Summary

• We can use the back end software now...
• ...though it is overkill for reading a few events from a single ROD (starting a run requires at least ten processes)
• In the short/medium term we will need our own dataflow type software
• Some work has started on providing components for this (ROOT) and on an overall framework
• Later we would have to migrate this to the final ROD crate DAQ
• Alternative scenario is to continue with our ``old'' DAQ software and incorporate DAQ -1 components slowly...
• In either case, considerable effort will be required for designing and implementing our configuration database and associated software
• Also for prototype calibration and monitoring procedures...
• We must aim to design our software to be as independent of its evolving environment as possible