AT-TPC DAQ Help

This manual describes how to install, set up, and use the web-based GUI for the AT-TPC’s DAQ system. The documentation is divided into a few different sections. For some background information about the system, see Overview of DAQ system. The Installation and initial setup section describes how to install the system and its dependencies, like Docker. The next two sections, Configuring the system and Logging information about runs, show how to set up the system for data taking.

The most important section of this manual for experimenters taking shifts is probably Operating the DAQ system. It describes how to configure the CoBos and start and stop runs. It also has instructions on how to record parameters about the runs, like pressures and voltages.

At the end of the manual is the Developer documentation section, which contains information about how the system is implemented. This is probably only of interest to people who want to maintain the system or add new features.

Contents

• Overview of DAQ system
  • GET software components
  • CoBo state machine
  • Config files
  • Web-based GUI
• Installation and initial setup
  • Requirements
  • Creating the environment file
  • Building the containers
  • Starting the app
  • First-run setup
  • Starting the remote processes
• Configuring the system
  • Easy setup
  • Manual configuration
• Logging information about runs
  • Default run information
  • Adding additional fields
• Operating the DAQ system
  • Web GUI status page
  • Selecting a configuration
  • Preparing to take runs
  • Starting a run
  • Recording run metadata
  • Stopping a run
  • Resetting the system
• Developer documentation
  • Structure of the DAQ system
  • Modeling the system in code
  • Interacting with the system
  • Interfacing with the remote processes
  • Asynchronous tasks and Celery