DAQMAN - A flexible configurable data acquisition system
Abstract
DAQMAN is a flexible configurable interface that allows the user to build and operate a VME-based data acquisition system on a Linux workstation. It consists of two parts: a Java-based Graphical User Interface to configure the system, and a C-based utility that reads out the data and creates the output ASCII data file, with two levels of diagnostic tools. The data acquisition system requires a CAEN CONET-VME Bridge to communicate between the hardware in the VME crate and the Linux workstation. Data acquisition modules, such as ADCs, TDC, Scalers, can be loaded into the system, or removed easily. The GUI allows users to activate modules, and channels within modules by clicking on icons. Running configurations are stored; data are collected and can be viewed either as raw numbers, or by charts and histograms that update as the data are accumulated. Data files are written to disk in ASCII format, with a date and time stamp.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1231577
- Report Number(s):
- DAQMAN; 002802WKSTN00
R&D Project: 400409900
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886
- Resource Type:
- Software
- Software Revision:
- 00
- Software Package Number:
- 002802
- Software Package Contents:
- Open Source Software package available from Brookhaven National Laboratory at the following URL: http://www.bnl.gov/medical/NASA/CAD/NSRL_Data_Acquisition_System.asp
- Software CPU:
- WKSTN
- Open Source:
- Yes
- Source Code Available:
- Yes
- Country of Publication:
- United States
Citation Formats
Sivertz, Michael, and Larry Hoff, Seth Nemesure. DAQMAN - A flexible configurable data acquisition system.
Computer software. https://www.osti.gov//servlets/purl/1231577. Vers. 00. USDOE. 1 Aug. 2012.
Web.
Sivertz, Michael, & Larry Hoff, Seth Nemesure. (2012, August 1). DAQMAN - A flexible configurable data acquisition system (Version 00) [Computer software]. https://www.osti.gov//servlets/purl/1231577.
Sivertz, Michael, and Larry Hoff, Seth Nemesure. DAQMAN - A flexible configurable data acquisition system.
Computer software. Version 00. August 1, 2012. https://www.osti.gov//servlets/purl/1231577.
@misc{osti_1231577,
title = {DAQMAN - A flexible configurable data acquisition system, Version 00},
author = {Sivertz, Michael and Larry Hoff, Seth Nemesure},
abstractNote = {DAQMAN is a flexible configurable interface that allows the user to build and operate a VME-based data acquisition system on a Linux workstation. It consists of two parts: a Java-based Graphical User Interface to configure the system, and a C-based utility that reads out the data and creates the output ASCII data file, with two levels of diagnostic tools. The data acquisition system requires a CAEN CONET-VME Bridge to communicate between the hardware in the VME crate and the Linux workstation. Data acquisition modules, such as ADCs, TDC, Scalers, can be loaded into the system, or removed easily. The GUI allows users to activate modules, and channels within modules by clicking on icons. Running configurations are stored; data are collected and can be viewed either as raw numbers, or by charts and histograms that update as the data are accumulated. Data files are written to disk in ASCII format, with a date and time stamp.},
url = {https://www.osti.gov//servlets/purl/1231577},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1231577},
year = {Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
note =
}