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
 

• Current Hardware supported

 CAMAC: list
 VME  : list
 Other: ETH, ...

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• 0 Installation Installation

 Pre-requisite: git pull
 Valid OS list
 external libraries/packages consideration (root, gzip, xml)
 Environment consideration (shells)
 Midas environment listing
 Compilation/Build method
 Quick Start example

• 1 Core

   data acquisition concept
     transition sequence
     sequencer
   frontend client concept, management
     network frontend (mserver)
     data format (banks)
   event notification concept  (hot-link)
     Note on the ODB hotlink function (db_open_record())
   alarms concept
     Note on the alarm system
   data logging concept
     data compression
     data storage option
     secondary logging (lazy logger)
   history concept
     history format
   Web server
     status display
     alias, scripts
     elog
     custom pages
       JSON interface  
     program
     sequencer
     

• 2 Frontend

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

• 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
  ALARMS
  ELOG
  MSCB
  ANALYZER
  <other>

• 6 Midas Tools/applications

  Few comments first
  <midas apps> -h for help

  mserver: deamon, port  specification
  odbedit: creation, size change
  mdump  : purpose
  mhist, mlxspeaker, mstat, ...