TriDAS
   

   Make sure the project is set correctly ( echo $CVS_ROOT).
   Check out the whole package: cvs co TriDAS
   Start from ./TriDAS/daq/xmi/doc.

We strongly recommend to get the DAQ programming guide from the CMD group that gives an introduction to the use of the toolkit. It will be available by December 1999.