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 |