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Ancillary DAQ

 This section is meant to be a practical reference for running ancillary data taking during the shifts.

Pedestal run

  1. working directory: /home/glast/DAQ-v3.00/CAENVMETest
  2. on the console write: PEDEmain
  3. insert when requested the number of events (suggested value 500)
  4. on the "Buttons Canvas" press the button:"Open Canvas"
  5. on the "Buttons Canvas" press the button."Start Pede"
  6. on the console insert a brief comment to the run
  7. when the run is enden press on the "Button Canvas" the button: "Stop"
  8. if tou want to abort the run press "Ctrl-c" on the keyboard. (In this case the threshold mask for the zero.suppression acquisition will not be saved. You need to perform again a pedestal run)
  9. the pedestal data will be saved in the direcotry:/home/glast/DAQ-v3.00/CAENVMETest/pede in ROOT format and in binary format,
  1. a text file will be produced for a quick inspection of the pedstal and noise of all the channels

Acquisiton run not synchronized with the CU

  1. working direcotory: /home/glast/DAQ-v3.00/CAENVMETest
  2. on the console write: ANCmain
  1. insert when reqeusted the number of events
  1. on the "Button Canvas" press the button:"Open Canvas"
  1. on the "Button Canvas" press the button."Start ACQ"
  1. on the console insert a brief comment to the run
  1. when the run is enden press on the "Button Canvas" press the button:"Stop"
  1. if tou want to abort the run press "Ctrl-c" on the keyboard. (all the data excpet the last spill will be saved anyway)
  1. the data will be saved in the direcotry:/home/glast/DAQ-v3.00/CAENVMETest/data in ROOT format and in binary format

Acquisiton run synchronized with the CU

  1. working direcotory: /home/glast/DAQ-v3.00/CAENVMETest
  2. on the console write: ACQmain
  3. insert when reqeusted the number of events
  4. on the "Button Canvas" press the button:"Open Canvas"
  5. on the "Button Canvas" press the button."Start ACQ"
  6. on the console insert a brief comment to the run
  7. wait a Client from RunControl ("Starting server socket on port 2345 -> waiting for a client...")
  8. on the console you will be prompted with: "Press enter when RC is ready"
  9. when RunCOntrol is on PASSED status and the sweep event has been acquired you can press "enter" to start the syncronized acqusition
  10. when the run is enden press on the "Button Canvas" the button: "Stop"
  11. if tou want to abort the run press "Ctrl-c" on the keyboard. (all the data excpet the last spill will be saved anyway)
  12. the data will be saved in the direcotry:/home/glast/DAQ-v3.00/CAENVMETest/data in ROOT format and in binary format. 
  13. the data will be onlime merged with the CU data.

 In case of shut down of "wkxglast1" (Ancillary ACQ PC)

  1. login as superuser
  2. go into the following directory: /usr/local/CAENVME-Rev2.4/Linux/driver/v2718
  3. on the console write: ./a2818_load.2.6
  4. logout as superuser

Directory structure

  1. main directory: /home/glast/DAQ-v3.00
  1. function direcorties: /home/glast/DAQ-v3.00/ACQFUNC - /home/glast/DAQ-v3.00/ancDAQ
  1. main programs directory: /home/glast/DAQ-v3.00/CAENVMETest
  1. data directory: /home/glast/DAQ-v3.00/CAENVMETest/data
  1. pedestal directory: /home/glast/DAQ-v3.00/CAENVMETest/pede

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