The SusiQ Data acquisition and Analyser package can be used in two different
ways.
* Basic SusiQ (built-in executable)
* User Customized SusiQ (User-built package)
The first package, Basic SusiQ, refers to the off-the-shelf
package. It does not of course provide all the features that SusiQ is capable
of, but the basic data acquisition procedures are provided. The second package,
User Customized SusiQ, refers to the full blown package with which users
may tailor SusiQ to their own particular application. This package also
requires the MicroSoft FORTRAN 5.x compiler to generate the necessary object
and image files. The pro's and con's of the two implementations
are presented in the following table.
| Features | Basic Susiq | User Customized SusiQ |
| KCS or DSP crate controller selection | yes | has to be built |
| FORTRAN compiler required | no | yes |
| Simple or Complicated Data acquisition definition | yes | yes |
| Full commands of the test package | yes except all user callable routines | yes |
| Full options of the histogram package | yes | yes |
| Full Dotplot capability | yes | yes |
| "Data taping" to file | yes | yes |
| Data replay from file | yes | yes |
| Time based histogram | yes | yes |
*
The Basic SusiQ package resides in the \basic\ directory. When
histograms of a few CAMAC words are the only requirements, this package is well
suited to address this problem. Basic data gates, Boolean operations,
conditional branching and data calibration can be performed without any effort.
This package requires that you setup a dedicated directory where you will copy
the contents of the \basic\ directory, and then modify the definitions
to match your requirements.
* The User Customized SusiQ package will be used mainly when data
treatments from the test package alone are no longer sufficent; when data
manipulation has to be performed on an event-by-event basis, or when extraction
of skimmed raw data or pre-analyzed data is necessary. Under any of these
conditions, users are required to generate their own FORTRAN code to perform
the corresponding actions and by using the provided SusiQ compilation and
Linking tools, a User Cutomized SusiQ can be generated.