Title :
Rejuvenation of a data acquisition system for fixed target experiments in a large multiuser spectrometer at CERN
Author :
Antinori, F. ; Bourgeois, F. ; Bozzoli, W. ; Dufey, J.P. ; Matthews, H. ; Perrin, Y. ; Vande Vyvre, P. ; Weymann, M. ; Lamanna, E.
Author_Institution :
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
fDate :
4/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The new multiuser data acquisition system in operation at the CERN Omega spectrometer since July 1989 is described. Data are buffered from CAMAC, Fastbus, or VME front-ends during the beam spill while processing and event building take place off-spill under the control of standard processors in VME. The host is a VAX 6310, and data are stored on 3480-compatible cartridges. Standard software packages are used throughout, and the maximum throughput is about 1 MB/s (13 MB of data per spill)
Keywords :
data acquisition; nuclear electronics; physics computing; 3480-compatible cartridges; CAMAC; CERN; Fastbus; Omega spectrometer; VAX 6310; VME front-ends; beam spill; data acquisition system; fixed target; large multiuser spectrometer; off-spill; software packages; standard processors; CAMAC; Data acquisition; Fastbus; Hardware; Particle beams; Process control; Software standards; Solid scintillation detectors; Spectroscopy; Throughput;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
