DAQMAN - A flexible configurable data acquisition system

Software · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012

OSTI ID:1231577

Sivertz, Michael; Larry Hoff, Seth Nemesure

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.

• Short Name / Acronym: DAQMAN; 002802WKSTN00
• Version: 00
• Programming Language(s): Medium: X; OS: Red Hat Linux; Compatibility: Workstation
• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 1231577
• Country of Origin: United States