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= About =
= Introduction =


MIDAS is a modern data acquisition system developed at [http://www.psi.ch PSI] and [http://www.triumf.ca TRIUMF]. Supported hardware includes VME, Fastbus, CAMAC, RS232, GPIB, USB, ethernet, fiber optic and MSCB attached data acquisition devices. MIDAS is written in C/C++ and runs on Linux, MacOS and MS Windows. It is licensed under the GPL.  
MIDAS is a modern data acquisition system developed at [http://www.psi.ch PSI] and [http://www.triumf.ca TRIUMF]. Supported hardware includes VME, Fastbus, CAMAC, RS232, GPIB, USB, ethernet, fiber optic and MSCB attached data acquisition devices. MIDAS is written in C/C++ and runs on Linux, MacOS and MS Windows. It is licensed under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU Public License].


= Documentation =
= Documentation =


* [[Midas documentation| Main Documentation]]
* [[Midas documentation| Main Documentation]]
* [[Installation | Installation Instructions]]
* [[Changelog | Changelog / Upgrade Instructions]]
* [https://daq.triumf.ca/~daqweb/doc/midas-devel/html/modules.html <i>Doxygen</i>] Code structure, functions, etc...
* [https://bitbucket.com/tmidas/midas git repository on bitbucket] Source code, bug tracking, etc
* [https://midas.triumf.ca/forum MIDAS forum] Discussion, announcements, problem reports, requests for improvements


* [http://ladd00.triumf.ca/~daqweb/doc/midas-devel/doc/html/modules.html <i>Doxygen</i>] Code structure, functions, etc...
= News and Support=


* [[AJAX | AJAX functions Documentation]]
For news about bug fixes and new releases, go to the
* [[mhttpd.js | mhttpd.js Documentation]]
[https://midas.triumf.ca/forum MIDAS forum] hosted by TRIUMF using
 
the [http://elog.psi.ch/elog ELOG] system. Users can register in this system to be notified automatically via  
* [[Notes | Random notes]] : Notes that need to be incorporated in the documentation.
 
= Links =
 
* https://bitbucket.org/tmidas/midas - MIDAS GIT Repository
* https://midas.triumf.ca/forum - MIDAS discussion forum
* http://daq.triumf.ca - TRIUMF DAQ plone site
* http://ladd00.triumf.ca/~daqweb/doc/midas-devel/doc/html - Doxygen-generated code documentation
* [[Setup_MIDAS_experiment|MIDAS installation instructions for TRIUMF experiments]]
* [[MIDAS around the world|MIDAS users around the world]]
* [[Oldies| Older or deprecated reference/document files]]
 
= Download =
 
All MIDAS programs are under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU Public License]
 
The [https://bitbucket.org/tmidas/midas/src GIT tree] is available via a web interface.
Using this interface, the most recent file versions can be obtained.
 
Alternatively, the files can be directly obtained via GIT by entering:
 
<pre>
git clone https://bitbucket.org/tmidas/midas
git clone https://bitbucket.org/tmidas/mscb
git clone https://bitbucket.org/tmidas/mxml
cd midas
make
</pre>
 
Supported operating systems are:
* primary: MacOS, RHEL/SL/SLC Linux
* secondary: MS Windows, Ubuntu Linux, Fedora Linux, FreeBSD, VxWorks, others (see Makefile)
 
The bitbucket repository is mirrored nightly to TRIUMF at http://ladd00.triumf.ca/~daqweb/git. Please use this mirror to install stable releases of MIDAS. To follow the latest development version, please clone from bitbucket.
 
= News =
 
News about bug fixes and new releases of Midas can be obtained from the
[https://midas.triumf.ca/forum Midas news group] located at
TRIUMF which uses the [http://midas.psi.ch/elog ELOG]
system. Users can register in this system to be notified automatically via  
E-mail when new entries are submitted.
E-mail when new entries are submitted.


Another source of information is the [https://bitbucket.com/tmidas/midas Bitbucket Repository] of MIDAS, where one can see the latest changes to the software.
Another source of information is the [https://bitbucket.com/tmidas/midas Bitbucket Repository] of MIDAS, where one can see the latest changes to the software.
Finally, you can read presentations from
* [https://indico.psi.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?ovw=True&confId=3793 2015 MIDAS Workshop]
* [https://indico.triumf.ca/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=2342 2017 MIDAS Workshop]
* [https://indico.triumf.ca/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=2438 2019 MIDAS Workshop]


= Related packages =
= Related packages =


* [http://midas.psi.ch/elog ELOG] - Electronics Logbook from PSI
* [http://elog.psi.ch/elog ELOG] - Electronics Logbook from PSI
* [[ROOT]] - data analysis package from CERN
* [[ROOT]] - data analysis package from CERN
* [[ROOTANA]] - ROOT-based analyzer for MIDAS
* [[ROOTANA]] - ROOT-based analyzer for MIDAS
* [[ROODY]] - viewer for online histograms
* [[ROODY]] - viewer for online histograms
* http://midas.psi.ch/rome/ - MEG/PSI data analysis package
* http://elog.psi.ch/rome/ - MEG/PSI data analysis package
 
= MediaWiki =
 
Consult the [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
 
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]

Revision as of 08:23, 11 July 2020

Introduction

MIDAS is a modern data acquisition system developed at PSI and TRIUMF. Supported hardware includes VME, Fastbus, CAMAC, RS232, GPIB, USB, ethernet, fiber optic and MSCB attached data acquisition devices. MIDAS is written in C/C++ and runs on Linux, MacOS and MS Windows. It is licensed under the GNU Public License.

Documentation

News and Support

For news about bug fixes and new releases, go to the MIDAS forum hosted by TRIUMF using the ELOG system. Users can register in this system to be notified automatically via E-mail when new entries are submitted.

Another source of information is the Bitbucket Repository of MIDAS, where one can see the latest changes to the software.

Finally, you can read presentations from

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