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Message ID: 204     Entry time: Wed May 4 06:35:08 2016
Author: TD 
Subject: [How To] Save AIDA Settings & Options 
From 'Control' tab select 'Save/Restore Settings'

From 'Save/Restore Module Settings'

     select 'Reload'

     select 'Module Names' whose settings should be saved (usually all)


     select 'Generate new DB key' and make a note of the DB key generated
          the DB key will have the format YYYYMMMDD-HH.MM.SS

          The DB key will be used to name a directory to store AIDA settings
          and is created uid: npg, gid: npgstaff, perms 755. However, its
          contents are written uid: nfsnobody, gid nfsnobody. The default
          directory (DB Key) permissions do not work - change the permissions
          to 777 - before attempting to save data to this directory (DB Key).


     change the permissions of the DB key directory using the command

     chmod 777 /MIDAS/DB/EXPERIMENTS/AIDA/YYYYMMMDD-HH.MM.SS


     select 'Save Settings' to save AIDA ASIC, LED and waveform settings to
     the directory (DB key)

Example

aidas1> ls /MIDAS/DB/EXPERIMENTS/2016May03-20.44.33
CONTENTS  nnaida13  nnaida18  nnaida22  nnaida27  nnaida31  nnaida7
nnaida1   nnaida14  nnaida19  nnaida23  nnaida28  nnaida32  nnaida8
nnaida10  nnaida15  nnaida2   nnaida24  nnaida29  nnaida4   nnaida9
nnaida11  nnaida16  nnaida20  nnaida25  nnaida3   nnaida5
nnaida12  nnaida17  nnaida21  nnaida26  nnaida30  nnaida6
aidas1> ls /MIDAS/DB/EXPERIMENTS/2016May03-20.44.33/nnaida1
CONTENTS
aidas1> more /MIDAS/DB/EXPERIMENTS/2016May03-20.44.33/nnaida1/CONTENTS
ASIC.1.3 string 0x02
ASIC.2.19 string 0x5c
ASIC.2.20 string 0x68
ASIC.1.4 string 0x07
ASIC.2.21 string 0x08
ASIC.2.22 string 0x5c
ASIC.1.5 string 0x08
ASIC.1.6 string 0x09
ASIC.2.23 string 0x08
ASIC.2.24 string 0x68
ASIC.1.7 string 0x05
ASIC.2.25 string 0x08
ASIC.1.8 string 0x00
ASIC.2.26 string 0xbf
ASIC.1.9 string 0x0f
ASIC.2.0 string 0x04
ASIC.2.1 string 0x05
ASIC.3.10 string 0x00
ASIC.2.2 string 0x06
ASIC.3.11 string 0x0d
ASIC.2.3 string 0x02
ASIC.3.12 string 0x10
ASIC.2.4 string 0x07

etc


To ensure that the new settings continue to be used through system power cycles
you define the DB key directory to use in AIDA Options as follows:

From 'Experiment Control' tab select 'Save/Restore Options'


From 'Options' tab

     select 'Reload'

     select 'Act on ALL Data Acquisition Servers?'

     enter directory (DB Key) in the 'ASIC.settings' field

     select 'Save Options'

Example

aidas1> ls /MIDAS/DB/EXPERIMENTS/AIDA/Options
nnaida1   nnaida13  nnaida17  nnaida20  nnaida24  nnaida28  nnaida31  nnaida6
nnaida10  nnaida14  nnaida18  nnaida21  nnaida25  nnaida29  nnaida32  nnaida7
nnaida11  nnaida15  nnaida19  nnaida22  nnaida26  nnaida3   nnaida4   nnaida8
nnaida12  nnaida16  nnaida2   nnaida23  nnaida27  nnaida30  nnaida5   nnaida9
aidas1> ls /MIDAS/DB/EXPERIMENTS/AIDA/Options/nnaida1
CONTENTS
aidas1> cat /MIDAS/DB/EXPERIMENTS/AIDA/Options/nnaida1/CONTENTS
Index string Stat.offset&&Aida_Hist_W_Enable&&TS_SYNC_PHASE&&ExtClk&&Aida.shift
&&MACB_TRIG_MODE&&Aida.offset&&Aida_GroupBase&&Rate.channels&&Stat.channels&&Ai
da.Vchannels&&ASIC.settings&&WAVE_DMA_HWM&&Aida_Hist_D_Enable&&Stat.shift&&Aida
.Wchannels&&Aida_Hist_V_Enable&&Include.Aida&&Aida.channels&&DataAcqPgm&&Aida_H
ist_H_Enable&&DataFormat&&ASIC_DMA_HWM&&Aida_Hist_L_Enable
Stat.offset string 64
Aida_Hist_W_Enable string 1
Aida.shift string 0
TS_SYNC_PHASE string 1
ExtClk string 1
Aida.offset string 0
MACB_TRIG_MODE string 14
Rate.channels string 150
Aida_GroupBase string 1
Stat.channels string 150
Aida_Hist_D_Enable string 1
ASIC.settings string 2016May03-20.44.33
WAVE_DMA_HWM string 0x0007ffff
Aida.Vchannels string 256
Stat.shift string 6
Aida.Wchannels string 1020
Aida_Hist_V_Enable string 0
Include.Aida string 1
Aida.channels string 65536
Aida_Hist_H_Enable string 1
DataFormat string AIDA
DataAcqPgm string AidaExecV8
ASIC_DMA_HWM string 0x000fffff
Aida_Hist_L_Enable string 1
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