MicroDAQ Requirements

The display machine should ---

Support X Windows.
Support 64K colors at high resolution (though a 256-color machine usually works)..
Support network logins, preferably using the ssh secure shell.

Tests are usually run on daqman.star.bnl.gov, though rcf.rhic.bnl.gov and sol.star.bnl.gov also work. In principle, rsun00.rhic.bnl.gov, rmds03.rhic.bnl.gov, or sirius.star.bnl.gov should work as well. Event sizes are about 1 MB, so a connection with good bandwidth is highly desireable.

From outside BNL, rsun00.rhic.bnl.gov and rmds03.rhic.bnl.gov must be accessed via a gateway; the rcf.rhic.bnl.gov gateway machine is for "general computing," and it is forbidden to run (even short) analysis jobs on it.

To run ttm and tpm, the machine should:

Support the STAR environment, including Staf.
Have ttm and tpm installed, or accessible by mounting the relevant disk.
Have ~100 MB free disk space available for data storage.

Two machine-dependent adaptations are often necessary:

gmake must appear in your path; if not, create a link, such as:
% ln -s /afs/rhic/@sys/opt/rhic/bin/make /export/home/bossingh/rdo_test/gmake
This is normally defined through setup of the CERN part of the STAR environment, but isn't set up on daqman.
ttm.kumac should give a path to the MiniDAQ table definitions (type_index.idl, type_structtbl.idl, etc.), such as:
tdm/table/cell/putvalue '/dui/ttm_par[0].tbltype_path' /export/home/bossingh/rdo_test/pams/trn/idl/

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