Maindoc

• Introduction Intro

 What is Midas: ... DAQ for intermediate phys. expt.
 What Midas can do for you: ... collect data from different source (HW, Network)
 Main section of the midas
   1 Core system      : Core functionalities
   2 Frontend         : Frontend concept, hooks to the experiment 
   3 Data logging     : Data collection scheme
   4 Analysis         : Analysis client
   5 Online Database  : Experiment specific Midas Database
   Overall Midas system diagram

• History Brief history of the Midas development

 Authors, labs
 Where this system is used
 Current state of development

• File organization Distribution package

 Directory description
 

• Documentation organization Explanations only

 First Installation
   valid for linux, ...
 Followed by the Midas section:
 Core, Frontend, data logging, analysis, online database, tools
 

• Hardware supported

 CAMAC, VME, ETH, ...

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• 0 Installation Installation

 OS
 libraries (root, gzip, xml)
 Compilation,  Build
 Environment consideration
 Quick Start example

• 1 Core

   data acquisition concept
     transition sequence
     sequencer
   frontend client concept, management
     network frontend (mserver)
   alarms concept
   data logging concept
   history concept [Mhformat] history format
   event notification concept (hot-link)
   Web server
     status display
     alias, scripts
     elog
     custom pages
       JSON interface  
     

• 2 Frontend

  Description, equipment concept
  Frontend application: structure, sequence flow
  Event Builder

• 3 Data Logging

  Description, channel concept, history manager
  Data logger applications
  mlogger, lazylogger, history

• 4 Analysis

  Analyzer, Rootana, Midas hooks

• 5 Online DataBase Exhaustive description of the dir/structure

  Purpose and access options to/from the ODB

  SYSTEM
  PROGRAMS
  EXPERIMENT
  RUNINFO
  SEQUENCER
  ALIAS
  SCRIPT
  CUSTOM
  CUSTOMSCRIPT
  HISTORY
  EQUIPMENT
  ELOG
  MSCB
  ANALYZER
  <other>

• 6 Midas Tools/applications

  odbedit: creation, size change
  mdump  : purpose
  mhist, mlxspeaker, mstat, ...