Required Software (2)

Readout

• Still not clear if DAQ -1 and (as yet non-existent DetDAQ) will be sufficient for our needs or available on our timescale.
• Extend Bruces DAQ work *for ROD tests) to provide producer, buffer manager (based on PBM library) and monitor programs for multicrate slice tests.
• Producer could be single process running on a control PC with low level VME access via bus server; or try to move Module functionality into crate CPUs, eg with CORBA...?
• Need to decide whether to continue with private s/w development or try to join and influence the DetDAQ approach.

Distributed Histogramming

• Unless/until anything emerges from Online software group, continue to use modified CDF product developed by Tara.
• Future: possibility of ROOT histograms distributed via IS?