Prototype DAQ Software

Murrough Landon - 11 November 1999

General Aim

• Develop a prototype of the final DAQ system
• ...including setup, monitoring and calibration
• Provide a DAQ system for tests of prototype ROD
• Platform for joint tests with level2, DAQ
• Gain experience with ATLAS DAQ software

Requirements

• Read events from our RODs and other modules
• ...assuming a hardware mechanism for capturing them
• ...eventually from multiple crates (via network)
• Provide facilities for monitoring events
• Use DAQ -1 components where possible
• ...follow (evolving?) DAQ -1 designs otherwise