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 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
 Directory description
 
 First Installation
   valid for linux, ...
 Followed by the Midas section:
 Core, Frontend, data logging, analysis, online database, tools
 
  • Hardware supported
 CAMAC, VME, ETH, ...



 Pre-requisite: git pull
 Valid OS list
 external libraries/packages consideration (root, gzip, xml)
 Compilation/Build method
 Environment consideration (shells)
 Quick Start example
   data acquisition concept
     transition sequence
     sequencer
   frontend client concept, management
     network frontend (mserver)
   alarms concept
     Note on the alarm system
   data logging concept
   history concept
     history format
   event notification concept  (hot-link)
     Note on the ODB hotlink function (db_open_record())
   Web server
     status display
     alias, scripts
     elog
     custom pages
       JSON interface  
     
  Description, equipment concept
  Frontend application: structure, sequence flow
  Event Builder
  Description, channel concept, history manager
  Data logger applications
  mlogger, lazylogger, history
  Analyzer, Rootana, Midas hooks
  Purpose and access options to/from the ODB
  SYSTEM
  PROGRAMS
  EXPERIMENT
  RUNINFO
  SEQUENCER
  ALIAS
  SCRIPT
  CUSTOM
  CUSTOMSCRIPT
  HISTORY
  EQUIPMENT
  ALARMS
  ELOG
  MSCB
  ANALYZER
  <other>
  odbedit: creation, size change
  mdump  : purpose
  mhist, mlxspeaker, mstat, ...