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====== How to run combined S800 + GRETINA ====== | ====== How to run combined S800 + GRETINA ====== | ||
- | OBSOLETE. Documentation is currently under development. | ||
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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# | ||
+ | - 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/ | ||
+ | - Use command '' | ||
+ | - Click the '' | ||
+ | - You should now be able to start runs as needed in the experiment' | ||
- | 1. On spdaq48 in /user/s800/operations/daq/usb/TclXXUSB do: | + | 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): |
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- | **wish ./ | + | |
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- | or, on devop2 (the S800 MAC machine) | + | |
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- | click on the operations folder on the lower icon bar and select runcontrol.command | + | |
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- | 2. On a dataU machine logged in as the experimental account (e11007 for the June 2012 testing period) do | + | |
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- | **godaq** | + | |
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- | 3. On spdaq44 do: | + | |
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+ | * **spdaqXX.rawccusb**: It will provide raw data from the S800 CAMAC crate. | ||
+ | * **spdaqXX.rawvmusb**: | ||
+ | * **spdaqXX.s800filter**: | ||
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- | Upon start of run there will be another client of the s800 ring, which is the pushToGEB process. This should die on end run. | + | * **~/ |
+ | * **~/ | ||
+ | * **~/ | ||
- | The S800 daq will now be in slave mode, and run control is done from the NSCL daq window. | ||