LYRTECH Data Acquisition Startup Oct 8 2008

Power up

Login: User Name npg no password

1) Double click on common shortcut icon

This will start a Command tool window and typically the output will look like:

C:\MIDAS\LyrTech\StartUp>echo off

MIDAS Message Logger: Starting the RPC interface

MIDAS Message Logger: Created RPC Program 28000240 Version 1 on UDP port 10240.

MIDAS Message Logger: Message Logger using directory c:\midas\log

MIDAS Message Logger: Entering server loop

ShObjManager installed

Could Not Find c:\MIDAS\.shmemsas

Message logger contacted.

initMemSas: MemSASBlock.10230

Spectrum Access Server installed on port 10230

can't find package limit

Running with default file descriptor limit

/debug user "debug" password "pvw2uoqmtchr"

httpd started on port 8015

custom startup for LyrTech hardware

/NetVarService

/SigTaskService

VHSADC package 1.0.1

/VHSADC

TDRI Access package 1.0

Using TDRI Module with Xport at 192.168.0.4:0

/TDRIAccessServer

Completed custom startup from c:/MIDAS/config/TclHttpd/startup.tcl

2) Double click on DataAcqRTDEx shortcut icon

This will start a Command tool window and typically the output will look like:

C:\MIDAS\LyrTech\StartUp>echo off

VHSADC Data Acquisition Program Release 1.011008(RTDEX_ADP_1.0.1) starting

Creating NetVars

Output buffer length = 16352; format option = 4; transfer option = 3

NetVars created and initialised

Statistics thread created

Heartbeat thread created

Creating Signal Events

Creating Signal Events

Heartbeat thread starting

Done

Board VHS-ADC-8/16 found -> Slot ID[0]

VHSADC setup complete

Data Acquisition without transport stream server

VHSADC Data Acquisition now all ready to start

Statistics thread starting

3) Double click on MIDAS shortcut icon

The installation is configured to use the experiment localhost

From the MIDAS main menu select the LyrTech VHS-ADC item

Select the FPGA Programming button

Click on Program FPGA

Note: Do not move the mouse while the FPGAs are being programmed

From the MIDAS main menu select the Experiment Control item

Click on the Setup button

Select Setup Everything

When the Setup is finished (currently with 1 module and 1 active channel it does not take long!)

Ensure Enable Histogramming is selected and click on GO

From the MIDAS main menu select the Spectrum Viewer item

Select resource MemSas

Vhsadc#1.ch1 processed data trace

Vhsadc#1.E1 MWD energy

Vhsadc#1.B1 MWD baseline

Vhsadc#1.R1 raw data buffer (for Ian!)