Setting up DAQ PC
This page describes the general setup need for the DAQ PC
Software installation
You will need the following software installed
root, either install it manually or with the corresponding package manager of your distribution if available. Keep in mind you might need the developer packages too.
vivado: fpga programming software link
python3
H2GDAQ: Python based standalone DAQ software courtesy of Shihai Jia link
H2GConfig: Python based standalone hgcroc configuration software courtesy of Shihai Jia link
H2GCalib: Python based standalone hgcroc calibration software courtesy of Shihai Jia link
h2g_online_monitoring: C++ based online monitoring software (which can be automatically started from H2GDAQ) courtesy of Tristan Protzman link
h2g_decode: C++ based data stream decoder courtesy of Tristan Protzman link
Keep in mind some of these packages might need further dependencies and or compilation. Have a look at their respective installation instructions or README's.
Setup network
The firmware of the KCU and thus HGCROC boards by default expects to be situated in the subnet 10.1.2.XXX, see below how to setip the corresponding subnet on the enp1s0f0as an example.
# -> check which routes are set: (as super user)
ip addr
ip addr show
ip route
ip route show
ip link
# show device specifications (ORNL examples)
ethtool enp1s0f1
ethtool enp1s0f0
ethtool enp3s0f1
ethtool enp3s0f0
# add new ip address for device:
ip addr add 10.1.2.207/24 dev enp1s0f0
# test if reachable:
ping 10.1.2.207
ping 8.8.8.8 # local host
ping 10.1.2.208 -s 32 # needs KCU to be programmed to respond (expected address for KCU by default)
## display the IPv4 network neighbour cache
arp -a
Setup python environment
Often the latest linux distributions don't allow the system wide installation of different python versions or modules in order not to break any of the system installations. Hence a temporary python environment needs to be created, which can be pulled up with the necessary packages installed.
# install venv
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-venv
# navigate to the project directory
cd /home/localadmin/Software/HGCROC/
# create virtual environment
python3 -m venv hgcroc_env
# activate correct HGCROC python environment
source /home/localadmin/Software/HGCROC/hgcroc_env/bin/activate
# install desired packages
pip install package_name
#exit python environment
deactivate
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