[subexp-daq] How to start a DAQ system after NURDLIB, TRLOII, DRASI, etc. were updated

Hans Toshihide Törnqvist hans.tornqvist at chalmers.se
Mon Jan 22 11:46:56 CET 2024


Dear Günter,

I'm sorry, my discipline slipped and I forgot to push that commit also 
to the public Gitlab... It's available there now.

Best regards,
Hans

On 2024-01-22 11:40, Weber, Guenter Dr. wrote:
> Dear Hans, dear Håkan,
> 
> 
> I now recompiled R3BFUSER, but still I get the same error message when 
> starting DRASI.
> 
> 
> This is how the beginning how the beginning of main.cfg looks like:
> 
> 
> log_level=verbose # info, verbose, debug, spam
> CRATE("MCAL") {
>      GSI_VULOM(0x03000000) {
>          timestamp = true # needed to get timestamps in the data output
>      }
>      BARRIER
>      GSI_VETAR {
>          dactl = false
>          direct = false
>      }
>      BARRIER
>      SIS_3316(0x30000000) {
> ...
> 
> Do you have any idea why the dactl command is not find found? Maybe 
> NURDLIB on GITLAB does not have the modified VETAR files yet? I have 
> next to zero experience, so probably I am wrong. But if the last change 
> in MODULE is from six days ago, it might not be the most recent version, 
> right?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Best greetings
> 
> Günter
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *Von:* subexp-daq <subexp-daq-bounces at lists.chalmers.se> im Auftrag von 
> Håkan T Johansson <f96hajo at chalmers.se>
> *Gesendet:* Montag, 22. Januar 2024 11:13:36
> *An:* Discuss use of Nurdlib, TRLO II, drasi and UCESB.
> *Betreff:* Re: [subexp-daq] How to start a DAQ system after NURDLIB, 
> TRLOII, DRASI, etc. were updated
> 
> Dear Günter,
> 
> yes, r3bfuser depends on all of them (nurdlib, trloii, drasi), so needs a
> recompile.  nurdlib also needs recompile if trloii is updated.
> 
> Cheers,
> Håkan
> 
> 
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2024, Weber, Guenter Dr. wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Dear Hans,
>> 
>> 
>> I updated the NURDLIB, but the new flag is not recognized.
>> 
>> 
>> 10: config/parser.c:299: .Closed'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/modu
>> le_log_level.cfg' }
>> 5: config/keyword.c:20: .Invalid keyword "dactl".
>> 5: config/keyword.c:20: .Calling abort()...
>> 
>> Do I also need to recompile DRASI or R3BFUSER?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Best greetings
>> 
>> Günter
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ____________________________________________________________________________
>> Von: subexp-daq <subexp-daq-bounces at lists.chalmers.se> im Auftrag von Hans
>> Toshihide Törnqvist <hans.tornqvist at chalmers.se>
>> Gesendet: Freitag, 19. Januar 2024 16:31:37
>> An: Discuss use of Nurdlib, TRLO II, drasi and UCESB.
>> Betreff: Re: [subexp-daq] How to start a DAQ system after NURDLIB, TRLOII,
>> DRASI, etc. were updated  
>> Dear Günter,
>> 
>> I have implemented the dactl switch in 'mcal_daq_merge', so in main.cfg:
>> 
>> GSI_VETAR {
>>   dactl = false
>>   direct = false
>> }
>> 
>> I do not know how the names of the Etherbone libraries (e.g. cherry and
>> enigma) relate to the driver. If the dactl file is not available, we
>> just have to skip dactl accesses and not allow the direct readout path.
>> 
>> Have a good weekend you too!
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Hans
>> 
>> On 2024-01-19 15:22, Weber, Guenter Dr. wrote:
>> > Dear Hans,
>> >
>> >
>> > with the help of Håkan, I managed to get the VULOM running. So, we are
>> > back to starting the DRASI. There we encountered first the fact that in
>> > main.cfg a BARRIER is now required between the initialization of all
>> > modules (before there was only a single BARRIER command in the whole
>> > main.cfg.
>> >
>> >
>> > Now, we are again encounter the VETAR error message. See below:
>> >
>> >
>> > 10: lwroc_hostname_util.c:108: Host 'lyserv' known as 192.168.1.1 (port:
>> > 56583).
>> > Thread has no error buffer yet...
>> > CPUS: 1
>> > delay: 1
>> > 10: lwroc_hostname_util.c:108: Host 'lyserv' known as 192.168.1.1 (port:
>> > 56583).
>> > Thread has no error buffer yet...
>> > HOST: RIO4-MCAL-1
>> > Token: d6d68d7b (d6d68d7b:d6d68d7b) [/mbsusr/mbsdaq/.drasi_tokens/mcal]
>> > 10: lwroc_hostname_util.c:457: Own address: 192.168.1.71/255.255.255.0
>> > (eth1).
>> > 10: lwroc_data_pipe.c:145: Data buffer READOUT_PIPE, size 419430400 =
>> > 0x19000000, 1 consumers.
>> > 10: lwroc_triva_readout.c:66: Silence TRIVA  (HALT)
>> > 10: lwroc_net_io.c:167: Started server on port 56583 (data port 50126).
>> > client union size: 244 208 188 508 640 204 204  => 640
>> > 10: lwroc_udp_awaken_hints.c:159: UDP awaken hints file:
>> > /tmp/drasi.u1001/drasi.hints.u1001.RIO4-MCAL-1:56583
>> > 10: lwroc_main.c:706: Log message rate limit not in effect.
>> > 10: lwroc_readout.c:112: call readout_init...
>> > 10: lwroc_thread_util.c:117: This is the triva control thread!
>> > 10: lwroc_thread_util.c:117: This is the net io thread!
>> > 10: lwroc_thread_util.c:117: This is the slow_async thread!
>> > 10: lwroc_thread_util.c:117: This is the data server thread!
>> > 10: lwroc_message_internal.c:472: Message client connected!
>> > 10: lwroc_net_trans.c:1156: [drasi] Transport client connected (data)
>> > [192.168.1.1].
>> > 10: lwroc_triva_control.c:370: Setup TRIVA  (DISBUS, HALT, MASTER, RESET)
>> > 10: lwroc_triva_control.c:418: Minimum event time
>> > ctime(5000)+1*rd(688)+3*wr(634)+fctime(1000)=8590 ns (116.414 kHz)
>> > 10: lwroc_triva_state.c:1486: (Re)send ident messages...
>> > 10: lwroc_triva_control.c:495: START TEST ACQ: HALT, CLEAR=RESET, MT=1
>> > 9: lwroc_triva_control.c:507: TEST: GO
>> > 10: lwroc_triva_control.c:725: RUN: RESET
>> > 10: lwroc_triva_control.c:729: RUN: MT=14
>> > 9: lwroc_triva_control.c:737:   GO (1 good test triggers done) (max
>> > 116.4 kHz)
>> > 10: lwroc_triva_readout.c:376: Trigger 14 seen.
>> > 10: config/config.c:181: Will try default cfg
>> >path='/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default
>> ', can be set with NURDLIB_DEF_PATH.
>> > 10: config/parser.c:287: Opened
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/glob
>> al.cfg' {
>> > 10: config/parser.c:299: Closed
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/glob
>> al.cfg' }
>> > 8: lwroc_triva_state.c:2399: Master: deadtime: 1.  Status: 0x10
>> > (IN_READOUT).  EC: 1
>> > 10: lwroc_triva_state.c:2428: [EB lyserv] EB: Status: 0x0.
>> > 8: lwroc_triva_state.c:2488: Node(s) busy in readout, waiting...
>> > 10: config/parser.c:287: Opened './main.cfg' {
>> > 10: config/config.c:1299: .Global log level=verbose.
>> > 10: config/parser.c:287: .Opened
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/crat
>> e.cfg' {
>> > 10: config/parser.c:299: .Closed
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/crat
>> e.cfg' }
>> > 10: config/parser.c:287: .Opened
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/gsi_
>> vulom.cfg' {
>> > 10: config/parser.c:299: .Closed
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/gsi_
>> vulom.cfg' }
>> > 10: config/parser.c:287: .Opened
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/modu
>> le_log_level.cfg' {
>> > 10: config/parser.c:299: .Closed
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/modu
>> le_log_level.cfg' }
>> > 10: config/parser.c:287: .Opened
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/gsi_
>> vetar.cfg' {
>> > 10: config/parser.c:299: .Closed
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/gsi_
>> vetar.cfg' }
>> > 10: config/parser.c:287: .Opened
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/modu
>> le_log_level.cfg' {
>> > 10: config/parser.c:299: .Closed
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/modu
>> le_log_level.cfg' }
>> > 10: config/parser.c:287: .Opened
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/sis_
>> 3316.cfg' {
>> > 10: config/parser.c:299: .Closed
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/sis_
>> 3316.cfg' }
>> > 10: config/parser.c:287: .Opened
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/modu
>> le_log_level.cfg' {
>> > 10: config/parser.c:299: .Closed
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/modu
>> le_log_level.cfg' }
>> > 10: config/parser.c:287: .Opened
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/sis_
>> 3316.cfg' {
>> > 10: config/parser.c:299: .Closed
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/sis_
>> 3316.cfg' }
>> > 10: config/parser.c:287: .Opened
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/modu
>> le_log_level.cfg' {
>> > 10: config/parser.c:299: .Closed
>> >'/LynxOS/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/rio4/2024_mcalstruck/nurdlib/cfg/default/modu
>> le_log_level.cfg' }
>> > 10: config/parser.c:299: Closed './main.cfg' }
>> > 10: crate/crate.c:347: crate_create {
>> > 10: crate/crate.c:673: crate_create(MCAL) }
>> > 10: crate/crate.c:899: crate_init(MCAL) {
>> > 10: crate/crate.c:923: .Slow-init module[0]=GSI_VULOM.
>> > LOG: TRLO: MD5SUM: 0x1409285e (CT: 63bb1d44 = 2023-01-08 19:45:08 UTC)
>> > 10: crate/crate.c:923: .Slow-init module[1]=GSI_VETAR.
>> > 5: module/gsi_etherbone/gsi_etherbone.c:431: ..Gsi Etherbone
>> > /sys/class/vetar/vetar0/dactl: Failed dactl fopen: No such file or
>> > directory.
>> > 5: module/gsi_etherbone/gsi_etherbone.c:431: ..Calling abort()...
>> >
>> > We are sure that the right NURDLIB path is used and also DRASI is
>> > started in the correct folder.
>> >
>> >
>> > What we found in the enironment variables are two lines, where 'white
>> > rabbit' is mentioned. As I understand, this is connected to the VETAR2
>> > module.
>> >
>> >
>> >LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/mbs/driv/white_rabbit/cherry/RIO4_Linux_OSV_2_6_33_SuHa/li
>> b:/mbsusr/mbsdaq/mbsrun/whiterabbit/enigma/RIO4_Linux_OSV_2_6_33_SuHa/lib
>> >PATH=/mbs/driv/white_rabbit/cherry/RIO4_Linux_OSV_2_6_33_SuHa/bin:/bin:/bin
>> /ces:/usr/bin:/mbsusr/mbsdaq/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/etc:/usr/etc
>> :.:/mbsusr/mbsdaq/tools
>> >
>> > Maybe, it is necessary to update something there?
>> >
>> >
>> > Anyway, if you have now a switch in NURDLIB to deal with old software
>> > for the VETAR, then we should proceed with removing NURDLIB and getting
>> > the newer version, right?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Many thanks and have a nice weekend!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Best greetings
>> >
>> > Günter
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > *Von:* subexp-daq <subexp-daq-bounces at lists.chalmers.se> im Auftrag von
>> > Hans Toshihide Törnqvist <hans.tornqvist at chalmers.se>
>> > *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 18. Januar 2024 13:28:36
>> > *An:* Discuss use of Nurdlib, TRLO II, drasi and UCESB.; Weber, Guenter
>> Dr.
>> > *Betreff:* Re: [subexp-daq] How to start a DAQ system after NURDLIB,
>> > TRLOII, DRASI, etc. were updated
>> > Dear Günter,
>> >
>> > It looks like either the Vetar driver failed, or the fw/driver is old
>> > and nurdlib expects a file that didn't exist a while back. If it's the
>> > latter I can add a switch to ignore this file, it's not critical for
>> > readout and is used to enter a faster readout mode.
>> >
>> > Which version of nurdlib is this? The files and line numbers don't match
>> > with what I see in the source code, and the last time gsi_etherbone.c
>> > changed was early last year.
>> >
>> > The message "Could not open so-and-so" should be for the device, e.g.
>> > /dev/pcie_wb0. This is used for the readout.
>> >
>> > The dactl file should fail with "Failed dactl fopen".
>> >
>> > To summarise, I would suggest to make sure that the correct nurdlib and
>> > r3bfuser are executed by the DAQ scripts. Meanwhile I will prepare a
>> > switch to ignore the dactl file which could anyhow be useful for old
>> > configurations, and to clean up the Etherbone error messages.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > Hans
>> >
>> > On 2024-01-18 11:29, Weber, Guenter Dr. wrote:
>> >> Dear friends,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I now started the DAQ and it looks like there is a problem with the
>> >> VETAR2 module. Attached please find the output once the DAQ is started
>> >> on the RIO4.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Here ist the error message:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 11: a:1: .Slow module[1]=GSI_VETAR. (crate/crate.c:866)
>> >> 11: a:1: .Gsi Etherbone init_slow {
>> >> (module/gsi_etherbone/gsi_etherbone.c:110)
>> >> 5: a:1: ..Gsi Etherbone Could not open /sys/class/vetar/vetar0/dactl: No
>> >> such file or directory.
>> >>   (module/gsi_etherbone/gsi_etherbone.c:120)
>> >> 5: a:1: ..Calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE)...
>> >> (module/gsi_etherbone/gsi_etherbone.c:120)
>> >>
>> >> How to proceed?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Many thanks and best greetings
>> >> Günter
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> *Von:* subexp-daq <subexp-daq-bounces at lists.chalmers.se> im Auftrag von
>> >> Håkan T Johansson <f96hajo at chalmers.se>
>> >> *Gesendet:* Dienstag, 16. Januar 2024 19:20:54
>> >> *An:* Discuss use of Nurdlib, TRLO II, drasi and UCESB.
>> >> *Betreff:* Re: [subexp-daq] How to start a DAQ system after NURDLIB,
>> >> TRLOII, DRASI, etc. were updated
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, 16 Jan 2024, Weber, Guenter Dr. wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> Dear friends,
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> I am just trying to figure out how all the various scripts/commands work
>> >>> together for setting up our DAQ system. Maybe, you can help to clearify
>> some
>> >>> things.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> - master.bash
>> >>
>> >> This would be intended to run on the readout board (RIO).  The other
>> >> scripts below is for the PC.
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> source ../env/env.sh
>> >>> ./trloii_setup.sh
>> >>> # gdb --args \
>> >>> ../r3bfuser/build_cc_ppc-linux_4.2.2_debug_drasi/m_read_meb.drasi \
>> >>>         --label=MCAL1 \
>> >>>         --triva=master,fctime=10,ctime=50 \
>> >>>         --log-no-rate-limit \
>> >>>         --server=drasi,dest=lyserv \
>> >>>         --buf=size=400Mi \
>> >>>         --max-ev-size=0x1000000 \
>> >>>         --subev=crate=1,type=20,subtype=2,control=9,procid=1 \
>> >>>         --eb=lyserv \
>> >>>         "$@"
>> >>>
>> >>> In the first line some environment variables are set. The second line
>> tells
>> >>> the VULOM4 how to operate (i. e. selection from modes of operation
>> defined
>> >>> in vulom.trlo). Then DRASI is started with a bunch of parameters. Is
>> there
>> >>> somewhere an explanation of the purpose of all these settings?
>> >>
>> >> The drasi command line options should be described here:
>> >>
>> >> http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/drasi/doc/drasi_cmdline.html 
> <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/drasi/doc/drasi_cmdline.html>
>> > <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/drasi/doc/drasi_cmdline.html 
> <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/drasi/doc/drasi_cmdline.html>>
>> >> <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/drasi/doc/drasi_cmdline.html
>> > <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/drasi/doc/drasi_cmdline.html 
> <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/drasi/doc/drasi_cmdline.html>>>
>> >>
>> >> (Note: 'lyserv' is the name of your PC, at least as seen from the RIO.)
>> >>
>> >> The TRLO II setup file (vulom.trlo) is worse in terms of documentation.
>> >> The format as such is hopefully rather straightforward.  A description is
>> >> here: http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/man5/trloconf.5.html 
> <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/man5/trloconf.5.html>
>> > <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/man5/trloconf.5.html 
> <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/man5/trloconf.5.html>>
>> >> <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/man5/trloconf.5.html
>> > <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/man5/trloconf.5.html 
> <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/man5/trloconf.5.html>>> .
>> >> The actual meaning is more complex, the TRLO II description can be found
>> >> here:
>> >>
>> >> http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/vulom4_trlo/descr_defs_frame.html 
> <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/vulom4_trlo/descr_defs_frame.html>
>> > <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/vulom4_trlo/descr_defs_frame.html 
> <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/vulom4_trlo/descr_defs_frame.html>>
>> >> <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/vulom4_trlo/descr_defs_frame.html
>> > <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/vulom4_trlo/descr_defs_frame.html 
> <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/vulom4_trlo/descr_defs_frame.html>>>
>> >>
>> >> (left pane), which just is a colourised version of this:
>> >> http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/description.txt 
> <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/description.txt>
>> > <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/description.txt 
> <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/description.txt>>
>> >> <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/description.txt
>> > <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/description.txt 
> <http://fy.chalmers.se/~f96hajo/trloii/description.txt>>>
>> >>
>> >> It does not describe the .trlo file as such, but what the gateware tries
>> >> to achieve.
>> >>
>> >>> And what is in the last line? I never came accross "$@" before.
>> >>
>> >> That would be all the (non-shifted, i.e. not removed) options given to
>> the
>> >> script itself, i.e. master.bash.
>> >>
>> >>> - eb.bash
>> >>>
>> >>> ../drasi/bin/lwrocmerge \
>> >>>
>> >>>     --label=MCAL_EB \
>> >>>     --merge-mode=event \
>> >>>     --server=trans,flush=1 \
>> >>>     --server=stream,flush=1 \
>> >>>     --buf=size=1600Mi \
>> >>>     --max-ev-size=20Mi \
>> >>>     --eb-master=rio4-mcal-1 \
>> >>>     --file-writer \
>> >>>     --drasi=rio4-mcal-1
>> >>>
>> >>> What is the purpose of this command?
>> >>
>> >> This runs an 'event builder' on the PC.  Not strictly needed, but this
>> >> way, the RIO only ever needs to send data once, to this event-builder
>> >> (EB).  File writing, and streaming of on-line data is then handled by
>> this
>> >> process.  It is cheaper to have better network cards and so on in a plain
>> >> PC.
>> >>
>> >>> Why are values for buffer size and max
>> >>> event size different then in the command before?
>> >>
>> >> The nomenclaturure is unfortunately a bit convoluted below with ucesb
>> >> regards 'buffer size'.  The --buf in the two commands above give the size
>> >> of the memory used to buffer data inside the process, and depends on how
>> >> much memory each machine has.  The --max-ev-size tells how large each
>> .lmd
>> >> event can be.  The --max-ev-size configured in the event builder needs to
>> >> be as large as the sum of all event sources it has.  I.e. should be able
>> >> to be the same as in your single source above.
>> >>
>> >> In the readout itself, any event that is read out cannot be larger than
>> >> this.  If it is, then the DAQ will report a fatal failure.
>> >>
>> >>> - fanout.bash
>> >>>
>> >>> #!/bin/bash
>> >>> while :
>> >>> do
>> >>> ~/mbsrun/rio4/mcalstruck/ucesb/empty/empty \
>> >>>     stream://localhost \
>> >>>     --server=stream:8001,bufsize=10Mi,flush=1,dataport:7001
>> >>> sleep 5
>> >>> done   
>> >>>
>> >>> This looks like setting up a connection point to the outside world,
>> right?
>> >>
>> >> Yes.  It accepts connections and will serve them data for online
>> analysis.
>> >>
>> >> stream://localhost  tells it where to read data (here the PC itself where
>> >> it is running).  Using the 'stream' protocol, which esentially is just
>> raw
>> >> LMD events.  (As is the 'transport protocol'.)  That will be served on
>> the
>> >> default port used for the stream server set up by the EB above.
>> >>
>> >> --server is then the server that accepts connections, and serves data on
>> >> another port (8001).
>> >>
>> >>> And we find the third (random?) value for a buffer size.
>> >>
>> >> That bufsize is actually the LMD buffer size used by the stream server.
>> >> The corresponding value in the readout and EB is set implicitly from the
>> >> maximum event size...
>> >>
>> >>> - rate.bash
>> >>>
>> >>> ../drasi/bin/lwrocmon --rate rio4-mcal-1
>> >>>
>> >>> Ok, this I understand. We can look the DAQ over the shoulder and see
>> what
>> >>> the thing is doing in terms of number of trigger events, transported
>> data,
>> >>> etc.
>> >>
>> >>> - log.bash
>> >>>
>> >>> ../drasi/bin/lwrocmon --log rio4-mcal-1 localhost
>> >>>
>> >>> This is also easy to understand.
>> >>
>> >> :-)
>> >>
>> >> Then also try to do (on the PC)
>> >>
>> >> drasi/bin/lwrocmon --tree rio4-mcal-1 localhost
>> >>
>> >> which would show a 'tree-view' monitoring of the running system.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Håkan
>> >>
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