Installing the system

Read the version page to find out what is the most recent version and what has been changed.

Down load code

• down load daq.tar and expand it (tar xvf daq.tar). ftp the created file structure to the PC.
• On a PC: expand it with the shareware package "WinZip95". (I had a probleme with winzip. The size of the executable was larger than the original one and did not work). The file size of daq_v2.0b_dll.exe should be 91648 bytes.
• The file daq.tar is always the latest version. If you want to download an older version go to download page.
• The tar file contains the executable (daq.exe), the directories the program assumes that they exist, the dsp boot file, and various setup files (config, detector description files, autopilot files ...).
• If you want to retrieve only single files, e.g.: a new version of daq.exe, or the source code go to the download page.

Installing

The following is a list of files and directories that are needed and which you obtain when downloading the tar file.

In the local directory you must have:

• daq_dll.exe. These are the executables. For daq_dll.exe the code was generated multithreaded with dynamic link libraries (dll). The static linked version is not running so we took it out from the new releases.
  
• sys_main.asc: The dsp boot code.
• config: contains the system setup, which is read when the program is started.

subdirectories:

These subdirectories are needed. Edit the config file and set the correct directory names.

• autop: contains auto pilot files.
• cb: contains control block files.
• data: the data are written into this directory.
• detectors: contains the detector description files.

In the cb directory you should find the following control block files:

• hac_reset.cb, hac_tp_reset.cb
• cal_0.cb, cal_1.cb, cal_2.cb, cal_3.cb
• noise.cb, source.cb

Edit the config file and check if the directory names are correct, the dsp address matches your dsp address and type in the name of your default detector plane (the detector plane description file must be in the detectors directory).