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: A MIDAS application built by the user which has access to hardware equipment in use by the experiment.
: A MIDAS application built by the user which has access to hardware equipment in use by the experiment.
;Frontend code
;Frontend code
: User-written part (e.g. ''frontend.c'') describing sequence of actions to acquire the hardware data. It is linked with a fixed framework ''mfe.c'' to form a ''frontend''.
: User-written part (e.g. ''frontend.c'') describing sequence of actions to acquire the hardware data. It is linked with a fixed framework ''mfe.c'' to form a frontend.





Revision as of 17:41, 15 October 2013

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Frontend (task)
A MIDAS application built by the user which has access to hardware equipment in use by the experiment.
Frontend code
User-written part (e.g. frontend.c) describing sequence of actions to acquire the hardware data. It is linked with a fixed framework mfe.c to form a frontend.


O

ODB
Online Data Base contains all the information needed for an experiment


R


Run
A run starts when the MIDAS system receives a Start Transition , and continues until it receives a Stop transition


T

Transition