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'''E'''
'''E'''
;Equipment : in MIDAS refers to a ''Software Equipment'' and its related ''Hardware Equipment'' (if any).
;Equipment : see "Software Equipment"
:;Hardware Equipment
:;Hardware Equipment
:: Hardware modules (e.g. a set of scalers) grouped together for convenience of data readout
:: Hardware modules (e.g. a set of scalers) grouped together for convenience of data readout by a Software Equipment.
:; Software Equipment
:; Software Equipment : also called "Equipment". A single or a collection of sub-tasks meant to collect and regroup logical or physical data under a single and uniquely identified event. Software Equipments are usually found in [[Frontend Operation#Frontends| Frontends]].
:: A software entity that usually includes collecting the data from a set of Hardware Equipment and outputting it into the Data Buffer as Data Banks. Software Equipments are usually found in [[Frontend Operation#Frontends| Frontends]].


'''F'''
'''F'''

Revision as of 16:37, 18 October 2013

D

Driver
(also device driver) Software that allows access to a particular hardware module.


E

Equipment
see "Software Equipment"
Hardware Equipment
Hardware modules (e.g. a set of scalers) grouped together for convenience of data readout by a Software Equipment.
Software Equipment
also called "Equipment". A single or a collection of sub-tasks meant to collect and regroup logical or physical data under a single and uniquely identified event. Software Equipments are usually found in Frontends.

F

Frontend (task)
A MIDAS application built by the user which usually 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