ReadOn Flags: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 22:01, 30 October 2026

The midas documentation has moved. See When to read data in Frontends: programming for the new documentation about the "read on" flags.

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-Read-on flags RO_xxx are used in the [[Equipment List Parameters#ReadOn|Read On]]  field of the equipment declaration to specify when the read-out of an event occurs.
+The midas documentation has moved. See [https://midas.triumf.ca/docs/develop/features/acquiring_data/frontends/programming/#when-to-read-data When to read data] in Frontends: programming for the new documentation about the "read on" flags.
-;RO_RUNNING : While running
-;RO_STOPPED : Before stopping run
-;RO_PAUSED : When run is paused
-;RO_BOR : At the beginning of run
-;RO_EOR : At the end of run
-;RO_PAUSE : Before pausing the run
-;RO_RESUME : Before resuming the run
-;RO_TRANSITIONS : At all transitions
-;RO_ALWAYS :Always (independent of the run status)
-;RO_ODB :Copies the event to the <span style="color: purple; font-style:italic;">/Equipment/<equipment name>/Variables</span> ODB tree. The ODB is updated with a new event approximately every second. Note that this feature is generally used only for testing or monitoring, as writing large amounts of data to the ODB takes time.