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| ====== How to run combined S800 + GRETINA ====== | ====== How to run combined S800 + GRETINA ====== | ||
| In order to run the combined S800 + Gretina daq, the following steps need to be taken: | In order to run the combined S800 + Gretina daq, the following steps need to be taken: | ||
| - | + | - [[S800 DAQ tools#Running the S800 DAQ|Run the S800 ReadoutGUI]] for the S800 data acquisition system as you normally would on the S800 spdaqXX (note, at present X=50), and click the ''Start'' button. | |
| - | First of all, make sure that the external synchronization and external clock () are enabled in the S800 ULM trigger module: | + | - Make sure that the external synchronization and external clock are enabled in the S800 ULM trigger module. (Just click on the corresponding "check boxes" in the ULM GUI.) |
| - | + | - Make sure that GRETINA DAQ is ready. | |
| - | + | - Using one of the dataU6 Linux boxes (e.g. u6pc2) Log in using the experimental account to **ddasdaq3** or any other of the systems dual homed to the GRETINA/NSCLDAQ network. | |
| - | - [[S800 DAQ tools#Running the S800 DAQ|Run the S800 ReadoutGUI]] for the S800 data acquisition system as you normally would on spdaq19, and click the ''Start'' button. | + | |
| - | - Log in using the experimental account to **ddasdaq3** or any other of the systems dual homed to the GRETINA/NSCLDAQ network. | + | |
| - Use command ''godaq'' to run the Readout control program. | - Use command ''godaq'' to run the Readout control program. | ||
| - Click the ''Start'' button. This will grab remote control over the S800 Readout GUI. The S800 daq will now be in slave mode. | - Click the ''Start'' button. This will grab remote control over the S800 Readout GUI. The S800 daq will now be in slave mode. | ||
| - You should now be able to start runs as needed in the experiment's ReadoutGUI running on the dual homed system. | - You should now be able to start runs as needed in the experiment's ReadoutGUI running on the dual homed system. | ||
| - | You can check the ring buffers using the command **/usr/opt/nscldaq/xxxxx/bin/ringbuffer status**, where xxxxx is the nscldaq version (as of March 2016, 11.0-020). If everything has started correctly you should have the following ring buffers in the dual homed system (e.g. ddasdaq3): | + | You can check the ring buffers using the command **/usr/opt/nscldaq/xxxxx/bin/ringbuffer status**, where xxxxx is the nscldaq version. If everything has started correctly you should have the following ring buffers in the dual homed system (e.g. ddasdaq3): |
| * **experimental-user-name (e.g. e14045)**: This ring is where sampled coincidence data is placed. This is done via a tapcat, glom pipeline. | * **experimental-user-name (e.g. e14045)**: This ring is where sampled coincidence data is placed. This is done via a tapcat, glom pipeline. | ||
| - | * **spdaq19.rawccusb**: It will provide raw data from the S800 CAMAC crate. | + | * **spdaqXX.rawccusb**: It will provide raw data from the S800 CAMAC crate. |
| - | * **spdaq19.rawvmusb**: It will provide raw data from the S800 VME crate. | + | * **spdaqXX.rawvmusb**: It will provide raw data from the S800 VME crate. |
| - | * **spdaq19.s800filter**: It will provide the event built, reformated data from the S800 Filter. During a run, data are pushed from this ring into the GRETINA GEB. | + | * **spdaqXX.s800filter**: It will provide the event built, reformated data from the S800 Filter. During a run, data are pushed from this ring into the GRETINA GEB. |
| In addition to the normal **stagearea** structure in the experiment account, three directories are added that will be used to store raw S800 data: | In addition to the normal **stagearea** structure in the experiment account, three directories are added that will be used to store raw S800 data: | ||
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