FEREAD front end readout software for the Fermilab PAN-DA data acquisition system

Author

Dorries, Terry ; Haire, Margaret ; Moore, Carmenita ; Pordes, Ruth ; Votava, Margaret

Author_Institution

Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA

Volume

36

Issue

5

fYear

1989

fDate

10/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1710

Lastpage

1714

Abstract

The FEREAD system provides a multitasking framework for controlling the execution of experiment-specific front-end readout processes. It supports initializing the front-end data acquisition hardware, queuing and processing readout activation signals, cleaning up at the end of data acquisition, and transferring configuration parameters and statistical data between a host computer and the readout processes. FEREAD is implemented as part of the PAN-DA software system and is designed to run on any Morola-68 K-based processor board. It has been ported to the FASTBUS general-purpose-master interface board and the VME MVME133A processor board using the pSOS/Microtec environment. An overview of FEREAD is given, and the design and operation of its fine subsystems are described

Keywords

data acquisition; physics computing; software engineering; FASTBUS general-purpose-master interface; FEREAD front end readout software; Fermilab PAN-DA data acquisition system; Morola-68 K-based processor board; VME MVME133A processor board; multitasking; pSOS/Microtec environment; queuing; readout activation signals; Computer architecture; Computerized monitoring; Control systems; Data acquisition; Fastbus; Hardware; Kernel; Multitasking; Operating systems; Probes;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.41134

Filename

41134